Windows 10: Issue with drive coming out as GPT Protective partition on one dock but not the other.

Hi Everyone,

I have this strange issue with my external USB docks and PC.

Lets call them Dock 1 and Dock 2:

If I format a drive in Dock 1 and try to use it on Dock 2 the drive won't mount and comes out as GPT Protective partition. However, If I go and insert it back in the original Dock I formatted it on, boom it works perfectly.

Same thing visa versa. If I format a drive on Dock 2 and try to use it on Dock 1. Same issue.

I can only ever use the drive on the dock it was originally formatted on. I also have other docks around and I have tried and its hit or miss. Works on some not on others etc etc.

What could this be?

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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
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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, .

 

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