The Selected Disk Has an MBR Partition Table. On EFI Systems, Windows Can Only be Installed to GPT
On this video, I will show you how to fix this error, “Windows Cannot be Installed to This Hard Disk Space. The Selected Disk Has an MBR Partition Table. On EFI Systems, Windows Can Only be Installed to GPT Disks”. This error message appears after clicking on the general error message that says “Windows Can't be Installed on Drive 0 Partition 3”
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This video will show you three methods to solve this problem without disk formatting and without losing your data, but before showing solutions, you have to know what does this error message mean, so you can select the suitable solution.
Usually, this error appears if you are trying to install windows 11, windows 10, windows 8 or older windows operating systems, specifically if you have booted from a bootable USB that has a GPT disk scheme, while the internal disk has an MBR disk scheme.
This error indicates that the Legacy is enabled or the Compatibility Support Module (CSM) is disabled in your BIOS settings, as the Legacy mode supports only a bootable USB created in an MBR disk scheme in order to install windows.
On the other hand, UEFI mode supports only GPT disk scheme. So if the UEFI mode enabled in BIOS settings, you will fail to install windows from a USB created in MBR disk scheme unless the CSM mode is enabled, and you will see an error message saying that “The selected disk is of the GPT partition style”.
Outline of the Suggested Solutions:
1. Create a bootable USB in your mobile that supports both GPT and MBR systems.
2. Recreate a bootable USB in MBR file system if you are using Rufus Tool
3. Converting the Computer disk scheme from GBT to MBR and then Enable UEFI mode in BIOS settings.
Related Videos:
HOW TO IDENTIFY BOOT/UEFI AND RECOVERY PARTITIONS:
https://youtu.be/tYUBiWO0P9o
Differentiate between GPT & MBR System:
https://youtu.be/V1KnNju3xWk
How to Create bootable USB in Mobile app ( Supports both GPT & MBR)
https://youtu.be/VftmUgeRJa8
HOW TO CREATE BOOTABLE USB IN COMPUTER:
https://youtu.be/5gsRer7i0hs
How to Boot From the USB:
https://youtu.be/3STO5fXy5KA
Rebuild BCD:
https://youtu.be/D9Az4w21ZxI
How to Convert MBR to GPT:
https://youtu.be/nENTXwvHw3s
Install windows 11 from USB:
https://youtu.be/KqiNiUyW7IU
This is the list of most common hotkeys that can be used to open BIOS settings:
Acer: F12, F9 or Esc.
ASUS: Esc or F8
COMPAQ Presario: F9 or Esc.
Dell: F12
Fujitsu: = F12
HP: Esc or F9
Lenovo: F12, F8, F10, Nano Button or Fn+F11
MSI: F11
Samsung: F12, F2
Sony: Assist Button, Esc or F11.
Toshiba: = F12
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