Frequently Asked Questions on MBR and GPT
What is the primary difference between MBR and GPT partitioning?
The primary difference between MBR and GPT is :
- MBR uses 32-bit based logical addresses, and offers a limited capacity of 2 TB
- GPT uses 64-bit based logical addresses, and offers capacity upto 9.4 zeta bytes
Can MBR and GPT coexist?
No, MBR and GPT cannot co-exist. The partitioning scheme is chosen at the disk initialization stage and the disk will be formatted with the chosen scheme.
What are some other partitioning schemes?
Some other partitioning schemes involve : APM (apple partition map), Cylinder Head Sector (Obsolete), Apple File system.
MBR v/s GPT Partition in OS
A partitioning scheme in an operating system is a way of structuring and organizing data and partitions in the computer’s storage devices like hard disk drives (HDD) or solid-state drives (SDD).
“To simply put, before we can allocate, store and manipulate data on our storage medium, we need to partition it. We can define the partitioning by using these partitioning schemes”
In this article, we’ll look at two commonly used partitioning schemes in OS: Master Boot Record (MBR) and GUID Partition Table (GPT).
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