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• How to change the size of the protection GPT Partition

  I have a MacBook Pro (mid-2012) with 250 GB SSD. Next to OSX, I used BootCamp to install Windows 8 and then improved to 8.1 Windows and Windows 10. Everything worked well to 8.1 Windows but when I upgraded to Windows 10, she could not make backups of image. Support Microsoft informs me that it is because the size of protective Partition is too small and must be increased at least 300 MB to 200 MB to reach its current size. Here's my current disk configuration:

  View of MAC:

  #: NAME SIZE TYPE IDENTIFIER

  0: GUID_partition_scheme * GB 251,0 disk0

  1: disk0s1 EFI EFI 209.7 MB

  2: Apple_HFS Macintosh HD 100.0 GB disk0s2

  3: disk0s3 Apple_Boot Recovery 650.0 MB HD

  4: Microsoft database BOOTCAMP 150,0 GB disk0s4

  Windows display:

  1 - protection GPT partition Partition - 200 MB

  Partition 2 - d: Partition first, HFS - 100 GB (this is where OS x is installed)

  Partition 3 - primary partition - 620 MB (no idea what it is and how it got underway)

  4 - C: partition BootCamp - NTFS - 139,83 GB

  The OSX partition has plenty of space available (61GB). My knowledge of Mac OS x is very limited. I don't want to do something that could make the system unbootable or require reinstallation of the operating system and its applications. How to resize this partition to provide a space for the GPT partition resizing?

  Thank you for looking into this.

  It seems that what Microsoft calls GPT partition protection is the EFI partition in OSX. Wonder why its size limits the ability of Windows 10 to backup image.

• HP Envy Rove: Boot with MBR instead of EFI without removing the GPT partitions

  Hello

  I activated the Legacy Startup Mode in the Configuration of the UEFI and I would how I can give greater priority to the Legacy boot (boot MBR) vs the EFI Boot.

  I mean, how do I start using the MBR without destroying GPT partitions or files EFI?

  I don't have an option in the BIOS to select the 'priority '.

  I have the BIOS with the e.17 Rev.A (latest) firmware

  Thank you.

  Best regards

  Alfredo.

  @afeno

  Welcome to the HP Forums, it's a great place to get help, find answers and advice,
  Thanks for posting your request, I'll be more than happy to help you

  If I understand correctly you want to use the trunk legacy rather than the UEFI boot, before getting into the details, however,

  Here is the difference between Boot EFI and start-up of the legacy
  
  This is the process used by the firmware to find the target of starting:
  
  Legacy boot is used by the firmware BIOS boot process.
  The firmware keeps a list of installed storage devices can be bootable (Floppy Disk Drives, hard drives, optical drives, tape drives, etc.) and list them in a configurable priority. the POST procedure has finished, the firmware loads the first sector of each target of memory storage and it scans for a valid Master Boot Record (MBR). If a valid MBR is found, the firmware passes execution of code found in the MBR, bootloader that allows the user to select a partition to boot from. If we don't get, it proceeds to the following equipment in the boot order. If no MBR is found at all, the user is presented with the famous "Please insert system disk".
  
  UEFI boot is used by the UEFI firmware boot process.
  Firmware maintains a list of volumes of valid boot called EFI Service of Partitions. During the POST firmware procedure UEFI scans all bootable storage devices that are connected to the system for a valid GPT GUID Partition Table (). Unlike a MBR, a GPT does not contain a boot loader. The firmware itself scanning the closure for a score of Service EFI to boot from. If no boot EFI partition is found, the firmware can fall back on the boot of the legacy method. If boot UEFI and legacy boot fail, the famous "Insert system disk" will be presented.
  
  In general, the UEFI boot is more desirable.

  And if you want to know how to convert a GPT to MBR or convert MBR to GPT disk: click here (3rd party link - please ignore the ads).

  Let me know how that pans,.
  I wish you a good day
  And do not hesitate to ask questions that this forum has some of the best people in the world, available and ready to help.
  Kind regards

• Boot Camp Windows Installation 10 - "Windows cannot be installed to this disk. It's the GPT partition style.

  Hello

  I tried to dual boot Windows 10 alongside OS X El Capitan on my iMac 21.5 inch i5 end 2013. I have followed all the instructions in the Boot Camp assistant, restart, choose the yellow 'Windows' drive to boot from, but when I get to the Windows installation, enter the product key and language, and then select the partition (0-4, the partition Disk Partition) it tells me that "Windows cannot be installed to this disk. The selected disk is the GPT partition style. »

  So I found this answer: How do I install Windows 8.1 on Haswell MBP

  But then I received the same error.

  Tried this: http://macriot.com/mcrt/?p=2362

  But fdisk TPG allow me to change anything, as the SIP is enabled.

  Tried to disable SIP via a command line in a terminal in recovery mode, but got an error-bash: command not found csrutil.

  So now I'm stuck on all fronts. Any ideas?

  Thank you

  RedPanda

  1. your iMac end 2013 supports the facilities of BIOS/MBR and GPT/EFI.

  2. the legacy BIOS/MBR method requires a hybrid MBR.

  3 EFI/GPT is recommended for your specific model.

  4. you can use the GPT Fdisk steps in your link to make your drive a GPT disk only. It is not enough.

  5. you will need to convert the FAT32 partition space using the following OS X Terminal

  diskutil eraseVolume free disk0s4 FREE

  This will return an error, because free space is not associated with disk slices.

  6. at this point, use the USB installer created by the wizard of BC, boot from it and hold down the Alt/Option key and select Boot EFI (not Windows). Point to the portion of the free space that you see after the + 620 MB Recovery HD. It will separate into a small (128 MB) MSR and the rest as MSD (NTFS).

  7. do not install W7 in Boot EFI, because it has some difficulties.

  8. when Windows is installed, and BC drivers are not installed, run setup.exe from the Bootcamp folder.

  9. If csrutil is not found, you are in the recovery of the Internet, because your local Recovery HD is corrupted. The rescue of the failure of the local recovery is restoration of Internet. Your must be on El Capitan. There is no csrutil (or SIP) before El Capitan.

• External hard drive is not recognized and the Table to Partition GUID (GPT) partitioning scheme has message is required (-69773)

  Hello!

  I have an external HD that has been unplugued without eject by mistake. Since then, the HD is not recognized by the finder or disk utility.

  When I list the disk in the Terminal, the drive is listed.

  But when I tried to check or repair, a message appears: "failed to check this disc: a Partition GUID (GPT) partitioning schΘma Table is required (-69773).

  I can access the files using programs such as Seagate File Recovery, but I want to extract data and repair the disk without using 3rd party software.

  Is this possible?

  If you have access to the files - a possibility would be to get the files off the disk and then reformat using disk utility

• HP 250 g3: hp 250 g3 does not start with windows 8 ir says the GPT partition style

  HP 250 g3 does not start with windows 8, it is said GPT partition style and custom boot that I have fomarted the hard drive... Please help

  Thnx man always the same thing, but I deleted all partitions and then I was able to start...

• external hard drive not showing in my computer and transformed in a protection GPT partition

  Hi marilyn. I have a hard drive that works very well until he was hung on a mac os x computer laptop and has not been able to access. so I tried on my computer hp laptop windows vista Home premium and the AutoPlay has not begun. its not in ' my count ' but I can surely see in the Device Manager and remove the device. I learned that I can try to rename the location or the name of the drive, but I can't. its does not give me the option to change it. what I noticed, is that it has become a protection of a normal FAT GPT partition. I did a search and was able to read an article that windows vista can read, write GPT partition, but it is not in my case. data recovery is still possible? If so, how can save the files to my hard drive?

  Hello creand,.

  Thank you for using the Microsoft Windows Vista Forums.

  What type of disc external HARD is it? (brand/model)  When you have the device connected to your computer using Vista Home Premium you are able to see this device to explore?

  Click Start and select Explorer-> check if the device has been assigned to a drive (E) (F) (G).   If you can view the device are you able to open the files?  What is this device works properly with Vista computer before connecting with Mac OS?

  Please let us know status.  Thank you! Engineer James Microsoft Support answers visit our Microsoft answers feedback Forum and let us know what you think.

• How to clean install Windows 7 Professional 64 - bit of a GPT partitioned hard drive

  Hello

  I try to install Windows 7 Professional 64 - bit on a clean hard disk using the supplied DVD. I would use the formatting option GPT instead of MBR because of its capabilities on the MBR.

  I understand that I need a motherboard that supports UEFI and I made the necessary changes to start in UEFI since my motherboard.

  How can I specify when to start from the DVD, I want to have a GPT partitioned hard drive?

  Thanks for your help

  There is a quote in the following forum:

  http://windows7forums.com/Windows-7-installation-upgrade/5552-if-Windows-7-supports-GPT-why-cant-i-install-OS-GPT.html

  To install Windows 7 on TPG is simple; during the installation of windows 7 DVD and you get to the segment that you can create or delete partitions press "shift + F10" this will open a command prompt and use diskpart to convert to GPT

  How to use DiskPart to create a GPT formatted disk:

  HOW TO Use the .efi to Diskpart utility to create a GUID Partition releasing it's easy: with Windows | ActiveWin | Laptops | Microsoft MVP

• The selected disk is the GPT partition style

  Hello

  I tried to format my laptop but the above message appears and I can't do anything

  I formatted the partition, I want to install the system in a left the other partition that contains important data

  Then I tried the diskpart thing and now I'm, wondering if this will erase all my data or just the score that I'm trying to install windows 10

  Hello

  Thanks for posting your query on the Microsoft Community.

  I suggest you to refer to the suggestions of TrekDozer responded on 25 December 2011 and check if that helps.

  http://answers.Microsoft.com/en-us/Windows/Forum/Windows_7-windows_install/Windows-cannot-be-installed-on-this-disk-the/8fa72a3e-10C5-47da-A040-1e0db62af309

  You can also view suggestions Moderator Forum Microsoft Mann_Manohar responded on 22 October 2013 and check if that helps.

  http://answers.Microsoft.com/en-us/Windows/Forum/Windows_7-windows_install/getting-GPT-partition-error-when-trying-to-install/42a3164b-066F-41F6-9d9d-7779d706835b

  Hope this information helps. Please let us know if you need any other help with Windows in the future. We will be happy to help you.

• Installation of Windows 7 or 8.1 using a USB stick - get the message "cannot be installed, it is a GPT partition.

  Hello

  During the installation of Windows 7 or 8.1 using a USB stick - get the message "cannot be installed, it is a GPT partition.

  I have 64 bit install discs for Win 7 and Win 8.1. These two install on my desktop in duel boot. I made a Flash DRIVE of each disk so I can install it more quickly.

  Problem: I get the cannot install because it is a GPT partition.

  Y at - there no way to make these 2 USB sticks work?

  Thank you, Brad

  Rufus can create a bootable copy instead:

  

  Rufus - credit: Pete bastard/Akeo

  After installing Rufus:

  • Launch it
  • Select the ISO Image
  • Point to the file ISO for Windows 10
  • Check create a disk bootable using
  • Select GPT partitioning to EUFI firmware as the Partition scheme
  • Choose FAT32 NOT NTFS as file system
  • Make sure that your USB in the device list
  • Click Start
  • Close when you are finished

• "windows cannot be installed to this disk. The selected disk is the GPT partition style. »

  I want to convert Windows 8 for windows 7, but it pops up like this: ""windows cannot be installed to this disk. " The selected disk is the GPT partition style. »

  so, I format the OS partition but it always seems the same problem. ? What should I do, I can't delete or format the data partition because it just my backup data.

  It is a problem with the way that you start from Installation

  Reboot and press F12
  You should see 2 similar startup options on the installation disc you started with
  Try both of them, one of them will work
  This fixed it for me when I faced this problem
  If this does not work for you, check the BIOS settings

• Windows cannot be installed on the disk, the selected disc is the gpt partition style

  I have a Sony Vaio E Series laptop.

  Model - SVE151B11W

  It comes with windows 8.

  a problem with the last few days, after turning on the computer laptop only shows and display vaio logo is black.

  I tried to format the laptop and reinstall windows 8. But could not able to install.

  and then I insert the hard drive of the laptop to my pc and formatted c drive.

  and try to install windows 8 but when I select the c drive it shows "windows cannot be installed on the disk, the selected disc is the gpt partition style" how to install windows 8 to it. I don't want to format my drive on the other. He has a lot of important documents.

  "

  Please help me install windows 8 on my laptop.

  Hi Maxy,

  This problem is caused because the Windows startup command settings.

  I suggest you refer to the step which was answered by the following Microsoft link blue microwave.

  "Windows cannot be installed to this disk. The selected disk is the GPT partition style. »

  Note: BIOS change / semiconductor (CMOS) to complementary metal oxide settings can cause serious problems that may prevent your computer from starting properly. Microsoft cannot guarantee that problems resulting from the configuration of the BIOS/CMOS settings can be solved. Changes to settings are at your own risk.

  Keep us informed on the status of the issue.

• How to recover the 3 TB drive is now marked as protection GPT Partition?

  I used my hard drive 3 TB Seagate for quite awhile on my 64-bit Windows 8 computer. All of sudden the drive stopped working and will not appear in Windows Explorer.

  However, it now appears in the window as a GB Healthy (protection GPT Partition) 746.52 disk management. When I right click on the drive in disk management, the only option I have is 'Help '.
  How can I get the drive to reappear in the file Explorer using the same drive letter that I used before? I want to retrieve all my old data from the drive - I don't want to reformat the hard drive and lose all this data.
  What should I do?

  I finally got my drive appears. I did a number of things, but I suspect that the thing last6 that I solved it the problem. Here are the things I've done:

  -updated my Nvidia driver
  -updated my version of Acronis True Image
  -Finally, updated my version of Intel Rapid Storage Technology Panel as described on the following link: @see http://en.community.dell.com/support-forums/disk-drives/f/3534/t/19516572.aspx
  I was restart my computer several times given that this problem occurred, but the last time that I restarted, the message on my screen that read it was trying to fix the problem with the drive.
  I think that the last thing I did (upgrade from the Intel Control Panel) may have solved the problem. It is specific to a Dell Alienware computer, so if anyone sees this problem, my solution will probably not correct their problem unless they also have an Alienware computer.
  I am always amazed as to why this problem occurred, but I relieve it is now resolved.

• Questions for the material on the VMS created as the GPT Partitions on ESXi 5.5 / 6.0

  Hello

  Assuming that I have an ESXi 5.5 / 6.0 certified material, and I intend to create a virtual machine with the following parameters using ESXi 5.5 / 6.0 Free Edition:

  HARD drive: 2.5 to (divided into 2 virtual drives, 500GB, 2 TB)

  Guest operating system: Windows Server 2008 R2 / 2012 R2

  UEFI mode: Yes

  I have 3 questions:

  (1) because this will be my first time create such a virtual machine, where there are problems with virtual machines running the UEFI Mode on ESXi 5.5 / 6.0, in terms of hardware support, etc.?

  (2) what are the required parameters to create a partition GPT VMs in ESXi vSphere Client?

  (3) the best practices I can find for the creation and use of virtual machines to GPT partition in ESXi 5.5 / 6.0?

  Kind regards

  thbet

  Hello

  (1) because this will be my first time create such a virtual machine, where there are problems with virtual machines running the UEFI Mode on ESXi 5.5 / 6.0, in terms of hardware support, etc.?

  NO.

  (2) what are the required parameters to create a partition GPT VMs in ESXi vSphere Client?

  You need to change the EFI startup parameter in advance tab.

  (3) the best practices I can find for the creation and use of virtual machines to GPT partition in ESXi 5.5 / 6.0?

  Disk Partition alignment Best Practices for SQL Server

  For more information consult the doc below

  The firmware using EFI/UEFI in one Machine virtual VMware

• I can't able to install windows 7 64 bit in a GPT partition... the drive is already formatted and now I'm on win 7 installation screen

  I can't able to install windows 7 64 bit in a GPT partition... the drive is already formatted and now I'm on win 7 installation screen

  Mehdi FranklinPackya,

  If an operating system from a disk GPT, whether it is installed or not, the extended BIOS Firmware Interface (UEFI) is not only recommended his need.

  The following links may be of some use:

  Install Windows 7 on computer based UEFI

  Windows cannot be installed to this disk. The selected disk is the GPT partition style

  All the best,

  James