Windows 10: How to copy data from HDD that appears in GPT protective partition mode Desktop

If you have replaced the old HDD, for example with a new SSD, and want to copy data from the old HDD, you may face the problem of the disk in GPT protective partition mode. Connecting the old HDD as an external drive may not be the ideal solution, as the operating system may actually detect it as a GPT Protective partition. To solve the problem it may be useful to connect again the old HDD to the motherboard via SATA cable and power supply via PC. Boot the PC from the operating system installed on the new SSD and see if, in file explorer THIS PC, the old HDD is accessible to copy the files s

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How to delete the GUID Partition Table (GPT) on a HDD

I have a Windows 7 PC that has a virus (probably multiple viruses). I'm going to rebuild the PC with Windows 10.

I have removed the HDD from the Windows 7 PC and have it externally attached to a different Windows 10 PC via eSATA.

I have deleted all of the partitions on the external HDD - but, also - I would like to delete the GPT from the HDD also.

How do I delete the GPT from an HDD?

I have googled some references on the internet that suggest using various freeware utilities (e.g. Super Fdisk).

Does Windows 10 have a command that deletes a GPT - perhaps somewhere in the DISKPART command?

I'm thinking if I use DISKPART to convert the GPT to MBR and then convert it back to GPT - I will have effectively deleted the GPT.

Any suggestions?

Thanks

 

GPT Protective Partition. How to read data / recover hard drive that is in this state.

Hi everyone,

Recently I've had a hard drive of mine, a WD Red Network Attached Storage drive, suddenly convert to GPT Protective Partition.

I have no idea what has caused this and no idea how to reverse it.

I've been online and scoured the internet for solutions, software that can read the partition, but it seems as if few people are having this issue on a Windows 10 PC. Some forums say people are trying to read a GPT disk on windows xp and it shows up as GPT
Protective.

I have all of my data on the hard drive so erasure is not an option, several programs I am using can scan the drive and reveal some files and data intact.

If anybody has a solution, or knows any program able to read a GPT Protective Partition, please contact me.

Thanks, .

 

My 2.0TB HDD is not showing up in Explorer. In Windows Disk Management, it is showing up as Healthy (GPT Protective Partition). Pictures attached.

Hi, I'm Elise, a fellow user like yourself and I'd be happy to help with your issue.

My first question on this is do you need the data contained on the drive? If not it is quite easy to clean it and start again following these steps:

Right-click Computer or This PC and then select Manage from the context menu.

Select Disk Management in the pop-up window.

Find the disk marked as GPT Protective Partition and remember its disk number.

Type cmd in the search box and then run as administrator.

Type diskpart in the command prompt and hit Enter.

Type the following commands in order and press "Enter" after each one.

list disk

select disk n. (n refers to the disk marked as GPT Protective Partition.)

clean

convert mbr

exit

If you do need the data, you would need to use a third party partition management utility to convert the partition and retain the data.

Please let me know if you need any further assistance.

Kind Regards,

Elise