Restart and retry installing windows exactly like how you did, now Windows setup will pleasantly accept your GPT disk partition to install Windows 10 into. This worked great! Just built a new system, Windows Server 2016 was installed on GPT partition and at first Windows 10 would not installed.

• Windows Cannot Be Installed To Disk
• Windows Cannot Be Installed To Disk Partition

Windows cannot be installed to MBR/GPT disk? Windows cannot be installed to dynamic disk? These are the most common issues that can occur during the process of Windows 10/8/7 installation. Here are two options: If you still have a Windows system running that still can access to the disk you were trying to install Windows 8, you can simply use the command line diskpart to clean up the disk. Open a command prompt as administrator. Type diskpart. Check, and select the disk. Move the Windows operating system installed on MBR to GPT. Windows can not complete the installation process on the GPT partition, but it can completely run on the GPT partition once it is installed. If you already have a Windows operating system installed on your MBR hard drive, you can move it to a GPT hard drive.

When you try to install Windows 10/8/7 on your computer, and the Windows Set up might report 'Windows cannot be installed to this disk. The selected disk is of the GPT partition style.' This is one of the common errors occur during Windows installation. Recently, it seems to become severe in Windows 10 because there are more and more users looking for an effective way to install Windows 10 on GPT partition. Here we will analyze the reasons and offers two efficient ways to fix the issue.

1. The selected disk is not of the GPT partition style' means the computer is set up to boot in legacy BIOS mode, but the hard drive where you attempt to install Windows is partitioned as GPT style. Some old motherboards supports Legacy BOIS instead of Legacy + UEFI / CSM Boot.
2. Windows cannot be Installed to this Disk is a problem which occurs during installation of windows. It occurs due to the disk partition issue like - The selected Disk is of the GPT Partition style and The selected Disk has an MBR Partition table.

Causes of 'The Selected Disk is of the GPT Partition Style'

MBR and GPT are two formats of the hard disk. MBR stands for Master Boot Record, and GPT stands for GUID Partition Table. It is the traditional partition structure to manage disk partitions, and it is widely used by a majority of users due to its compatibility with most systems. GPT partition style is a newer standard for disk partitioning, which defines partition structure by GUID. It is part of the UEFI standard, which means the UEFI-based system should be installed on a GPT disk.

And to boot Windows from GPT, you should do two things. First, make sure your PC is booted in UEFI mode. Second, make sure that the motherboard of the device supports UEFI. If not, it is better to use MBR to boot from. So, when you get 'The Selected Disk is of the GPT Partition Style' error in Windows 10/8/7 or other previous Windows versions, please first check if your PC is booted in UEFI mode. If no, please do it.

Steps to boot into UEFI mode:

Step 1: Reboot PC and enter BIOS.

Step 2: Enable UEFI boot > Save settings and exit BIOS.

Step 3: Continue to install Windows.

And if yes, it might suggest that your hard drive is not configured for UEFI mode. Here you have two choices to fix the issue.

Fixes for 'The Selected Disk is the GPT Partition Style'

There are two ways you can choose to get your problem solved. Carry out the one best suited to your needs.

Option 1: Change BIOS mode from UEFI to Legacy

Step 1: Completely shut down your computer.

Step 2: Power on the system. As soon as the first logo screen appears, immediately press 'F2' to enter the BIOS.

Step 3: Use the right arrow key to select 'Boot'.

Step 4: With Boot Mode highlighted, press 'Enter', and then use the down arrow to select 'Legacy BIOS'.

Step 5: Press 'Enter'.

Step 6: Press 'F10', and select 'Yes' to save the change and exit the BIOS.

Option 2: Convert GPT to MBR

If the first method doesn't help too much, converting GPT to MBR disk can do you a great favor. It is an easier way to fix 'The Selected Disk is the GPT Partition Style' error. And you can do it by using Diskpart or EaseUS free partition software. The latter one is a better choice because it allows you to manage this job without deleting partitions or losing data.

Method 1: Convert to MBR using Diskpart

Step 1: Press 'Win + R' to open Run dialog > Type: cmd and hit 'Enter' to bring up Command Prompt.

Step 2: Type: diskpart.exe and hit 'Enter' to open 'DiskPart' window.

Step 3: Type: list disk and hit 'Enter'.

Step 4: Type: selectdisk g (Replace g with the drive letter or your disk that you want to change it to MBR.)

Step 5: Type: convert MBR and hit 'Enter'. Let the program to do the disk conversion task, and then there you'll get wanted partition table in your disk.

Step 6: Type: exit to finish the task.

Method 2: Convert to MBR using EaseUS free partition software

Download and install EaseUS free partition tool on your computer, then follow the steps below to convert your GPT disk to MBR.

Step 1: Install and open EaseUS Partition Master on your Windows computer.

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Step 2: Right-click the GPT disk that you want to convert and select 'Convert to MBR'. Then, you will add a pending operation.

Step 3: Click the 'Execute Operation' button at the top-left corner. Next, click 'Apply' and begin to convert GPT disk to MBR. All data is safe with EaseUS partition manager software.

After this, you can restart PC, letting the system to keep all of the changes.

Final Word

Windows Cannot Be Installed To Disk

In this article, we have discussed reason and solutions of the error 'Windows cannot be installed to this disk. The selected disk has an MBR partition table'. If you are not an advanced computer user, using the GPT to MBR converter - EaseUS Partition Master is bly recommended. Because you cannot cancel the process if you are using the DiskPart.

Windows Cannot Be Installed To Disk Partition

We hope this instruction is useful to you. If you have other solutions or any questions on this issue, please feel free to share or contact our support team.