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Rufus shows only MBR

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Evernow edited this page Apr 16, 2021 · 3 revisions

Rufus does not show GPT, only MBR.

Description:

problem

You see this when your USB drive's partition table is MBR instead of GPT, this has the simple fix of simply using a built in utility called DISKPART to recreate the USB under GPT.

Fix

  1. Open the start menu and look for the Command Prompt, make sure to run it as administrator.

  1. Type the command diskpart then press enter.

  1. Type the command list disk then press enter. You will see your connected disks show up.

  1. Type the command select disk followed by the number of the USB stick you are using for this.

**REMINDER: ALL DATA ON THIS DISK WILL BE DELETED! **

  1. Type the command clean then enter.

**REMINDER: ALL DATA ON THIS DISK WILL BE DELETED! **

  1. Type the command convert gpt and press enter.

  1. After it is successfully done, close Rufus then open it again.

  1. Make sure that Partition scheme is "GPT, Target system is UEFI (non CSM), and that File system is "Fat32"

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