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   need GPT for a 4TB storage device. This is my daily driver 4TB SATA SSD (GPT).   
      
   S:\disktype> disktype.exe /dev/sda            <=== cygwin disktype   
      
   --- /dev/sda   
   Block device, size 3.639 TiB (4000787030016 bytes)   
   DOS/MBR partition map   
   Partition 1: 2.000 TiB (2199023255040 bytes, 4294967295 sectors from 1)   
     Type 0xEE (EFI GPT protective)        <==== Protective MBR, tells WinXP to   
   "go away and don't come back"   
                                                 The three other MBR partition   
   entries are empty   
   GPT partition map, 128 entries   
     Disk size 3.639 TiB (4000787030016 bytes, 7814037168 sectors)   
     Disk GUID CD4D6752-BAC8-B446-90A7-662721F0DD2D   
      
   Partition 1: 100 MiB (104857600 bytes, 204800 sectors from 2048)   
     Type EFI System (FAT) (GUID 28732AC1-1FF8-D211-BA4B-00A0C93EC93B)   
     Partition Name "EFI system partition"   
     Partition GUID BE145A8D-FC87-9B45-AFB1-8959CB4D727A   
     FAT32 file system (hints score 4 of 5)   
       Volume size 96 MiB (100663296 bytes, 98304 clusters of 1 KiB)   
   Partition 2: 16 MiB (16777216 bytes, 32768 sectors from 206848)   
     Type MS Reserved (GUID 16E3C9E3-5C0B-B84D-817D-F92DF00215AE)   
     Partition Name "Microsoft reserved partition"   
     Partition GUID B000A1BB-661C-7541-AF97-88BB60627F66   
   Partition 3: 118.7 GiB (127481675776 bytes, 248987648 sectors from 239616)   
     Type Basic Data (GUID A2A0D0EB-E5B9-3344-87C0-68B6B72699C7)   
     Partition Name "Basic data partition"   
     Partition GUID 6A16D60B-3608-4140-891C-792DF2C72ABD   
     NTFS file system   
       Volume size 118.7 GiB (127481675264 bytes, 248987647 sectors)   
   Partition 4: 649 MiB (680525824 bytes, 1329152 sectors from 249227264)   
     Type Unknown (GUID A4BB94DE-D106-404D-A16A-BFD50179D6AC)   
     Partition Name ""   
     Partition GUID B15ABCC3-F0C5-AE4D-838C-751EF868E237   
     NTFS file system   
       Volume size 649.0 MiB (680521728 bytes, 1329144 sectors)   
   Partition 5: 129.0 GiB (138510690816 bytes, 270528693 sectors from 250556416)   
     Type Basic Data (GUID A2A0D0EB-E5B9-3344-87C0-68B6B72699C7)   
     Partition Name "Basic data partition"   
     Partition GUID BC694DBD-BB6F-124F-B804-F32C6B9E828C   
     NTFS file system   
       Volume size 129.0 GiB (138510690304 bytes, 270528692 sectors)   
   Partition 6: 1.001 GiB (1074790400 bytes, 2099200 sectors from 521086976)   
     Type Unknown (GUID A4BB94DE-D106-404D-A16A-BFD50179D6AC)   
     Partition Name ""   
     Partition GUID CF6B38AF-C016-3F48-A84B-B310CC27C8E8   
     NTFS file system   
       Volume size 1.001 GiB (1074786304 bytes, 2099192 sectors)   
   Partition 7: 682.0 GiB (732331769856 bytes, 1430335488 sectors from 523186176)   
     Type Basic Data (GUID A2A0D0EB-E5B9-3344-87C0-68B6B72699C7)   
     Partition Name "Basic data partition"   
     Partition GUID DA97834F-DF61-974A-B913-9BD526C13C9A   
     NTFS file system   
       Volume size 682.0 GiB (732331769344 bytes, 1430335487 sectors)   
   Partition 8: unused   
      
   That's just to show you the level of detail available. The report   
   in GDISK, of "EF00", is shorthand for "28732AC1-1FF8-D211-BA4B-00A0C93EC93B",   
   which is why the pseudo-codes were invented, to help humans. The   
   value "EF00" is not written on the drive anywhere.   
      
      Paul   
      
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