Im having a Windows 10 on a GPT partition style, is that bad ?

[moking01]

hey guys,

So yesterday i was trying to install windows 10 and this error msg came to me, so i had to format the boot hdd to GPT (not knowing whats the difference) to be able to install it.
Is that something good or bad as i dont know what are the differences between MBR and GPT.

Also please recommend me a software i can use to test my new boot hdd as i think its acting funny.

 

[Colif]

I wish that message was in English - I mean, it is but said in a way that is easier to understand.

I am guessing you had win 7 on drive before? It uses MBR partition scherme, Win 10 uses GPT and because you are installing win 10 it wants you to format the drive as GPT.

All that wants you to do is delete all the partitions on the hdd and click next

MBR or Master Boot Record is the way all hard drives have been formatted since 1982 and has limitations that when it was started seemed so far into future that no one needed to worry about them. One of those is max hdd size is 2tb. All versions of windows until Win 8 used this.

GPT or GUID Partition Table is made to fix many of the problems associated with MBR and is used in Win 8 & 10. The max size a GPT drive can be is 18.8 million TB so I can't see me being alive when we get a drive that big.

If you want to test drive, use the free version of http://www.hdtune.com/ or http://crystalmark.info/software/CrystalDiskMark/index-e.html

 

[moking01]

Yea it had win 7 previously and i already installed win10 on the drive as GPT, my question is having a GPT partition as boot partition is okay ? i dont really know if i even should ask this question as it sounds too dumb but i really dont know.

 

[Colif]

its essential for win 10 boot drive to be GPT. Its perfectly fine.

its good to ask

https://www.howtogeek.com/193669/whats-the-difference-between-gpt-and-mbr-when-partitioning-a-drive/

 

[moking01]

its essential for win 10 boot drive to be GPT. Its perfectly fine.

its good to ask

https://www.howtogeek.com/193669/whats-the-difference-between-gpt-and-mbr-when-partitioning-a-drive/

thanks alot man, would you please suggest me a good hdd tool to test for bad sectors and overall hdd health ?

 

[Colif]

see the links at bottom of post you awarded best post too

both of those show the smart score which should help. What brand hdd is it as many of the makers have their own tools.

 

[moking01]

Oh i didnt notice that lol, thanks again