Fix GPT Protective Partition XP

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Comparison between GPT and MBR
The MBR hard disk can only support disks that are less than 2TB, while there is no limitation on GPT. The MBR can support most versions of the Windows OS, while the GPT just support some Windows NT OSs as mentioned before.

Solutions to "GPT Protective Partition"
Convert GPT to MBR with Diskpart Command
As a Windows snap-in disk manager, Diskpart Command can deal with many disk troubles. as for this task, it can be completed through the following steps.
Step 1: Click "Start", and then select "Run" option.
Step 2: Input "diskpart" at the prompt.
Step 3: Input "List disk", and then press "Enter"
Step 4: Select the disk needs to be converted by inputting "select disk …"
Step 5: Input "Clean" command, and then the disk selected will become an unallocated space, and all data will be deleted.


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