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Is this still impossible?
''gptgen'' doesn't claim to be capable of doing it, but bloggers imply it can?
Like dmdordan I have been fooled.
Tom''s guides as fantastic as they are, doesn't seem to warn users about this issue or how to avoid it. I have installed a M.2 and SATA ssd disk. Although the m.2 is where I loaded win 10, the SATA has been set up (somehow) as the System disk. Both being MBR. Yet all the general info says MBR is old hat, only needed for portable storage, and SSD should only use GPT!
The process didn't give me any opportunity to Initialize either disk!
Was this setup at the factory level by the SSD manufacturer, the motherboard, the UEFI default, or Win 10?
Does having a legacy MBR HDD make a difference? My subsequent reading of the GPT definition implies it might?
I'd like to go back and start afresh, but it is looking very doubtful.
I understand that basic diskpart commands like clean and format required for catastrophic situations such virus and failures cannot be undertaken on system or bootable disks. Does that only apply to MBR or GPT as well?
''gptgen'' doesn't claim to be capable of doing it, but bloggers imply it can?
Like dmdordan I have been fooled.
Tom''s guides as fantastic as they are, doesn't seem to warn users about this issue or how to avoid it. I have installed a M.2 and SATA ssd disk. Although the m.2 is where I loaded win 10, the SATA has been set up (somehow) as the System disk. Both being MBR. Yet all the general info says MBR is old hat, only needed for portable storage, and SSD should only use GPT!
The process didn't give me any opportunity to Initialize either disk!
Was this setup at the factory level by the SSD manufacturer, the motherboard, the UEFI default, or Win 10?
Does having a legacy MBR HDD make a difference? My subsequent reading of the GPT definition implies it might?
I'd like to go back and start afresh, but it is looking very doubtful.
I understand that basic diskpart commands like clean and format required for catastrophic situations such virus and failures cannot be undertaken on system or bootable disks. Does that only apply to MBR or GPT as well?
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