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GUID Partition Table (GPT)

GUID Partition Table (GPT) is a standard for the layout of the partition table on a physical hard disk.

GUID Partition Table Wikipedia

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Recover data on a hard-drive that changed partition table

I changed the partition table on one HDD from GPT to MBR/MSDOS but I realized (too late) that it affected all partitions on the same HDD. Basically I lost data on the secondary partition which I wanted to keep. I used gparted to perform the change…
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Formatting a new disk partition

I just added a new raid1 volume to my Windows 2008 server. The raid sync has just completed so I want to format it. I got this message: That disk will be used just for storage, no need to boot anything from it. Can I just cancel this dialog and…
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Restoring a GPT XFS partition?

I recently added some storage to a RAID array with a single large XFS volume. To expand the volume I normally use parted to remove the partition and then recreate it so that it spans the entire volume. However, I accidentally removed a partition…
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install boot with raid 1 in 3 TB disks

I'm trying to install /boot in a RAID 1 using 3 TB disks. As the RAID partition do not let you manage partitions than more than 2 TB, CentOS automatically configures the partitions using GPT. My current machine (HP Proliant ML110 G4) does not…
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Does Hyper-V support GPT disks on the host?

Are there any issues with Hyper-V (on Server 2008 r2) if the host is formatted as GPT? Someone out there has tried this...
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Build and migrated to software raid (mdadm) on GPT disk, now can't assemble array

mdadm, gpt issues, unrecognized partitions. Simplified question: How do I get mdadm to recognize GPT partitions? I have been attempting to convert/copy my Ubuntu 11.10 OS from a single drive to software raid 1. I have done similar in the past, but…
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Maximum size of VMDK to support large NTFS filesystem in guest

I have a need to support an 8TB filesystem within a Win2k8 guest system running on VMWare. From what I've read online, the maximum size VMDK I can create is 2T, is this still the case? Will I need to create some kind of dynamic disk methodology…
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CentOS 6 installation crashes when trying to boot media from BIOS set to UEFI mode

I'm trying to install CentOS 6 on Dell R410 server. As I need a GPT large disk support, I set the BIOS to UEFI configuration. The problem is that I'm getting crashes once the server tries to boot from the media. Any idea what I can do to continue…
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CentOS GPT partition on USB device

I have a development server that is running CentOS 5.x. I have two 4TB drives that use eSATA that I use for backups. When I got these drives I learned the version of parted in CentOS 5.x did not support GPT or files systems larger than 2TB but…
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gpt partition for raid 6 that was 4.5TB, will i have any issues under server 2008 64bit r2?

has anyone had any issues with using one large gpt partition of 5TB on a raid 6 setup with a 3ware raid controller. i am using the partition as a basic file sharing backup repository, nothing fancy. are there any limitations to using gpt under ntfs…
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What are the implications of GPT when attempting image-based deployment for workstations?

I've got 13 machines with identical hardware that I need to deploy. The machines all have the new UEFI standard, which apparently forces GPT regardless of disk size. I've thus far been unsuccessful in attempting to restore a Windows 7 image using…
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Resizing this particular partition, Mac OS

I am currently running on Apple Mac OSX Lion 10.7 (11A480b) and I am trying to resize my partitions on the disk for one of our servers. I already downsized a previous installation of Mac OSX Lion Server, which in the meanwhile was used as swap-disk…
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Converting sgdisk to sfdisk for old machine with MBR

I want to put ZFS on an old machine, however it apparently fails to boot with GPT. So I wanted to convert this script, mainly these 3 lines to sfdisk, which uses MBR. https://github.com/terem42/zfs-hetzner-vm (Debian11) sgdisk -a1 -n1:24K:+1000K …
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Booting old server with GPT disk

I have an old HP proliant server with regular BIOS. I'm planning to replace the 1TB system disk with a 4TB in it since the old DOS based partition table only supports 2TB I planning to put GPT and install Debian on it. Will the server be able to…
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INACCESSIBLE BOOT DEVICE on Windows Server 2019 after Windows update installation

Was doing routine updates and one of our Windows Server 2019 hypervisors didn't come back up afterwards. Instead it gives the error "INACCESSIBLE BOOT DEVICE". I've followed various guides to rebuild BCD, fix MBR (even though it's GPT and as I…
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