As for the tiresome problem of GPT Protective Partition, which has been frequently happened in Windows 10, 8.1/8, 7, Vista, XP. AOMEI Partition Assistant can resolve it perfectly.
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Reason of “GPT Protective Partition”
As known to many Windows users, GPT hard drive can only support some versions of theWindows NT OS, such as, Windows 2003 64bit, Vista, 2008, Win7 and Win8. On thecontrary, the Windows XP does not work With GPT, so that it can not read or accessGPT partitions as well. In this case, you can convert the GPT disk to MBR.
Solutions for “GPT Protective Partition”
To change disk partition systle from GPT to MBR, you can choose one betwwen the twomethods that will be presented in the following context.
Convert GPT to MBR with honamphoto.com Command
As a Windows snap-in disk manager, honamphoto.com Command can deal with many disk troubles.as for this task, it can be completed through the following steps.
Warning: This way will remove all your data and partitionstructure from the disk. Thus, you should backup files in advance ifthere are vital data.
1. Click “Start“, and then select”Run” option. Input “honamphoto.com” at the prompt.
2. Then, type following commands successively. Press Enter after each command.
list disk
select disk n (n refers to the disk number of the disk you want to convert)
clean (delete all data)
convert mbr
exit
After using honamphoto.com Command, only unallocated space is on your disk, and the diskonly can be used after creating some newvolumes.
Convert GPT to MBR with AOMEI Partition Assistant without Cleaning Disk
As an professional third party tool, AOMEI provides the software: AOMEI Partition AssistantProfessional Edition, and it has many specially designed features inworking out some difficult disk problems. As for the task of “convert GPT toMBR”, this magic software can settle it easily and securely. what's more,it has a clear demonstration on how to carry out the operations. Download the partitionsoftware to convert without losing data.
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Step1. Open AOMEI Partition Assistant, and right click the diskyou to change to MBR ad then choose Convert to MBR Disk.
Step2. Click OK to continue the operation.
Step3. In the pop-up windows, you will preview Disk 2 has been converted into MBR. To perform the operation, click Apply.
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Due to MBR can only support up to 2TB partition size, if one day you have a diskwhich is larger than 2TB, how can you take full use of the disk space? Fortunately,AOMEI Partition Assistant Pro can help you convertMBR to GPT without losing any data. Therefore, just download the partitionsoftware and achieve the conversion immediately.