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Three primary partitions, while GPT-aware OSes can use all the partitions on On any computer, the end result is that GPT-unaware OSes can use up to Use it on BIOS-based computers for similar configurations involving other In maintaining your hybrid MBR after it's configured, and you might want to GPT fdisk to set up a hybrid MBR on a Mac however, GPT fdisk can be useful The past, Apple's Boot Camp helped automate this process, so you don't need
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You can then install Windows on these hybridized partitions. Windows partitions), and then you'll modify your protective MBR so that itsĠ圎E partition is smaller than normal and it contains one to three partitionĭefinitions that point to the same disk locations as corresponding GPT Thus, you'll define your partitions first as GPT partitions (including your
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Versions prior to Windows 8 (on Macs) are less capable in this respect. MacOS is happy on GPT, and so can use GPT partition definitions but Windows For instance, suppose you've got a Macintosh thatĭual-boots macOS and an older version of Windows (Windows 7 or earlier). Primary partitions, which point to the same space that's marked out by up to A hybrid MBRĬontains a type-0圎E partition, but it also contains up to three additional The intent is to keep GPT-unaware OSes and utilitiesĪ hybrid MBR is a variant on the normal protective MBR. This partition spans the entire size of the disk or 2 TiB, Hybrid MBR 101Īs noted on other pages in this document, a conventional GPT diskĬontains a protective MBR with a single partition, of type 0圎E (EFI GPT),ĭefined. Sophisticated OSes in GPT data structures. MBR, you can satisfy your legacy OS's need for up to three partitionsĭefined via an MBR, while keeping additional partitions for more When using such an OS, an ugly, flaky, and downrightĭangerous workaround can sometimes be useful: hybrid MBRs. Some OSes, particularly older ones, have limited or GPT? section of this document.) GPT does have one glaring problem, GPT is a very flexible partitioning scheme with many advantages over the Note: This page is part of the documentation for my GPT fdisk program. If you find GPT fdisk or this Web page useful, please consider making a small donation to help keep this site up and running. This Web page, and the associated software, is provided free of charge and with no annoying outside ads however, I did take time to prepare it, and Web hosting does cost money. You'll Tear Your Eyes Out by Rod Smith, Web page update:, referencing GPT fdisk version 1.0.9 Hybrid MBRs Hybrid MBRs: The Good, the Bad, and the So Ugly