It's created when a hard drive is partitioned, but it's not located within a partition. This means non-partitioned storage mediums, like floppy disks, don't contain a master boot record.

GPT is capable of accommodating disks that exceed 2 TB in size, whereas MBR is unable to do so. The GPT disk partitioning style is capable of accommodating volumes up to 18 exabytes in size and up ...

The newer (GPT) standard solves some limitations of the older (MBR) standard. Here's how to tell which standard your drive uses.

With Microsoft ending Windows 10 updates on October 14, 2025, millions of users must upgrade to Windows 11. This operating ...

I have a 2TB MBR drive w/ W7 in the 1st partition. Partitions 2 & 3 are used as separate storage. I want to xfer all of that to a 4TB GPT drive including resizing the 2nd & 3rd partitions. Most of ...

For added security, Windows 11 will forgo the older MBR partition scheme and use GPT instead. That may require users to convert their older hard drives. Here is how to do it.

Partition Assistant Standard or Home Edition is free & lets you to resize, move, split, extend, copy, create, delete, format, wipe, hide partitions.

In Chapter 5 of his new book File System Forensic Analysis, Brian Carrier discusses PC-based partitions, how they work and also takes a look at their data structure.