| lonezilla to image SSD fails with MBR/GPT mismatch Windows 7 Pro 64-bit is successfully installed on a 128Gb SSD drive (ADATA SP900). 'Computer Management' confirms the partition style is MBR for this drive. When using Clonezilla to take a backup image of this drive, my preferred backup method, it reports the following error: "This disk contains mismatched GPT and MBR partition: /dev/sda" As I do not use the GPT partition system, is there a 'safe' fix that will not result in a loss of data please? Thanks in advance. | |
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 2nd Oct 2013, 18:38 | #2 |
| Associate Joined: Aug 2011 Posts: 25 | Problem solved If anyone is interested, using the command line mode in Clonezilla, I removed the GPT components using gdisk: # sudo gdisk /dev/sda GPT fdisk (gdisk) version 0.7.2 Partition table scan: MBR: MBR only BSD: not present APM: not present GPT: present Found valid MBR and GPT. Which do you want to use? 1 - MBR 2 - GPT 3 - Create blank GPT Your answer: 1 Command (? for help): x Expert command (? for help): z About to wipe out GPT on /dev/sda. Proceed? (Y/N): y GPT data structures destroyed! You may now partition the disk using fdisk or other utilities. Blank out MBR? (Y/N): n <--- do NOT choose Y! MBR is unchanged. You may need to delete an EFI GPT (0xEE) partition with fdisk or another tool. All working now and Clonezilla runs without errors. |
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