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Help using MBR2GPT on my system
I've been trying to install Windows 1607 as a dual boot, thread How to downgrade Windows 10 from 1709 to 1607 - Windows 10 Forums. The question came up about converting from MBR to GPT. It's not working for me.
I want to make a separate thread for this particular problem.
Here's my disk configuration:
I run mbr2gpt /verify with disk 0 and disk1, and they both give me errors. What I want to do is install 1607 on the F: partition. It would be nice to convert disk 1 also.
Here are the logs:
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2018-03-19 18:51:36, Info MBR2GPT was explicitly asked to run in full OS mode.
2018-03-19 18:51:36, Info MBR2GPT: Attempting to validate disk 0
2018-03-19 18:51:36, Info MBR2GPT: Retrieving layout of disk
2018-03-19 18:51:36, Info MBR2GPT: Initial partition information
2018-03-19 18:51:36, Info ===========================================================
2018-03-19 18:51:36, Info Partition layout for disk: 0
2018-03-19 18:51:36, Info Partition style : MBR
2018-03-19 18:51:36, Info MBR signature: 555597164
2018-03-19 18:51:36, Info Number of partitions : 3
2018-03-19 18:51:36, Info ===================PARTITION===============================
2018-03-19 18:51:36, Info Number: 1
2018-03-19 18:51:36, Info Type: 7
2018-03-19 18:51:36, Info Boot: Yes
2018-03-19 18:51:36, Info Recognized: Yes
2018-03-19 18:51:36, Info Style: 0
2018-03-19 18:51:36, Info Offset: 1048576
2018-03-19 18:51:36, Info Length: 104857600
2018-03-19 18:51:36, Info Volume: \\?\Volume{5e494090-47af-11e5-88cf-806e6f6e6963}\
2018-03-19 18:51:36, Info Drive: None
2018-03-19 18:51:36, Info NT Path: \Device\HardDisk0\Partition1
2018-03-19 18:51:36, Info ===================PARTITION===============================
2018-03-19 18:51:36, Info Number: 2
2018-03-19 18:51:36, Info Type: 7
2018-03-19 18:51:36, Info Boot: No
2018-03-19 18:51:36, Info Recognized: Yes
2018-03-19 18:51:36, Info Style: 0
2018-03-19 18:51:36, Info Offset: 105906176
2018-03-19 18:51:36, Info Length: 446313791488
2018-03-19 18:51:36, Info Volume: \\?\Volume{5e494091-47af-11e5-88cf-806e6f6e6963}\
2018-03-19 18:51:36, Info Drive: D:\
2018-03-19 18:51:36, Info NT Path: \Device\HardDisk0\Partition2
2018-03-19 18:51:36, Info ===================PARTITION===============================
2018-03-19 18:51:36, Info Number: 3
2018-03-19 18:51:36, Info Type: 7
2018-03-19 18:51:36, Info Boot: No
2018-03-19 18:51:36, Info Recognized: Yes
2018-03-19 18:51:36, Info Style: 0
2018-03-19 18:51:36, Info Offset: 446419697664
2018-03-19 18:51:36, Info Length: 53688139776
2018-03-19 18:51:36, Info Volume: \\?\Volume{211dbd6c-0000-0000-0000-b0f067000000}\
2018-03-19 18:51:36, Info Drive: F:\
2018-03-19 18:51:36, Info NT Path: \Device\HardDisk0\Partition3
2018-03-19 18:51:36, Info ===========================================================
2018-03-19 18:51:36, Info ESP partition size will be 104857600
2018-03-19 18:51:36, Info MBR2GPT: Validating layout, disk sector size is: 512 bytes
2018-03-19 18:51:36, Info BCD: Opening store. Flags: 0x0
2018-03-19 18:51:36, Info BCD: Store path: "\??\GLOBALROOT\device\harddisk0\partition1\Boot\BCD"
2018-03-19 18:51:36, Info BCD: Loaded hive at BCD00000000
2018-03-19 18:51:36, Info BCD: Opening object {9dea862c-5cdd-4e70-acc1-f32b344d4795}
2018-03-19 18:51:36, Info FindOSPartitions: Default boot entry: {455E0EEC-DECE-11E7-B5B4-EACDE0BAAC56}
2018-03-19 18:51:36, Info BCD: Opening object {455e0eec-dece-11e7-b5b4-eacde0baac56}
2018-03-19 18:51:36, Info VERBOSE: Device path: \Device\HarddiskVolume3
2018-03-19 18:51:36, Info VERBOSE: Dos path: \\?\GLOBALROOT\Device\HarddiskVolume3
2018-03-19 18:51:36, Info FindOSPartitions: Volume name for the default boot entry: \\?\Volume{5e494092-47af-11e5-88cf-806e6f6e6963}\
2018-03-19 18:51:36, Info BCD: Opening object {a0455270-dece-11e7-b5b4-eacde0baac56}
2018-03-19 18:51:36, Info VERBOSE: Device path: \Device\HarddiskVolume4
2018-03-19 18:51:36, Info VERBOSE: Dos path: \\?\GLOBALROOT\Device\HarddiskVolume4
2018-03-19 18:51:36, Info FindOSPartitions: Volume name for the recovery boot entry: \\?\Volume{f68c1638-0000-0000-0000-801c3a000000}\
2018-03-19 18:51:36, Info FindOSPartitions: WIM path for the recovery boot entry: \Recovery\WindowsRE\Winre.wim
2018-03-19 18:51:36, Info FindOSPartitions: Default boot entry locale: en-US
2018-03-19 18:51:36, Error Cannot find OS partition(s) for disk 0
2018-03-19 18:51:47, Info MBR2GPT was explicitly asked to run in full OS mode.
2018-03-19 18:51:47, Info MBR2GPT: Attempting to validate disk 1
2018-03-19 18:51:47, Info MBR2GPT: Retrieving layout of disk
2018-03-19 18:51:47, Info MBR2GPT: Initial partition information
2018-03-19 18:51:47, Info ===========================================================
2018-03-19 18:51:47, Info Partition layout for disk: 1
2018-03-19 18:51:47, Info Partition style : MBR
2018-03-19 18:51:47, Info MBR signature: 4136375864
2018-03-19 18:51:47, Info Number of partitions : 2
2018-03-19 18:51:47, Info ===================PARTITION===============================
2018-03-19 18:51:47, Info Number: 1
2018-03-19 18:51:47, Info Type: 7
2018-03-19 18:51:47, Info Boot: No
2018-03-19 18:51:47, Info Recognized: Yes
2018-03-19 18:51:47, Info Style: 0
2018-03-19 18:51:47, Info Offset: 1048576
2018-03-19 18:51:47, Info Length: 249585205248
2018-03-19 18:51:47, Info Volume: \\?\Volume{5e494092-47af-11e5-88cf-806e6f6e6963}\
2018-03-19 18:51:47, Info Drive: C:\
2018-03-19 18:51:47, Info NT Path: \Device\HardDisk1\Partition1
2018-03-19 18:51:47, Info ===================PARTITION===============================
2018-03-19 18:51:47, Info Number: 2
2018-03-19 18:51:47, Info Type: 39
2018-03-19 18:51:47, Info Boot: No
2018-03-19 18:51:47, Info Recognized: Yes
2018-03-19 18:51:47, Info Style: 0
2018-03-19 18:51:47, Info Offset: 249586253824
2018-03-19 18:51:47, Info Length: 471859200
2018-03-19 18:51:47, Info Volume: \\?\Volume{f68c1638-0000-0000-0000-801c3a000000}\
2018-03-19 18:51:47, Info Drive: None
2018-03-19 18:51:47, Info NT Path: \Device\HardDisk1\Partition2
2018-03-19 18:51:47, Info ===========================================================
2018-03-19 18:51:47, Info ESP partition size will be 104857600
2018-03-19 18:51:47, Info MBR2GPT: Validating layout, disk sector size is: 512 bytes
2018-03-19 18:51:47, Error ValidateLayout: Wrong boot partition count, expected 1 but found 0.
2018-03-19 18:51:47, Error Disk layout validation failed for disk 1
F: used to be unallocated space as a logical partition. I changed that to a primarty to satisfy one of mbr2gpt's rules. Can I define F as a system partition and would that allow the conversion.PHP Code:
2018-03-19 18:51:36, Error Cannot find OS partition(s) for disk 0
2018-03-19 18:51:47, Error ValidateLayout: Wrong boot partition count, expected 1 but found 0.
2018-03-19 18:51:47, Error Disk layout validation failed for disk 1
Disk 1 already has a system partition (I think), C:, but there's something else it doesn't like.
If you can figure out what's wrong here, please tell me what to fix.
Thank you.