This tutorial explains how to format or convert a Hard Disk or a Partition to NTFS format, as it is file system that provides better performance and security for data.

Windows cannot be installed to this disk MBR and GPT are two formats of the hard disk. MBR is the abbreviation of master bootable record, whereas GPT is an abbreviation of GUID partition table.

The only online references I've found to "GPT protective partition" have been in relation to trying to read GPT-formatted partitions on Windows XP, which doesn't support GPT.

My previous post on Linux Mint Debian Edition 201303 has obviously uncovered a lot of confusion about EFI booting and GPT partition tables. I hope that I can explain it all a bit more, with a ...