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What are the major advantages of the GUID Partition Table (GPT) over the Master Boot Record (MBR)?

What are the major advantages of the GUID Partition Table (GPT) over the Master Boot Record (MBR)?

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A.
It is not restricted to a disk partition’s size of 2 TB

B.
It provides added security with 1024 encryption

C.
it provides redundancy

D.
it supports Solid State Drives (SSD)

E.
It provides added security with 2048 encryption

Explanation:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Master_boot_record
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/GUID_Partition_Table
http://www.petri.co.il/gpt-vs-mbr-based-disks.htm

Size
MBR – Disk no larger than 2TB
GPT – Disk up to (in theory) 8ZB (Yes – Zetta Bytes)
Redundancy
MBR – Nothing – Single partition table
GPT – Provides redundancy, writing the GPT header and partition table both at the beginning and
at the end of the disk.


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