Actually, the answer is different depending on which path you take. Some ways need you to erase existing partitions along with their contents before convert GPT partition to MBR without losing data, although not all of them do.
Most users may want to finish the conversion without losing data. Furthermore, if you can successfully boot into Windows, you can complete the process in only three stages. Note You must be a member of the Backup Operators or Administrators group, at minimum, to complete these steps. Important Running the clean command will delete all partitions or volumes on the disk.
Submit and view feedback for This product This page. View all page feedback. In this article. Not free, but this utility might help. Before wiping the hdd completely I would give TestDisk a try.
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Austin Austin 1 1 silver badge 3 3 bronze badges. The Convert to MBR option is greyed out. Can I use another tool for that? What do I do? Thanks for looking! Last edited: Mar 5, Joined Oct 10, Messages 3, 0.
What kind of external disk is it? Try it on there? Joined Jan 14, Messages 2, 0. System Specs. Vista premium and Win 7 can both read GPT drives i think Oh I forgot to mention it's Disk2 that's the external one. No dual boot.
Doesn't work on my XP Home machine.
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