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New version created by Scorpiuss

I've created a new version of the GPT page. The fundamentals are all there. Could use a chart of the things represented at each bit position. Microsoft's got a nice one on the external link indicated (which, by the way, is a great source).

-Scorpiuss, Aug 26 2005, 13:25 GMT

EFI System partition GUID contradiction

The GUID for an EFISys partition under the Partition Entries section is different than the one in the list of GUIDs. On the MS page linked at the bottom, the one given in the Partition Entries section is given.

-Scorpiuss

Hybrid MBR

My understanding of a hybrid MBR is a disk containing an EFI header alongside an MBR partition table, where both tables define partitions with the same position, size and type^[1], allowing the disk to be used by EFI and MBR operating systems alike. It is non-standard, but just placing native boot code in the first bytes of the MBR while keeping the single protective partition does not make it "hybrid" as stated in the article. --Bachsau (talk) 🐗 18:29, 8 July 2021 (UTC)[reply]

References

^ https://www.rodsbooks.com/gdisk/hybrid.html

Forced to use this poorly designed "partition table" on large drives when you can't change to 4096-byte sectors. Complete joke.

Sickening. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 194.193.45.135 (talk) 09:31, 6 April 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Proving the earth is not flat

Simple 2001:4455:420:5D00:89BB:F0C8:248E:4DD (talk) 15:14, 10 December 2022 (UTC)[reply]

[1] ttps://www.rodsbooks.com/gdisk/hybrid.html

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