Many computer users are curious about whether they should use MBR or GPT when initializing a disk for the first time in Windows. In fact, selecting the appropriate option is essential for the ...

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 18 ...

When it comes to comparing MBR with GPT, the GPT disk surpasses the MBR disk in many aspects, for example: In the following, we’ll focus on assisting you in securely converting MBR to GPT without ...

Now with a little bit of searching I've found a Windows based tool that claims it can recover a GUID partition table called Partition Guru Professional Edition (the free version does not handle > 2 TB ...

I have a 2TB MBR drive w/ W7 in the 1st partition. Partitions 2 & 3 are used as separate storage. I want to xfer all of that to a 4TB GPT drive including resizing the 2nd & 3rd partitions. Most of ...

My previous post on Linux Mint Debian Edition 201303 has obviously uncovered a lot of confusion about EFI booting and GPT partition tables. I hope that I can explain it all a bit more, with a couple ...

This excerpt from Chapter 5 of File System Forensic Analysis is posted with permission from Addison-Wesley Professional. The last chapter provided an overview of volume analysis and why it’s important ...