The GPT partition type, part of the Unified Extensible Firmware Interface (UEFI) initiative, is a modern disk partitioning method. Unlike the older MBR scheme, GPT offers greater flexibility and ...

The format used to define the hard disk partitions in computers with UEFI startup firmware. The GUID Partition Table (GPT) replaces the previous master boot record (MBR). GPT partitions can hold ...

Learn how to convert MBR to GPT disk without data loss in Windows 11/10, using Diskpart, Gptgen, or AOMEI Partition Assistant. MBR disks support only 4 partition tables.

With the Professional edition, users are even able to convert a basic MBR (Master Boot Record) partition table to a GUID partition table (GPT; required for UEFI configurations), while dynamic ...

Note that this command works only on Intel Macs with hard disks formatted using the GPT (GUID Partition Table) format with a journaled Hierarchical File System Plus (HFS+) file system.

The newer (GPT) standard solves some limitations of the older (MBR) standard. Here's how to tell which standard your drive uses.

DriveImage XMl successfully backing up a partition. It turns out that the program has issues accessing newer GPT (Guid Partition Table) disks for writing. Reading, no problem.