Windows 10: Getting "the selected gpt formatted disk contains a partition which is not of type...

Hi: I tried to clone Windows from a smaller drive to a larger drive using Macrium Reflect 8. The partitions from the smaller drive successfully made clones to the larger drive. Part of the larger drive was "unallocated", so I tried to do "New Simple Volume" but I get an error message that says "the selected gpt formatted disk contains a partition which is not of type 'partition basic data guid".What is the problem? And how do I fix this?Here is a screenshot of the drives/partitions. I am trying to fix the unallocated 1630.13GB partition.Here is the error message I'm getting

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clone MBR HD to bootable GPT partition?

Hi,

1. You cannot convert mbr to gpt without data loss. otherwise, you can follow directions here:

FROM WINDOWS RECOVERY CONSOLE:

To change a master boot record disk into a GUID partition table disk using a command line

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  Back up or move the data on the basic master boot record (MBR) disk you want to convert into a GUID partition table (GPT) disk.
  
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  Open an elevated command prompt (right-click Command Prompt, and then click Run as Administrator) and type diskpart. If the disk does not contain any partitions or volumes, skip to step 6.
  
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  At the DISKPART prompt, type list disk. Make note of the disk number you want to convert.
  
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  At the DISKPART prompt, type select disk <disknumber>.
  
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  At the DISKPART prompt, type clean.
  

2. I'd suggest converting your vista drive to a virtual machine, load that up on your windows 10 system and use a program like virtualbox to run it.

 

Getting error: Windows cannot be installed to this disk. The selected disk is of the GPT partition style

I am trying to reinstall Windows 10 on my friends machine from bootable USB. Following is what I have done till now:

• I created bootable USB using Windows 10 ISO and Rufus with GPT Partition schema for UEFI computer option selected. Also I ensured that I formatted it with FAT32.
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  Machine was not detecting bootable USB drive. All it was showing in its boot menu is this:
  
  
  
  So I enabled legacy mode:
  
  
  
  
  and it started showing bootable USB drive in its boot menu:
  
  
  
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  So I continued to installing Windows 10. However when selected partition in which Windows 8 was installed, it said Windows cannot be installed to this disk. The selected disk is of the GPT partition style.
  

That means partition in which Windows 8 is installed is of type of GPT type. Also my bootable USB drive is of GPT type. Then, why it is not allowing to install?

 

How To Format A Write Protected Flash Memory ?

¿You already tried this one?...

Run CMD


1. diskpart
2. list disk

Then in the 3º step, put the correct number of disk in the list for the usb flash (if it's listed in disk 3, then you'll have to write select disk 3).

2. select disk #
3. clean
4. create partition primary
5. select partition 1
6. active
7. format fs=fat32
8. assign
9. exit

with that commands you will format the flash drive in fat32, if you have a large drive you can select also "format fs=ntfs" in step 7.

good luck!