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Mauro Huculak

Step-by-Step Guide: Converting MBR to GPT for UEFI on Windows 10 for Windows 11

Mauro Huculak Microsoft
Convert MBR to GPT on Windows 10.

If you want to switch the firmware type from the Basic Input/Output System (BIOS) to the Unified Extensible Firmware Interface (UEFI) without modifying the current installation or plan to upgrade from Windows 10 to Windows 11, you can use the "MBR2GPT" tool to convert the drive from a Master Boot Record (MBR) to a GUID Partition Table (GPT) partition style.

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