If you need to delete the Master Boot Record partition from a hard drive, a number of free tools are available to help you through the process, some built into the Windows operating system. Before ...

The 2TB MBR is/was the Backup W7 Pro with only 7 installed programs (the Portables accessed like the other drive), both w/o hidden partitions and both with other partition (s). That O/S is just a ...

While installing Windows 8, Ragav RG converted his hard drive to the new GPT partitioning format. He asked about its advantages. Before it can load an operating system, your PC needs a way of know ...

OK, so you’ve managed to acquire a shiny new Solid-State Drive (SSD) after months of saving. You’ll be glad to know that SSDs are much faster than traditional Hard Disk Drives (HDD), and that’s a good ...

Many high-end games, professional software, and cloud security applications now require Secure Boot and TPM 2.0 features, which are only supported when the system disk uses the GPT partition format.

Windows 11/10 streamlined the process of using unused space in disk partitions. Making further partitions became easier. But the new structure hasn’t been bug-free. When you try to format raw space or ...

Cisco Systems’ Talos team has developed an open-source tool that can protect the master boot record of Windows computers from modification by ransomware and other malicious attacks. The tool, called ...

Sometimes installing OS X may result in odd behavior if the partition scheme on the drive is not set up properly. If you are experiencing problems, a simple repartition during setup may be an easy fix ...

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 ...