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Short version: (as topic)Longer, more rambling version:So I just installed Vista x64 on my home system over the weekend and was pleasantly surprised to find that, when initializing a new hard ...

Now with a little bit of searching I've found a Windows based tool that claims it can recover a GUID partition table called Partition Guru Professional Edition (the free version does not handle ...

A new version of the BiBi Wiper malware is now deleting the disk partition table to make data restoration harder, extending the downtime for targeted victims.

Windows cannot be installed to this disk MBR and GPT are two formats of the hard disk. MBR is the abbreviation of master bootable record, whereas GPT is an abbreviation of GUID partition table.

Note that this command works only on Intel Macs with hard disks formatted using the GPT (GUID Partition Table) format with a journaled Hierarchical File System Plus (HFS+) file system.

GPT is replacing MBR simply because it has fewer limitations. For example, the maximum partition size of an MBR disk that's ...

This post explains what is MBR (Master Boot Record), GPT (GUID Partition Table) and which technology is better for your SSD.