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External backup hard drive, should it be MBR or GPT?
On a computer using Windows 7 64 bit. When using external hard drives for data backup. Is it better to format them for MBR or GPT?
I know MBR is old. And I believe the GPT has redundant partition tables. Though have read of some people having trouble getting data off of drives with GPT as the partitions are "protected".
I thought of going with GPT as it has redundant partition tables, whereas MBR only has a single partition table that if it gets corrupted. That can/will screw the whole drive up and the data on it.
I only use these hard drives for data backup.