MBR to GPT

[JIMMY_LOUGHRAN]

Hi Guys, Hope you can give this old timer a couple of bits of advice, please. I have a copy of Linux Zorin on my pc. I also have on my partitioned TB a copy of windows 10. When I try to install win10 on my ssd card it is telling me I have to change the mbr to gpt. At the moment it is not booting into the windows system, only the linux. I am using a i7 processor.16 gig of Ram. Thank you in advance if you can help.

[veeg]

Hello

See if this helps.

https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/windows-server/storage/disk-management/change-an-mbr-disk-into-a-gpt-disk

@Bruce @PeterOz

[xrobwx71]

Since Zorin is Ubuntu based this should work.

https://askubuntu.com/questions/1314111/convert-mbr-partition-to-gpt-without-data-loss

[JIMMY_LOUGHRAN]

Thank you so much Guys. I will give these a go. I will get back to you if all goes well.

[JIMMY_LOUGHRAN]

Hi Guys, I decided to try another way and thought I would let you know the results. I took the SSD boot out and installed Windows on my TB drive. It went on ok and booted up fine. It still has MBR . Although I believe GPT is better for my win 10 , I think I will leave it alone until I back up all the important files on the partition. What do you think. But nevertheless thank you so much for any advice you gave me. It was appreciated.

[Bruce]

Good article here on GPT vs MBR - MBR vs GPT: What's the Difference and Which One Should You Use?
But in short, if you ever want Win11, or just have a new’ish PC, GPT is the way to go.

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