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Converting Disks between MBR and GPT partition Styles
Click on OK to initialize the disk. Once completed the disk will be listed with the chosen partition style with the space marked as ''Unallocated'' in the graphical view. The next step is to create partitions on the disks or use them as dynamic disks. These topics are covered in subsequent chapters.
== Converting Disks between MBR and GPT partition Partition Styles ==
Once a disk has been initialized as GPT or MBR it is quite possible that one day the disk partition style will need to be changed. There is good news and bad news regarding converting partition style in Windows Server 2008. The good news is that this can be achieved either using the Disk Management tool or from the command line using ''diskpart''. The bad news is that conversions can only be performed on empty disks. This means that any pre-existing volumes on the disk must be backed up and deleted before performing the conversion.

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