Difference between revisions of "Some basics of MBR v/s GPT and BIOS v/s UEFI"

Some basics of MBR v/s GPT and BIOS v/s UEFI (view source)

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 The organization of the partition table in the MBR limits the maximum addressable storage space of a disk to 2 TB (232 × 512 bytes).
-Therefore, the MBR-based partitioning scheme is in the process of being superseded by the GUID Partition Table (GPT) scheme in new computers. A GPT can coexist with an MBR in order to provide some limited form of a backwards compatibility for older systems.
+Therefore, the MBR-based partitioning scheme is in the process of being superseded by the GUID Partition Table (GPT) scheme in new computers. A GPT can coexist with an MBR in order to provide some limited form of a backwards compatibility for older systems. [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Master_boot_record]
-From: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Master_boot_record
 == GPT ==