What is a GUID Partition Table, or GPT? In this post, we will see what a GPT partition is and how it compares to MBR disks. We will also learn how to format, remove, or delete a GPT disk or ...

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GPT stands for GUID Partition Table—one of those annoying acronyms containing another acronym. GUID stands for globally unique identifiers.

The selected GPT formatted disk contains a partition which is not of type PARTITION_BASIC_DATA_GUID This is reported mostly when the user is trying to extend a specific disk-partition.

Now with a little bit of searching I've found a Windows based tool that claims it can recover a GUID partition table called Partition Guru Professional Edition (the free version does not handle ...