0 MB GPT Protective Partition


  1. IMAyNeed
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    Windows 7 Ultimate 64-bit
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    0 MB GPT Protective Partition


    In the Disk Management, I have an extra 0 MB GPT Protective Partition.
    Is that normal?


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  3. Maguscreed
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    Windows 7 x64
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    Do you currently have an external drive connected?

    The only place I've seen this popping up is with external drives that have been used on a mac and pc both.
    I could all be cleaned up with diskpart but that would mean deleting the data on the drive.
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  4. IMAyNeed
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    I have external drives that is being connected to both operating systems, but they are not connected at the moment (but was connected and haven't rebooted after I disconnected them).
    So, even if those drives are not connected, this can come up?
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  6. Maguscreed
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    restarting would be the only way to sort that. I don't have the proper conditions here to replicate the problem right now.
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  7. IMAyNeed
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    No, thank you.
    You made me understand that what could this partition be. Because it wasn't showing anywhere in the disk management, therefore your explanation quite makes sense because I use my external drives on different operating systems.
    Thank you for the explanation again.
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