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admin2 · Joined: 23 Jun 2006 Posts: 55

Note: This operation will destroy all the data on the disk.

1. Open a Command Window. From the command prompt, type diskpart and press Enter. The diskpart prompt will open.
2. From the diskpart prompt, type list disk and press Enter. A list of disks will appear in a text format. You will return to the diskpart prompt.
From the diskpart prompt, type select disk disknumber (for instance, if the disk containing the GPT Protective partion is Disk 2, you would type select disk 2)and press Enter. A message appears saying that the disk is selected. You will return to the diskpart prompt.
3. From the diskpart prompt, type clean and press Enter. At this point the drive's partition and signature a removed. You will return to the diskpart prompt.
4. From the diskpart prompt, type exit and press Enter. Type exit once more to close the Command Window. At this point, the internal and/or external drive can be re-initialized, partitioned and formatted.
Launch Disk Management, and to initialize the disk

Once the drive is initialized, continue using Disk Management to partition and format the drive.

You can fix GPT Protective Partition issue using the abobe give procedure.