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Is it possible to remove protection from a GPT Protective Partion HDD without formatting it?
Is it possible to remove protection from a GPT Protective Partion HDD
First, to address the title: "GPT Protective Partition" doesn't protect the data from being accessed; it tries to ...
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Is it possible to install windows 10 on old BIOS PC with GPT drive?
It must be Windows 10 + old BIOS + GPT drive or nothing
If so it won't be, period.
Unlike most Linux based OSes, Windows strictly requires 'msdos' (MBR) partitioning for BIOS mode (or Legacy/CSM ...
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Cannot repair a disk with corrupted GPT using gdisk
From what you described, the GPT is the least of your problems.
This is not just filesystem-level corruption, as you wouldn't be getting I/O errors from the disk itself; and ST1000LM035 is an HDD, and ...
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Default Windows 11 partitions / partitioning scheme
For steps, skip to: Windows' Partition Layout is Standardized Across Versions
Important note: there have been multiple reports recently that certain Windows updates fail to install because the ...
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how to create a partition after windows10 installation
IMHO, it's really stupid to not be able to create a partition with the tool designed to managed partitions
You cannot create partitions because you have reached the limit of partitions. From the ...
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Stuck on this MBR2GPT (Cannot find OS Partition) issue
For people who have same issue, my solution was using the command bcdboot C:\Windows /s Y: /f ALL
Where C: is your OS location and Y: is the assigned volume letter for your boot partition. Normally is ...
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How to view the MBR table and GPT table themselves (not how to check if partition type is MBR or GPT)?
I use DMDE to examine on disk structures like the GPT. You can view in RAW HEX or interpreted using a template. You can view and edit using the free version of DMDE. www.dmde.com.
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How to view the MBR table and GPT table themselves (not how to check if partition type is MBR or GPT)?
The Linux partitioning tools fdisk and gdisk will show you the contents, mostly. The former is a generic tool, the latter is GPT-only (it can load MBR but will automatically convert to GPT before ...
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How to confirm that the licensing for a fresh install of Windows 10 is active and valid?
From the seller, on Amazon, they said that the Motherboard is registered and that all that's required is to install Windows.
That's fairly common – Windows 10 activation causes a "digital ...
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Windows 10 Pro restored onto mismatched gpt and mbr partition
I assume that your partition table scheme of your bootable system disk is in MBR (legacy, CSM) mode.
Please check your BIOS settings to learn about your boot mode.
If there are not UEFI boot settings ...
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Cannot repair a disk with corrupted GPT using gdisk
When a disk reports its size as zero, this is a case for a professional data recovery lab.
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how to create a partition after windows10 installation
Since you appear to have permission to manage the disk in this computer, let's assume it's yours an not a business one where the IT Dept will get huffy if you try such operations:
You could download a ...
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How to confirm that the licensing for a fresh install of Windows 10 is active and valid?
Running slmgr.vbs /dlv brings a Windows Script Host popup saying, amongst other things:
License Status: Licensed
Remaining SKU rearm limit: 1001
So I much appreciate that suggestion, Grawity. ...
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External hd acidentally converted to gpt on windows - how to recover lost data?
You should have tried TestDisk first to search the partition and rewrite the partition table.
The GPT partition table information is written a the beginning of the disk at a location where it nowadays ...
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How can I migrate a Windows 11 from MBR boot to GPT without reinstalling?
It seems that you have an old-style installation (i.e. what Windows XP and earlier would've used), where a single partition contains both the bootloader and the OS. This won't work at all with mbr2gpt ...
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LUKS container gone due to Windows partition
Your case description is lacking the layout of the disk before the incident happened.
If there is an undammaged LUKS header on the disk in question with at least one undammaged key slot that you have ...
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Error during installation of Windows
You can easily prepare the drive where you intend to install Windows from any of the Linux based OSes you already have.
You can do the same from within the Windows installer itself but it requires ...
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Make GPT partition tables accept variable volume size
It seems to me this is to be expected:
The Secondary GPT is expected to be at a specific LBA address relative to the end of the drive or better said total or max LBAs. If you then change this (max ...
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How to change GPT partition type on windows?
Cygwin's fdisk can change the partition type. (I would guess that WSL will let you do this too, but I have neither tried nor checked.) Disk devices are typically named /dev/sda (first disk) through /...
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How to repair a Windows Boot loader damaged by GParted?
In a very similar case (moved and enlarged partitions, so Windows system/C: partition has been moved – which GParted explicitly warns about), I also had a non-bootable Windows with grub.
Symptom: Had ...
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Move a LUKS partition to the left and resize it
9 years ago when this question was originally asked I'm sure Gparted wasn't able to move LUKS partitions, but it's now possible. Yesterday I was successful in resizing and moving two LUKS partitions ...
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