Another mbr2gpt error - Disk layout validation failed for disk 1


  1. Posts : 26
    Windows 10 Pro
       #1

    Another mbr2gpt error - Disk layout validation failed for disk 1


    Originally, I used mbr2gpt and got an error:
    Cannot find OS partition(s) for disk 0
    I looked at Disk Management and found that Disk 0 is an HDD which I use for backups; it is not the boot disk. The boot disk was Disk 4 and is an SSD.

    Disk 0 is not only listed as "Active" but it also is listed as "System."

    I tried
    Code:
    mbr2gpt /validate /disk:4
    but received the error in the title.

    I marked Disk 4 as "Active." I restarted my computer and it would not boot, so I set Disk 4 as "inactive." It boots just fine after that.

    I used
    Code:
    reagentc /enable
    but still got the above errors.

    I unplugged all of the drives except the boot drive (i.e., Disk 4 which then became Disk 0). The computer would not boot.

    I used
    Code:
    mbr2gpt /validate /disk:0
    after unplugging all superfluous disks while in Windows Repair. Could not validate.

    I also tried to fix the booting problem with Windows 10 "Advanced" options. Did not work.

    I reconnected the original Disk 0 and it is again Disk 0 with the Boot Disk as Disk 1. My computer now boots fine, but I still get the error in the title when I use
    Code:
    mbr2gpt /validate /disk:1 /allowFullOS

    I know the problem is that the System is on one drive and the Boot stuff is on another, but I do not know how to get the System and Boot disk on the same Disk.

    Any ideas as to what I need to do to get mbr2gpt to validate without errors?

    Thank you for any help you might provide.

    P.S. For some reason, I cannot get any options when I right-click on the Disks in Disk Management. Weird.
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  2. Posts : 6,361
    Windows 11 Pro - Windows 7 HP - Lubuntu
       #2

    It will never validate as drive 1 doesn't have the System partition. There is another way to convert the the drive from Legacy-MBR to UEFI-GPT. Do you have another drive (HDD or SSD, Internal or external) with 600G free space?

    To make drive 1 self boot able:
    Open a CMD window as administrator and type:

    diskpart
    select volume c
    active
    exit
    bcdboot C:\Windows /s C: /f BIOS
    exit

    Shut down, detach drive 0 and drive 2 (SATA or power cable), on BIOS select drive 1 as boot priority and try to boot.
    If it boots normally, shut down, attach drive 0 and drive 2, boot from drive 1 and set drive 0 as non active.
    Last edited by Megahertz; 23 Dec 2021 at 16:50.
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  3. Posts : 26
    Windows 10 Pro
    Thread Starter
       #3

    Thank you, @Megahertz. This worked and I now have Win 11 installed.
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  4. Posts : 6,361
    Windows 11 Pro - Windows 7 HP - Lubuntu
       #4

    Good.

    Did you created a System partition or it wasn't needed?
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  5. Posts : 26
    Windows 10 Pro
    Thread Starter
       #5

    @Megahertz - I did not intentionally create a System partition, but such a partition was created for me at some point.
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  6. Posts : 15,499
    Windows10
       #6

    edsager said:
    @Megahertz - I did not intentionally create a System partition, but such a partition was created for me at some point.
    Windows 11 needs an EFI partition Older legacy bios installations have a system partition, but really old installations used to have the system files included in the C drive instead of separate. Having them separate makes repairing bcd easier.

    It is rather moot now as W11 is uefi based albeit people have managed to get it to work as legacy bios (presumably to avoud converting drive to gpt). Whilst it can be done, it does not make it a good idea.
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