[Solved] Windows cannot be installed to this disk. The selected disk is of the GPT partition style.

When we reinstall the Windows operating system on the computer, sometimes we will encounter the following problems:

Windows cannot be installed to this disk. The selected disk is of the GPT partition style.

This problem is really troublesome: we cannot proceed to the next step of the installation.

But this problems is actually quite simple, because the disk required by Windows 10 needs to be the MBR partition style, so we need to convert GPT partition style to the MBR partition style.

But if you need the GPT partition style instead of MBR, you can also use the command below to convert the disk partition style.

But be careful, the following operation will “ERASE ALL DATA OF DISK”.

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Solution

First, use Shift + F10 to open CMD, and key in:

diskpart
list disk
select disk 0
clean
convert mbr

In this way, the disk cutting style is already MBR; if you want to convert to GPT, just change the command on the last line to convert gpt.

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References

• https://www.easeus.com/partition-master/the-selected-disk-is-of-the-gpt-partition-style.html
• https://www.diskgenius.com/how-to/the-selected-disk-is-of-the-gpt-partition-style.php
• https://www.partitionwizard.com/partitionmanager/windows-cannot-be-installed-to-this-disk.html