How can you convert an MBR style disk to GPT?

Answer 1

In Windows Vista or newer operating systems:

# Right-click Computer in the Start Menu and then select Manage. # Select Disk Management in the left column. # Right-click the MBR drive you want to convert to GPT and then click Convert to GPT Disk. Note: If the drive contains partitions you must first delete these before converting it to GPT.

Answer 2

This for Windows 7... Start-> Right click on My Computer -> Manage -> Storage -> Disk Management -> Right click where is written "Disk 0" or "Disk 1". Whatever your hard drive number is. Than choose "Convert to GPT Disk".

Answer 3

You can Convert GPT disk to MBR disk with Windows Disk Management

1. Right click "My Computer" and choose "Manage" -> "Storage" -> "Disk Management".

Windows Disk Management

2. Delete all volumes on the GPT hard disk which you want to convert to MBR disk.

Delete all volumes

3. Right click on the hard disk 1 and choose "Convert to MBR disk". After you convert GPT disk to MBR disk, you can create partitions on the now MBR disk if you like.

OR use the software easier(with EaseUS Partition Master)

Tips:

1. You must have administrator privilege to do this in Windows.

2. Before you convert a disk, be sure to backup anything on the GPT disk that you want to convert to MBR disk. Converting the disk requires that all partitions and volumes are deleted on the disk first.