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How to delete GPT Protective Partition

In Windows XP Professional, if you cannot access or modify GPT disk, you can con
vert a GPT disk to MBR by using the clean command in DiskPart, which will remove
all data and partition structures from the disk.
1. You might see S2VR HD 5 Drives in GPT status.
2. Go to DOS command line (click on Start Menu , then Run , type in cmd in textbox, and
hit OK )
* Type in DiskPart in command line.
* Type in list disk in command line to show all disks in this machine.
* Use select to set the focus to the specified partition.
For example select disk 1?.
* Use clean command to remove GPT disk from the current in-focus disk by zeroi
ng sectors.
3. Go back to Disk Management, you can see all S2VR HD disks are unallocated now.
Right click on disk info, choose Initialize Disk .
4. Choose all drives in S2VR HD and initialize them.
Warning: This command will erase all data on the disk, so please backup your dat
a first.

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