The command also shows whether the disk is a basic or dynamic disk, and whether it uses the MBR or GPT partition format. Commandĭisplays a list of disks and information about them, such as their size and the amount of available free space. The following table shows a summary of the commands for the diskpart process.
The diskpart process notifies you when the conversion completes. Make a note of the MBR disk number that you want to convert to GPT format.Īt the DISKPART prompt, enter select disk, where is the MBR disk number to convert.Īt the DISKPART prompt, enter clean to delete all partitions and volumes on the disk.Īt the DISKPART prompt, enter convert gpt to convert the MBR disk to the GPT partition format. If the MBR disk doesn't have any partitions or volumes, skip to the last step to apply the conversion.Īt the DISKPART prompt, enter list disk. Prepare the MBR disk for conversion by cleaning (deleting) any partitions or volumes. Open an elevated command prompt: select and hold (or right-click) Command Prompt, and select Run as Administrator.Īt the prompt, enter diskpart to initiate the disk partition process. To complete the disk conversion from the command line with the diskpart disk partition process, follow these steps.
Convert an MBR disk from the command line The process notifies you when the conversion completes. Select and hold (or right-click) the MBR disk to convert to the GPT format, and select Convert to GPT Disk. For each partition or volume, select and hold (or right-click) the item, and select Delete Partition or Delete Volume.To complete the disk conversion by using Disk Management, follow these steps.īack up or move the data on the MBR disk prior to conversion.ĭelete all partitions and volumes on the MBR disk. You must be a member of the Backup Operators or Administrators group, at minimum, to convert a disk.Before you convert a disk, back up any data on the disk, and close any programs that access the disk.
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