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Shifting from BIOS to UEFI with the Windows 10 Creators Update MBR2GPT disk conversion tool
Comprehensive yet quick video overview that explains how you can safely and non-destructively convert a Windows 10 machine from legacy BIOS to UEFI disk partitioning; and how you can automate the con...
I get this error when trying to do the /validate
ValidateLayout: Wrong boot partition count, expected 1 but found 0.
Any idea why that is?
ValidateLayout: Wrong boot partition count, expected 1 but found 0.
Any idea why that is?
Just from the look of the error, it sounds like it cannot find a boot partition. How are you running the command?
mbr2gpt /disk:1 /validate
I have tried from both WinPe and within Windows.
This is the full transcript for the command prompt.
C:\Windows\system32>mbr2gpt /disk:1 /validate /allowfullos /logs:c:\temp MBR2GPT: Attempting to validate disk 1 MBR2GPT: Retrieving layout of disk MBR2GPT: Validating layout, disk sector size is: 512 bytes Disk layout validation failed for disk 1
- How many partitions do you have ?
This is happening because you have more than 3 partitions on your disk 0 or disk 1 where you have the windows 10 installed. Or probably you have selected wrong disk. try on disk 0.
- I Had the same error while trying to convert my mbr hard disk to gpt.
what I did for getting success was the following:
1.- checking my partitions in computer management, I saw my two partitions (system reserved and OS ) were primary partitions, but data partition Or D: (as I use to call it) was in logical partition state.
2.- I installed Minitool Partition Wizard and converted logical partition to primary.
3.- Run into windows Enviroment the mbr2gpt /convert /disk:"number of the disk" /allowFullOS and the... IT WORKED!
Hope you Found this helpful.
