HOW TO CONVERT A DRIVE FROM MBR TO GPT 

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If from Windows setup, 1. Shift + F10 2. Type "diskpart" 3. Type "list disk" Before selecting a disc, chose where disc do you want to install Windows Ex: 4. Type "select disk 0" 5. Type "clean" for format the disk 6. Type "convert gpt to mbr" or "convert mbr to gpt" Sorry for my bad English.

Dude you are an absolute life saver. Explaining every angle with amazing voice quality

And like magic, my 2TB external hard drive became the 8TB I paid for! Thank you!

you made this 3 years ago and its still helping people thank you

converted successfully here with partition assistant.

Spent 2 hours trying and then looked it up on RU-vid and I took 2 minutes thanks 🙏

Can you help, I want to move the os to ssd and keep data on hdd, is that ok

This tutorial is useful to me but I cannot convert system disk with it, I finally converted with Aomei this one is nice.

limitations on disk management, some operation cannot do while you are running the system, need to enter pe mode

Thank you! This is one of the best tutorials for anything related to this subject I've ever watched!

I converted the system disk with aomei because diskpart is not working

You solved my issue in SECONDS!!! You absolute LEGEND!!! Didn't realise it'd be this quick and efficient - subbed!

Whether you are so smart or to much random complicated youtuber out there. Your tutorial save us time, thank you.

I'm laughing at how other videos are making me do 20 complicated steps and here you are completing the task in under 5 mins. Thank you!

finally, someone that explains well thank you :)

So I use Aomei partition, this tool is more useful than built-in utility, I tested this for long

Thank you! I have two NVMe M.2 for boot and applications (1TB Sabrent Rocket 4.0, 250GB Samsung Evo 960), and multiple backup/storage HDDs (8TB external Samsung, 4TB internal samsung, and two 3TB internal Samsungs). I just wanted to convert one of the 3TB storage HDDs and it wouldn't go over 2TB. All the guides were trying to convert using command prompt and fairly complicated. My disk was already blank so I didn't care about any of that. Your method worked in about 10 seconds.

Thank you for this clear explanation I achieved with Aomei partition.

Thank goodness for youtube & you I was about to complain that I got a dud drive, fortunately I chose to check with you first & found I had chosen the MBR type instead of GPT & I messed up & not the supplier. Thanks for the save.

There is a way to convert MBR to GPT without deleting the volume or on an existing disk with data on. I did it sometime back, what if you want to convert system drive to GPT for UEFI and Secure Boot, but thanks for the info.

So this disk management is limited, it cannot convert system disk, so I changed to other tool, aomei is actually nice.

Man, so thank you for this, I went crazy when disc didn't showing up on TV :D So much thank you.

"Shots Fired!!! Back Up everything" lmao

Holy crap bro, you saved me. The only recommendation from my love heart is to please slow down or drink less coffee, lol, for dummies like me. But thank you very much, I was so disappointed by easeus crap discription being very fast and vague. You would think they would want to be as complete as they can.

Thanks buddy. I’ll put this to use with my new NVMe drive ASAP so that it’s ready to be a Windows disc in future. For now, it’ll hold most of my data with a SATA3 SSD handling Windows. But when 2TB NVMe PCIe 4 M.2 drives are more affordable, I’ll shift things around.

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When I right click on my drive, the option to "delete volume" is gray.

The video I've been searching around for! Thank you!

Many thanks! GPT was the key... to have windows use all 3.6tb (rather than limited to 2.0tb) of a 4.0tb SSD.

Best method if the drive I want to convert to GPT houses my OS? I suppose it would crash if I format my startup disk. I have 256gb ssd + 3tb hdd (only 2tb allocated hence why I need GPT) and the mass storage is full.

deymn life saver. This is the problem why i cant boot my laptop because of the drive hehe Thanks

THANK YOU, you’re the only that explained it properly omg

it won't let me delete the stuff on the drive, do you know how to fix this?

Quick and concise - Thank you, been troubled with this for a while now...

holy shit was it this easy? the guides on google say to do it from the command prompt and It almost always never works, thanks man

I don't know why, but Windows disk management doesn't have the option anymore to convert to GPT

Brilliant explanation but disk management on my laptop running win8.1 does not give a GPT option - Dynamic disk or MBR. Tried on a win 10 laptop and same thing. Disk management shows the unallocated space and also a 260mb efi. An7 explanation forthis welcome. Disk trying to convert is external.

Thx could not find this method anywhere else👍

Thank you. You explain this so clearly even though English is not my main language. Awesome.👌

So easy? Damn i wasted my time, every tutorial i've seen so far was talking about dos etc. etc..WTF! THANK YOU MAN!

And you have just solved a big problem man. Million thanks. Cheeeeeers

What about when you install a new 4TB drive in a single drive system. Once drive has been installed and you install Windows, will the 4 TB drive be recognised and will you have option to format drive in GPT format during installation process?

Thanks for your concise and clear instructions. Worked perfectly for me.

I came up to the right click on that section but there's no option to convert. It writes only Change driver letter eject properties and help. Plz help:)

If I did this process, then put the hardrive in another system ( as I want to do a fresh windows install ) why would the other system show this as MBT ? then when I put it back to the old system it’s still GDT ?

So obvious, and yet so hidden that you have to right click an unformatted drive and select "Convert to GPT". Thank you so much!

Liked and subbed. Clear and concise, thank you

I wonder if you could Please help me with this.....I have a new Seagate 1 TB Backup Plus Slim Drive. When I try to do your Conversion example, I can Delete the Volume, but When I get to "Convert to MRB Disk" this option is "Greyed Out". What is wrong?I noticed on my Drive Window, I have two Partitions on my Seagate Drive: not one as your example shows.There is the Big Primary Partition 931gig on the right and the a much smaller 221mg Unallocated Partition on the left. Is that little Partition keeping me form doing the MRB Conversion? Is this why that option is "greyed out?"What do I need to do to complete the GPT to MRB conversion? I'm lost. Thank You, Von Ehman (I have Windows 10)

What is these means (Enable file or folder compression) and Will it affect in to the files

Wow very great work and amazing idiea 💪💪😎😎 thank you very much for the work 😍

Thanks man great help now I have ssd boot

you're a legend, for real so much fluff in videos & my dude just get's to it. appresh 100%.

So I converted the disk and plan to move the os to ssd so I can boot from it and save other data on hdd, I cloned successfully with partition assistant.

I dont even see the options to "convert to MBR" or "Convert to GPT" when right clicking, I use a USB drive. Is there a difference?

THANKS MATE,, IT WORK IN MY NEW 4TB SSD 👏🙌🤝

Thank you so much 👍

it wont let me delete volume

Great help, thanks.

hello bro last night I accidentally enabled SAM or "Smart Access Memory" in my bios, now my pc doesn't boot, I immediately researched how to fix this, people who have encountered this problem on their pc say, I just need to convert the main active boot drive from MBR to GPT but how can I do that if the computer doesn't boot anymore?

Great video nd so simple. Many thanks

Can I do this to my C: drive if I boot into another OS (e.g. Linux) via a USB etc.?

should i do this with my c part ? i have it mbr now!! my partition on ssd hard drive need some help man

i appairently have a recovery volume on my ssd from when i tried to clone my os onto it and now i dont know how to remove it in disk management it just says help when i right click there are no other options.

Tysm I’ve been having trouble w this ssd since I got it like 6 months ago and I thought it was broken

I can't. I'm lost. My partitions are on different drives( boot on ssd, system on hdd) so I can't migrate my os, which means I cant back up my drives . Please help me

Thank you so much, just the info I needed, all worked out as per your video

Followed all instructions to the letter and at 3:02 in the video.... NOPE!!!! "Convert to GPT/MBR" is still greyed out! This sucks!!

My disk has a partition called _Healthy (Recovery Partition)_ which I can't touch, so I can't ungray the Convert GPR option. What to do?

Very helpful exactly what I needed!!!

Hey! I was trying to follow your FoxOS installation video on my SSD, but I'm stuck. My SSD is in GPT partition mode, and yours is in MBR, so I can't install foxOS on the partition i made using my ssd like you did. Any tips on what i should do? Also, if I convert my SSD to MBR partition mode, it will it erase everything on it, including Windows and I don't want to mess up my booting situation. Thanks a lot for any help you can give me, appreciate it!

aomei is really convenient to use better than diskpart

THANK YOU SO MUCH!!! NOW I CAN INSTALL WINDOWS 7 ON MY DRIVES! YOU DESERVE THE SUBSCRIBE BUTTON!!! :D So, i was doing this because, Windows 10 updates is slowing down my computer was very slow today, and i gotta go back Windows 7.

What a king. Thank you!!

Thank you! Unfortunately I am unable to convert my Samsung SSD from MBR to GPT with above procedures. Still trying to figure out why.

Thanks Bro, we live for the world, you are kind enough to show us your skills, I will Try my best to follow your kind intention.

What if it’s the drive your OS is on? How would you go about wiping that drive and changing to GPT and reinstalling windows?

dang this saves me a lot of time and headache

Thank you very much, great video, straight to the point!

What if i want to covert my main drive, the one have windows installed?

My delete volume is greyed out. is it because its my boot drive?

WHy would I do that? I have a pc with a SSD 250 gb and now I bought a new SSD 500gb, and that should be a second drive, so I would have two drive, but when installing it ask, GTP or MBR? what should I choose?

Bru, I have to do this with my C:Drive to be able to enable Resizable Bar, but I don't wana delete my windows and loose all my main programs >< kinda shty

Wow, Sr. Great video, great explanation, you get my respect… oh! And thank you!

Thanks man you saved me from downloading a third party software to do that thing

not working not even giving me the option on the usb drive i erased the volume and all iget is change drive, eject and properties looking else were

Thank you for this clear explanation

VERY HELPFUL THANKS BRO

OMG. Thank you so much.

If i do this will my ssd run its actual speed? and i have one disk and windows installed there so i cant delete it right

Uhm... how would you do this on your OS drive? Also, if my storage drive has like 400gb of stuff I need to keep, how would I possibly back all that up..?

Soo helpfull. Thank you so much

Thank you so much Sir.

Hi sir, if my motherboard dont support UEFI still I can do this? I want to install 8TB on my old PC second (D) drive.

This si actually much better the other ones were all fucked up but this one actually worked like!

Thank you so fucking much, I kept getting results using the MBR2GPT tool when that's only required for drives with data on them.

I have free version of omei backupper and I have my hdd at gpt and the ssd at gpt but when i get to start clone it wants me to purchase the upgrade version. Any ideas on how to get the free version to work?

Thank you

what if the hard disk we are about to format is already running a os i mean same os in which we are making the partition (windows in your case ) is it safe to do it ?

Bro mine is new hdd and i accidently select mbr now cant change to gpt... The partition shows bad disk.... Help me fix pls