What is a GUID Partition Table, or GPT? In this post, we will see what a GPT partition is and how it compares to MBR disks. We will also learn how to format, remove, or delete a GPT disk or ...

The GUID Partition Table (GPT) replaces the previous master boot record (MBR). GPT partitions can hold 18 exabytes compared to 2.2TB for the MBR.

Doing so causes the GPT partition table to overwrite the data on the destination drive. To resolve this issue, the user needs to convert the GUID Partition Table disk to MBR.

MBR dates back to 1983, when DOS-based PCs first used internal hard drives. MBR cannot easily manage drives larger than 4TB or with more than four partitions (there are workarounds, of course).

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 ...