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MBR2GPT Disk layout validation failed
Disk validation failed.
Easiest way is solve this problem is as given below.
Go to Disk Manager -> Select disk (0 or 1 ) you want convert and select the partition eg. C -Drive
Right click --> Shrink the disk and put shrink value to 200MB ->OK
Go to CMD with admin mode run the below command
mbr2gpt /validate /disk:0 /allowFullOS -> Enter
Validation is success
Run below command to convert
mbr2gpt /convert /disk:0 /allowFullOS
Disk will be converted to GPT
Go to BIOS and change Legacy to UEFI mode and change boot sequence
Your system will boot with mfg logo
- There seems to be an overwhelming idea that if you don't upgrade to Windows 11 you may be missing something, or you'll have problems, or whatever reason.
I'd like to let this group know that you are better off staying with Windows 10 - period.
MS is pushing people to upgrade to 11, but that's not because you will no longer be able to use 10.
They are already working on 12!
10, from what I understand, will be a viable candidate until 12 is released. Why? Because 11 has so many issues.
I keep 11 on a separate drive. But I "use" Windows 10 daily for 100% of my work. I'm a Web developer and SEO specialist. I "must" have a computer that doe not have "issues".
Those using 11 have various issues, and I've experienced lagging, loading issues, etc. So why would I want to put all the effort into upgrading to 11 from a perfectly good 10?
Just use 10.Mr_Garrison I hear what you're saying and it's certainly valid. But there are other considerations.
Sure, I could make up a separate virgin VM and install Windows 11 on it. But when it comes time to transfer my old files and apps from the old VM to the new VM, well... Windows has had c**p user file migration tools from day one. (More accurately, they had no tool for years, then they made one, then for some reason they decided to decommission it, and now we're back to not having one.) Unless you are wiling to purchase a one-time-only third-party tool, I believe the approved mechanism is "do it by hand." Repurchasing apps, in particular, is not an effective use of my funds.
The best way to beat this idiot test is to upgrade your existing machine (VM) from 10 to 11 -- then, you don't have to move or lose anything. (Also, you avoid having to pay again for Windows 11 because the upgrader sees your old 10 license.) But that first requires having a machine (VM) that doesn't tell you every time you run System Update, "This machine will never run Windows 11."
I don't want to upgrade to Windows 11 today. But someday 10 will go the way of XP. On the day I decide to upgrade to 11, or 12, or whatever I choose, I want to have a VM capable of performing that upgrade without complaint. That's what I'm trying to achieve..
macsrweI'm not sure if I understand you, but as far as upgrading Windows, you'll be able to upgrade to 12, if and when that is a stable OS.
I have 11 installed on another drive, but I don't use anything over there. I have my E-mail client set up there, but that's about all. I do not send or receive E-mail on 11, but I have a couple of programs installed that provide enough feedback for me to see whether 11 is stable or not. My E-mail client is one of them because it's got E-mail back as far as 1999. That software alone tasks the operating system. If it runs really well, then that's one of many tests to prove if 11 is stable enough for me to switch.
I'm still running and using 10 and have no reason to move to 11.
Microsoft knows that 11 is a "Corvair"...cool to look at, but it was a real POS mechanically.
Maybe I made an assumption I shouldn't have. I downloaded Windows 11 as opposed to just using Windows 10 to upgrade. That's why I have Windows 11 on another drive.So I'll use 10 until 12 is stable. I'm guessing to make 11 stable (even though they say it's stable now, it's not) would mean taking it down to the core. Instead, they decided to start over with something else - 12...hopefully.
But Windows 10 will be around for several more years. If you'd like to read a quick-read post, check this page - https://www.techadvisor.com/article/745965/will-there-be-a-windows-12.html
And for me, I don't need more bells and whistles. So if 11 doesn't have anything added to it, and 12 doesn't come out with any new features, I'm also good with that. As that article states, it's very likely that you'll be able to upgrade from Windows 10 to Windows 12.
Nobody is "required" to switch to Windows 11. Windows 10 will be supported for several more years.
My entire point for now is that because Windows 11 is "not" stable enough for those of us using the computer all day long, I refuse to use 11. Flickering; lagging; etc., are critical usage problems. I develop Web sites all day long, provide weekly meetings on SEO with zoom and Streamyard, edit videos of the meetings to upload to YouTube, and that's only part of my days.
So yes. It's critical to me that my operating system be "rock-solid-stable". Windows 11 does not meet that tier - yet - and may never. If it does, and I check on it every couple of weeks, then I'll switch. But I believe Windows 12 will be released before that happens. Hence the reason 12 was even mentioned anywhere.
If you are thinking that migration is going to be an issue for you, that part I don't understand. Migrating anything has the chance of "something" going wrong.
Whatever software I need, I "install" into the current operating system I'm using. I do not migrate anything. If you are using software for which you no longer have the installation files, then you would need to migrate. Although I don't see the logic in why people don't retain full installation files or disks for their software. Or, go to the company where they "got" (e.g. purchased; downloaded for free; etc.) the software and install the latest version from there.
Any files you have generated from software that you'd consider the need to migrate is a simple resolve. Whatever you created is stored somewhere you decided.
I keep all of my files that I generate on a separate drive from C:\
C:\ should only be used for installing software and storing operating system software as well as data.
So I "have" everything to move to another drive - after I install the latest version of the software I simply look in my drive where I have all my generated files to open something.
I've been working on PC's since 1992 - before there was an Internet and before Windows was available. I have never migrated anything.
If you do want something that is a quality tool, I would recommend Acronis. I've used it in the past and been happy. You can back up your entire drive, exactly as it is now, and use the file to which everything was backed up to literally install on another drive.
If I were to decide Windows 11 were finally stable, yes...I'd be working a couple of days to install all my software from the drive with Windows 10.
I don't care what migration software is available. You get a better install if you literally install the software you need.
But we won't know until 12 is released whether it can upgraded from 10 or not. I'll cross that bridge when I get there. I just refuse to use Windows 11 until it's no longer got all those "quirks" - however I have to upgrade in the future.
I'm hoping you see that I'm trying to understand why it's important for you to have Windows 11, and provide alternatives for you at the same time.
Bottom line is, I'm hoping you understand you don't need to keep beating your head against the wall to get 11 installed on your computer. If it's one of those, "I just need to do this because I started, and I "have" to finish this...", that's simply an exercise in futility - but knock yourself out.
