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GPT Protective Partition

The document provides instructions to delete the GPT protective partition in Windows XP by using the clean command in DiskPart to remove all partition structures and data from the disk, making it unallocated and allowing it to be reinitialized without the GPT.

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GPT Protective Partition

The document provides instructions to delete the GPT protective partition in Windows XP by using the clean command in DiskPart to remove all partition structures and data from the disk, making it unallocated and allowing it to be reinitialized without the GPT.

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How to delete GPT Protective Partition

In Windows XP Professional, if you cannot access or modify GPT disk, you can con
vert a GPT disk to MBR by using the clean command in DiskPart, which will remove
all data and partition structures from the disk.
1. You might see S2VR HD 5 Drives in GPT status.
2. Go to DOS command line (click on Start Menu , then Run , type in cmd in textbox, and
hit OK )
* Type in DiskPart in command line.
* Type in list disk in command line to show all disks in this machine.
* Use select to set the focus to the specified partition.
For example select disk 1?.
* Use clean command to remove GPT disk from the current in-focus disk by zeroi
ng sectors.
3. Go back to Disk Management, you can see all S2VR HD disks are unallocated now.
Right click on disk info, choose Initialize Disk .
4. Choose all drives in S2VR HD and initialize them.
Warning: This command will erase all data on the disk, so please backup your dat
a first.

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