When we talk about MBR and GPT (GUID Partition Table), we're talking about two different methods of storing partition ...

The easiest way to check if a Disk uses GPT or MBR Partition would be to do it from the Disk Management window. If you are familiar with Windows Command-line interpreter then you can use either ...

and this type of BIOS only worked with disks formatted to use the MBR (Master Boot Record) partition style. If your disk is using the GPT partitioning scheme, it won't work. More recent systems ...