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| Newer page: | version 2 | Last edited on Wednesday, June 22, 2005 11:17:16 am | by PerryLorier | Revert |
| Older page: | version 1 | Last edited on Wednesday, June 22, 2005 9:51:09 am | by DanielLawson | Revert |
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* Allows for > 2 TB partitions
* Up to 128 primary partitions (as opposed to 4)
* No need for extended partitions
+* GPT is easily extensible.
+* Each partition is identified by a [GUID] so you can reference that partition even if disks are moved around.
+* Each partition type is identified by a [GUID] to avoid issues with partition type conflicts that plagued the older IBM PC partitioning format.
+* A 46(?) charactor utf16 partition label to identify partitions.
+* Has a "fake" [MBR] for backwards compatibility.
+* Includes a CRC32 to detect corrupt partition tables.
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References:
* [MS Knowledge Base| http://www.microsoft.com/resources/documentation/Windows/XP/all/reskit/en-us/Default.asp?url=/resources/documentation/Windows/XP/all/reskit/en-us/prkd_tro_zkfe.asp]
