spongebob59
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Whats the difference between dynamic and GTP disc format ?
Another SSD question.
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GreiginFife
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They are essentially two different things. GPT is a partition type (newer UEFI type applications), MBR would be the "comparison" partition type. Basically GPT is used in newer UEFI enabled systems. MBR is more legacy.
Dynamic disks can be used on both GPT and MBR partition types. So it's not really a case of the difference between them as they are different aspects of a disks set-up.
Edit to add: If this is for that external drive use then I would use MBR partition type to make it more universal and FAT32 as the formatting withing the partition.
Dynamic disks can be used on both GPT and MBR partition types. So it's not really a case of the difference between them as they are different aspects of a disks set-up.
Edit to add: If this is for that external drive use then I would use MBR partition type to make it more universal and FAT32 as the formatting withing the partition.
robinthehood
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Dynamic allows you use it as part of a raid set within windows.
GPT allows large volumes up to whatever the OS can support, MBR has a max of 2TB
GPT allows large volumes up to whatever the OS can support, MBR has a max of 2TB
spongebob59
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Thanks, its going to be used as internal memory on an Nvidia Shield
GreiginFife
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You should be able to format that via the nVidia
spongebob59
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It didn't pick it up, so I'm formatting on PC first
GreiginFife
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And there is the drawback of using an internal hard drive for external purposes. From what I understand Shield will mount a drive in either exFAT or NTFS. Not sure how accurate that is, but it's a decent start point.
spongebob59
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Working fine with the shield now. It was an SSD from an previous android box, so was a shot to nothing.
