Instructs MBR2GPT.exe to perform only the disk validation steps and report whether the disk is eligible for conversion. If any of these checks fails, the conversion won't proceed, and an error will be returned.

All partitions on the disk are of MBR types recognized by Windows or has a mapping specified using the /map command-line option.

The volume IDs can be retrieved for each volume that has a drive letter assigned.

The BCD store on the system partition contains a default OS entry pointing to an OS partition.

The disk doesn't have any extended/logical partition.One of the partitions is set as active and is the system partition.

There are at most three primary partitions in the MBR partition table.16 KB + 1 sector at the end of the disk.16 KB + 2 sectors at the front of the disk.There's enough space not occupied by partitions to store the primary and secondary GPTs:.Disk Prerequisitesīefore any change to the disk is made, MBR2GPT validates the layout and geometry of the selected disk to ensure that: Make sure that your device supports UEFI before attempting to convert the disk. The recommended method to convert these disks is to upgrade the operating system to Windows 10 first, then perform the MBR to GPT conversion.Īfter the disk has been converted to GPT partition style, the firmware must be reconfigured to boot in UEFI mode. Offline conversion of system disks with earlier versions of Windows installed, such as Windows 7, 8, or 8.1 aren't officially supported. Convert an operating system disk from MBR to GPT using Configuration Manager or MDT if your task sequence uses Windows PE version 1703 or later.However, you must run the tool while booted into Windows 10 version 1703 or later, and perform an offline conversion. Convert operating system disks that have earlier versions of Windows 10 installed, such as versions 1507, 1511, and 1607.To resume BitLocker after conversion, you'll need to delete the existing protectors and recreate them.

Convert an MBR disk with BitLocker-encrypted volumes as long as protection has been suspended.You can't use the tool to convert non-system disks from MBR to GPT. Convert any attached MBR-formatted system disk to the GPT partition format.

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