Questions tagged [gpt]
GUID Partition Table (GPT) is a format for partition tables that was designed within the UEFI specification by Intel. It was designed as the successor to the Master Boot Record partition tables.
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Disk partitons - extend option greyed out
I have 2 physical disks. One as C: drive, basic type, second, about 700G big disk, contains one 475G ExFat partition, and behind it there is unallocated space about 223GB
Yet if i open disk manager ...
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Any way to bypass/restore HDD sector count [duplicate]
I have a WDBU6Y0020BBK external hard disk which recently died for no apparent reason. It was making no strange noises, had no reported SMART issues last time I checked, and wasn't even that old. ...
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Dual boot W7 and W10 second partition not working
Disk type is GPT
I have installed Windows 7 then made full backup using Aomei Backupper
Then wiped disk and installed Windows 10 and made full backup using Aomei Bacupper.
Then wiped disk and restored ...
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VirtualBox does not boot hybrid GPT/MBR, neither EFI nor MBR
The same version of VirtualBox on the same installed Debian system does not boot from the raw disk USB flash drive, while on the other system it does, it is also possible to boot the USB flash drive ...
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Slow MDADM Raid 5 reads/write speeds
I set up a Raid 5 array from 4x4TB drives with mdadm. But the writes/reads are quite slow and I want to find out why. It isn't CPU-bound as the CPU usage during I/O operations is only around 10%. I ...
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"Advanced Options" Fails to return "Command Prompt"
Pursuant to converting Windows 10 from BIOS to UEFI. The procedure calls for invoking the Command Prompt under "Advanced options", so as to invoke from the command line" mbr2gpt /...
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How to remove bad sectors from SSD disk, format, create partitions and install win 10
Upgraded my disk to a new SSD but seem to have screwed it by not realising that my Dell desktop Vostro was only a MBR bios and I tried to create a GPT system partition. Now after many and varied ...
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How to create a boot USB flash drive with DOS and GPT/UEFI?
I need to run a DOS application from the flash drive on boot, so I can create a backup image of the main hard disk. I have been doing this procedure for many years so far, but my new laptop is ...
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Unable to convert to GPT to install Windows 10 home
So first I did a factory reset once installing my NVME M.2, and that's when Windows had the first issue of not running. So I tried installing a fresh windows 10.
When trying to make a save location ...
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How to create gpt partition without the 16MB reserved partition?
Anyway to use diskpart or another program to create gpt partition without it auto creating the MSR partition?
This is for a 5tb drive so can't just use MBR.
I need a single unformatted raw partition ...
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MBR2GPT validation failing
Same issue as:MBR2GPT: Disk layout validation failed for disk 0
I've tried all of the solutions here. This is my diskpart and MBR2GPT log. This is my Disk management window. As you can see, I have ...
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External drive (GPT) crashes file explorer in Windows 10
I was trying to to save data on my external drive which I used a few weeks ago normally (1Tb, NTFS, GPT) but it keeps crashing my file explorer and I am not able to fix it any other way than ...
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Is there a Powershell equivalent to Diskpart's "gpt attributes"?
I need to remake several batch scripts that use diskpart for partitioning in Powershell. One of them "hides" the Windows recovery partition thusly:
select disk 0
select partition 4
set id=...
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Getting "Bad Disk" and unbootable/readable disk after "Convert MBR Disk to GPT Disk" (Minitool PW)
I was having my MBR disk with my main OS (Windows 10) and many important files on it.
My disk is Samsung SSD 860 EVO 500GB Sata with good health.
I have run Convert MBR Disk to GPT Disk on it and ...
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MBR2GPT /validate failed [duplicate]
I have an SSD that is currently MBR. I want to convert it to GPT to use UEFI mode instead of BIOS, so I can use windows 11. I did MBR2BPT /validate /disk:0 in windows recovery mode cmd, and it failed. ...
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MBR2GPT failing with "Cannot find OS partition(s) for disk 0"
I'm trying to use MBR2GPT to convert an MBR/BIOS disk to GPT/UEFI. I'm getting the error Cannot find OS partition(s) for disk 0. I found this in setupact.log:
GetOSDeviceVolume: Cannot get NT path for ...
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Windows Backup failure creating system image
On a UEFI W10 computer Windows Backup fails to create a system image, there's some VSS (Volume Shadow Service) errors logged with detail "the requested system device could not be found".
I ...
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Convert from MBR to GPT WITHOUT DATA LOSS and NO WINDOWS
So I was trying to install Windows 10 from a bootable USB and unfortunately without reading the error I have deleted the C partition and I got that error
Windows cannot be installed on this disk the ...
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GPT formatted drive in Legacy Boot MBR system not readable
My Windows 8 system only contains MBR partitions.
I added a big disk internally and formatted it with GPT (given the MBR Constraints of 2TB) and copied some videos.
When I plugged this disk in a ...
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diskpart shows one partition as two different ones
I want to convert my hard disk from MBR to GPT via mbr2gpt, but for it to work, I can have a maximum of three primary partitions and diskpart is labeling the same partition as two separate partitions [...
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change windows partition device number as reported by cygwin stat
I have two partitions with the same device number:
$ stat -c "%D" /cygdrive/c
ec6d967e
$ stat -c "%D" /cygdrive/g
ec6d967e
I believe this is because G: was restored from an image ...
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Got "No bootable device" after converting disk using mbr2gpt and switching to UEFI
I have a windows 10 laptop, and I wanted to convert my MBR hard disk to GPT so I can switch from Legacy BIOS to UEFI (I made sure that my laptop supports UEFI).
I ran mbr2gpt.exe and the conversion ...
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what does it mean "dynamic disks support MBR and GPT"?
I'm confused "Do Dynamic disks have GPT and MBR or not?" while in this page, number 3 in table it says there is no partition in Dynamic disks against basic disks that have GPT and MBR ...
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Deleting system-reserved Partition on second drive in order to convert from MBR to GPT
I want to dual boot Windows and Arch Linux on my machine. So I bought a new SSD, which should only contain the linux installation. However in order to achieve this, I have to convert from Legacy Bios ...
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MBR/GPT confusion over dual booting Windows 10 Pro and Windows 10 Pro
I would like to install Windows 10 Pro twice on the same machine to have one partition for everyday use and the other for gaming (with the so-called bloatware).
According to the this link, I have to ...
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Can I delete old System Reserved partition after changing mbr to gpt (legacy to Uefi)?
I used a third party software to change form mbr to gpt and it created an new system partition ( I think). It says (EFI System Partition) and the old one is still there labeled System Reserved and it ...
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Windows stopped booting after a restart
Please help me kindly. My PC is really important to me.
I upgraded my PC from windows 10 to 11 using the dev channel. Now today I restarted it and it is not booting anymore. The Windows Boot Manager ...
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Boot configuration data missing, no EFI partition, non-GPT disk
My computer stopped being able to boot - was working fine for years until now.
I have attempted the normal boot repair, and hit errors.
bootrec /fixboot
Element not found.
I found the BCD file not ...
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MBR2GPT Not Working - Can Not Find OS Partition(s) for Disk 3
I'm trying to convert my system to UEFI to get ready for the Windows 11 release.
When trying to use the 'mbr2gpt /validate' command in cmd its telling me "Can Not Find OS Partition(s) for Disk 3&...
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Fix and format USB stick "No media found"
My USB was corrupted when I tried to format it on windows to put a bootable Ubuntu on it.
I tried to format it on Windows it failed. I tried on Ubuntu with disk utility but it failed, so I tried with ...
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Making PC Windows 11 ready. Secure boot disabled message
I am making my personal pc Windows 11 ready because I need to get to know it for my work.
So I tried the PC Healthy Check from MS, to check if my PC is Windows 11 ready.
I get the massage 'PC must ...
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how to clone a storage MBR drive to a GPT drive without affecting the rest?
current situation:
i want to clone my D:\2TB HDD to a 10TB one and my E:\1 TB SSD to a 4 TB one.
both are for storage, got a truck load of stuff installed and configured as MBR but they need to be GPT ...
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Converting Windows 7 mbr boot disk to GPT boot disk
I want to use my old laptop Win7 Pro that was installed with MBR partitioning. I wnat to use this on my new laptop that only support UEFI boot. I have tried various solutions I've found but they all ...
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U-Boot only boots on some SD Cards
I'm encountering an issue where the RK3399 custom board I'm using won't boot (using U-Boot) from certain SD Cards. I'm currently working with two 16GB cards, a Gigastone one which functions and a ...
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Clone/Mirror Proxmox Drive into Another Proxmox Drive that uses GPT
A Proxmox VM (Xpenology DSM) currently has a 4 TB virtual hard disk that has the wrong partition table msdos. Instead, one with GPT should be used (to be able to resize it larger than 2 TB).
How can ...
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8TB Drive Cannot be Formatted into one 8TB partition
I acquired an 8TB 2.5" External HDD USB 3.0. It is a 'noname' brand, so I want to make that clear up front. In any event it comes with four 2TB individual drives showing up in gparted (sdb, sdc, ...
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Add GPT to disk that has bare EXT4 file system without data loss
I have a few big spinning drives that I formatted as EXT4 without adding a GPT first. They work just fine on Linux obviously, but I need to move this drives to a FreeBSD box, and the mount plugin for ...
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Can't install windows 10 on GPT in UEFI mode. What am I missing?
It says We couldn't create a new partition or locate an existing one
What am I missing really? I create a bootable usb with rufus with GPT/UEFI target. I boot my system in UEFI after selecting booting ...
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Windows Installation Media does not create all four partitions?
Installing Windows-10 system to new 500G SDD. Windows Installation Media does not create the four basic partitions, nor does it recognize manually created partition layout.
For example, my Lenovo came ...
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Why Partition Content Change After installing SP1 on Windows 7?
Computer : HP Pavilion s5227c Desktop / OS: Windows 7
SSD1 : SAMSUNG 860EVO 250GB / SSD2 : SAMSUNG 860EVO 250GB
HD1 : Seagate ST4000DM at 4TB, 3815320MB, Partition style: GUID ...
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Can update Windows 10 lead to dual-boot with Ubuntu issues in a GPT hard disk?
I read this article before installing Ubuntu 18.04 alongside Windows 10 and according to the ninth case in the article, update Windows can lead to Master Boot Record being rewritten and leaving with a ...
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MBR2GPT states "wrong boot partition count, expected 1 but found 0"
I don't know what happened to my drive environment and cannot convert MBR to GPT, with mbr2gpt stating I don't have a boot partition:
Info MBR2GPT was explicitly asked to run in full OS mode.
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Converting MBR to GPT in a computer using UEFI firmware
I recently bought a refurbished Dell Precision 7510 running Windows 10 and decided to clone the included HHD to an NVMe SSD. In the process, I noticed my laptop's partition system was set to MBR and ...
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UEFI Windows + GPT SSD won't boot without CSM enabled
My system is running Windows in UEFI mode, my NVMe SSD is in GPT mode, and everything seems to be in perfectly good order for a boot without CSM (Compatibility Support Module) enabled. However, this ...
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Boot Windows 10 on a machine without UEFI after images were created from MBR and restored on GPT partition table in Linux
A 500 GB HDD that started giving signs of obsolescence had multiple partitions, including Linux Mint and Windows 10.
This is on a BIOS laptop (non-UEFI).
That HDD had MBR partition table. Because of ...
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how to install Windows 10 with Hiren's Boot CD by mounting an ISO file
I have started my laptop via Hiren's boot CD. There are two partitions in my HDD and one of them has my backup and other stuffs and a Win10 ISO file.
I have mounted it and tried to install Win10 but ...
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Converting MBR disk to GPT using cmd
I've converted my drive to GPT but when I partitioned the drive, at the point when I type in active it is giving me an error message saying
The selected disk is not a fixed MBR disk. The active ...
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GPT Protective Partition encrypted by Truecrypt
I have a Seagate 4Tb 2.5" HDD.
I partitioned this drive into three and encrypted two parts with Truecrypt.
Sadly the USB 3 micro type b jack broke away from the drive just as I was backing ...
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3TB HD Slave suddenly disappears - Windows asks to start the HD
I Have a 3TB Seagate HD - working as slave with some media files - in WINDOWS 10 - like videos and images for my work.
This HD is working well - no noise, no fail, no connection issues (it's on sata) -...
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How to boot into the windows after HDD change and reset of bios and MBR/GPT boot tables?
First of all let me mention the configuration of the PC:
It is veeeery old PC like 12 years.
There is already really new (5 months ago) SSD disk (250GB) which was working suprisingly perfectly with ...