GPT is capable of accommodating disks that exceed 2 TB in size, whereas MBR is unable to do so. The GPT disk partitioning style is capable of accommodating volumes up to 18 exabytes in size and up ...

It's created when a hard drive is partitioned, but it's not located within a partition. This means non-partitioned storage mediums, like floppy disks, don't contain a master boot record.

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

With Microsoft ending Windows 10 updates on October 14, 2025, millions of users must upgrade to Windows 11. This operating ...

To enable Secure Boot on Windows 10, use these steps: Open Settings. Click on Update & Security. Click on Recovery. Click the Restart now button under the "Advanced startup" section. Click on ...

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 ...

Partition Assistant Standard or Home Edition is free & lets you to resize, move, split, extend, copy, create, delete, format, wipe, hide partitions.

In Chapter 5 of his new book File System Forensic Analysis, Brian Carrier discusses PC-based partitions, how they work and also takes a look at their data structure.