MBRWork 1.08 >>access to GPT drives?

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paul_6
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MBRWork 1.08 >>access to GPT drives?

Post by paul_6 »

Can I access GPT drives with MBRWork 1.08 ? (just to modify the MBR of course)
Thanks..
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Brian K
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Re: MBRWork 1.08 >>access to GPT drives?

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Do you have a UEFI system?
TeraByte Support
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Re: MBRWork 1.08 >>access to GPT drives?

Post by TeraByte Support »

If you can boot to legacy BIOS / DOS or Win9x to run it, it will run and you can access the drives provided the BIOS doesn't prevent it.

However it doesn't know anything about the GPT, so any item that would apply to the first track rather than just the MBR itself could corrupt/remove the GPT (such as remove EMBR option but it shouldn't find an EMBR on a GPT drive). Most of the items only deal with the MBR.
paul_6
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Re: MBRWork 1.08 >>access to GPT drives?

Post by paul_6 »

Ok, I am late, thanks (and interesting to know that a Dos/MBR system can do 'something' with a GPT drive!)
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