Damn it's done now I would suggest you to remake this video because you didn't mention that you can only run the command when you have 3 maximum drives
I encountered the usual problem with trying to upgrade and watched dozens of uploads, drive compatibility was never mentioned, plus many of the geeks assume their content is viewed by like minded geeks. Your video was outstanding in explanation, guidance and narration. Finally managed. Thank you very much.
Replace the hard drive and re-install windows and recover your data from a recent backup. The hard drive is toast. But given Windows 11 requirements I would buy a whole new machine with 11th gen CPU in it. so your hard drive will cost about $2000 because of Windows 11!
You can do this. If you have more than 3 primary drives created in your machine you can back up the data on one drive and delete it. Since there is a precondition to have maximum 3 primary drives to do this conversion.
@@DON-P48LO Don't you mean to convert or reformat the drive into GPYT mode? If this person is still using physical spinning rust I would recommend him to switch to an SSD anyways. reformatting a non-SSD to convert the format is not worth the effort. As long as you have a good backup then replacing the drives with an SSD is the best solution.
This is a great guide, thanks for helping! I ran into an issue after running [mbr2gpt.exe /convert] where command prompt said that it "Failed to update ReAgent.xml...". ReAgent is Windows Recovery Environment which allows you to troubleshoot the PC. To fix this, follow this guide and after switching from legacy boot to UEFI, reboot the PC. Run command prompt as admin and run the command [reagentc /info]. This will tell you if reagent is enabled. If it says enabled you're all set! If it says that it is disabled try running [reagentc /enable] to enable it and follow up with [reagentc /info] to confirm. I hope this helps!
I got to the bios and the top on the screen says sabertooth x58 bios setup version 1101. When I sent to the boot tab the options were "boot device priority" "hard disk drives" "boot settings configuration" and "security" I don't see a boot mode or anything like that. When I restarted my computer it doesn't fully restart. Please help
Thank you! Built my own PC years ago, wanted to upgrade to Windows 11 but I could not get my PC to meet the minimum requirements. Kept trying to enable secure boot or switch to UEFI but it wasn't working. This fixed it!
Hello bro , I'm getting error while doing this that " Disk layout validation failed for disk 0 " what should I do please tell me I'm dping this since 3days but I'm not going solve help me
I need help with 3:51 I have no option that shows the same thing as the video ( since I did the command and can't find the options it's now stuck between it telling me to switch to uefi or legacy to boot and non of it is working)
2:43 When i click on the command prompt it restarts and i have to select the account with which i have logged in. When i select it asks for password, when i enter it, it keeps saying password is incorrect although it is correct. What to do?
WOW ! I went in to this knowing I had to do a fresh reload. I had no idea at all that YOU could convert a part. without wiping the OS. This worked like charm. THANKS !!!!
TechBase thank you so much . You instructions save me from the eternal Bios loop from hell. It was so easy I didn’t had to go advance on it just click and turn secure boot . Thank you
Every time I get to the command prompt it tells me to sign into the admin account and I do and it tells me the password is incorrect even though I have changed the password and know 100% that it’s correct
After running the command I got “failed update ReAgent.xml please try to manually disable and reenable WinRE”. I tried to do this with reagentc /disable but it told me “reagentc is not recognised as an internal or external command, operable program or batch file” what do I do?
Was trying to setup everything for Win 11 , changed my C drive to GPT, than i saw i have on D drive boot and on C is system, so i cannot use UEFI secure boot in bios, it almost broke my BIOS, would not load to windows at all, instead was going to BIOS in endless loop, barely able to fix later. What can i do? System partition and boot partition is on different drives.
I did everything my system is top notch but still I can't update it to windows 11 idk what's the issue I checked all the requirements and it's all perfect
Unfortunately I get the mbr2gpt cannot find os partition error when attempting this which is a whole other issue I have to tackle. Why in the world did they make it so difficult to update.
Help, I followed this and when it was restarting after enabling uefi mode its getting stuck in a loop saying start PXE over ipv4 then ipv6 and then starting auto recovery then restarts the process
So i have huge problem, when i try to enter command prompt it requires me password that i dont know, i tried password for my microsoft i tried password for my computer and none works, if someone can help me i will be gratefull
For some unknown reason, mine won't convert... I've tried everything! I don't even have the mbr2gpt.exe in system32 which means it's not in the system at all, and there's no information on how to get it....
You absolute beauty! I could kiss you 😘 it works! I added an additional SSD and uefi stopped working, this fixed that and now I can upgrade to Windows 11 when I see fit. Thank you so so much!
Im also getting an around 20-30 more fps in games. This was the case before I installed the new SSD, no idea why it would impact performance so heavily but again thank you 👍
I have Disk 0, Disk 1, Disk 2. System files + Windows 10 boots off Disk 1, would I need to do this for all 3 disks or just the one I boot off of? Will the other two disks be safe?
It didnt work it said some kind of winre and agent failure now i m stuck at the UEFI BIOS OF HP LAPTOP and it doesnt have any other option than hard disk check ups and language
I disabled CSM in order to enable Secure Boot. Than my BIOS asked me to reset because CSM was loaded. I did that and managed to put Secure Boot on Standard and enable it. After that, my PC wouldn’t boot and not give me access to BIOS anymore. I had to Clear the CMOS physically. I understand that if I have a different partition mode Windows wouldn’t boot, but why did I lose access to BIOS? Now I’m not confident on doing the process again and worried if do the MBRtoGPT my Windows won’t boot at all and I will get stuck. Any advice?
My “secure boot state” in my bios is greyed out and stuck on disabled. Why the heck is it that way. I’ve been trying on and off for years now to upgrade and they is as close as I’ve gotten.
Not sure if anyone will reply but it's worth a shot. Following this guide, if there are 2 separate drives in the computer, will this conversation work on both drives? Or is it only targeting the drive / partition containing the OS? I've seen some mixed information about possible data lose and I'm trying to figure out all I can before pulling the trigger and enabling Secure Boot.
My man you are a legend! I was so confused cause i had windows 11 before on the same computer and all of a sudden my pc didn’t met the requirements, thanks a lot
Help meeee when I use that command and after reopen is says (reboot and select proper boot device or insert boot media in selected boot device and press a key_) I don't know what to do ple someone help me 😭 I can't do anything now
I am in a trouble, help me please. Tell me a command in cmd propt to remove the old command. I don't want to change to uefi. My pc won't turn in legacy becuase of the command. Tell me the legacy command
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you best man. worked fine😯😍
What if my MB doesn't support uefi or secure boot? Then what do?
Still not working 😭
I've installed latest version of windows and when I run the command same message appears..
Please help bruh
Damn it's done now I would suggest you to remake this video because you didn't mention that you can only run the command when you have 3 maximum drives
@@maybe6697 hi can you ols explain how you got over the issue? I'm facing the same thing
I encountered the usual problem with trying to upgrade and watched dozens of uploads, drive compatibility was never mentioned, plus many of the geeks assume their content is viewed by like minded geeks. Your video was outstanding in explanation, guidance and narration. Finally managed. Thank you very much.
The fact that a windows user has to go through this shit speaks waves.
I agree. Had to update BIOS for my Asus-card to even allow TPM 2.0 in the first place. Very confusing.
Yeah, if I wanted to run files from a command prompt to mamage the disc format, I would be using Linux.
Yeah it's too bad windows is the only way to go for most people because everytime there's an update chaos ensues 😪
I went crazy trying to solve the Secure Boot issue! This was all I needed!
@@AlmostGrewMyHairhow do you update it ? Im using asus
Thank you for this tutorial. Don't know why the Windows installer can't just do this itself though
They don’t wanna do it for u cuz they want u to buy new computers with win11 preinstalled
@@smite327 that's what I was thinking about.
Really helpful. I didn't know you had to convert your partition. Really appreciate the help.
It worked for me. I almost gave up before I stumbled on your video, you saved me. Thank you
When i run the command it does few things but after that it says "Disk layout validation failed for disk 0"
Pls help
Same
@@ChamszYT you fixed?
@@JugandoconTengo3Perros no
Did you fix it I have the same issue
@@S.B.AUTO316 no
It says "disk layout validation failed for disk 0"..What to do plz rply man
Replace the hard drive and re-install windows and recover your data from a recent backup. The hard drive is toast. But given Windows 11 requirements I would buy a whole new machine with 11th gen CPU in it. so your hard drive will cost about $2000 because of Windows 11!
You can do this. If you have more than 3 primary drives created in your machine you can back up the data on one drive and delete it. Since there is a precondition to have maximum 3 primary drives to do this conversion.
@@PWingert1966 what are you talking about lol if you are going to install windows 10 again you can download it in GPT mode 😂
@@DON-P48LO Don't you mean to convert or reformat the drive into GPYT mode? If this person is still using physical spinning rust I would recommend him to switch to an SSD anyways. reformatting a non-SSD to convert the format is not worth the effort. As long as you have a good backup then replacing the drives with an SSD is the best solution.
Same to me
2:42 I don't have the option to select cmd prompt from this screen, just "start up settings" and "UEFI Firmware Settings"?
This is a great guide, thanks for helping!
I ran into an issue after running [mbr2gpt.exe /convert] where command prompt said that it "Failed to update ReAgent.xml...". ReAgent is Windows Recovery Environment which allows you to troubleshoot the PC.
To fix this, follow this guide and after switching from legacy boot to UEFI, reboot the PC. Run command prompt as admin and run the command [reagentc /info]. This will tell you if reagent is enabled. If it says enabled you're all set! If it says that it is disabled try running [reagentc /enable] to enable it and follow up with [reagentc /info] to confirm. I hope this helps!
Thanks for that information you saved me
@@Elroshado I'm glad I was able to help! 😊
the only video so far that adressed the mbr partition thing, thanks so much!
I got to the bios and the top on the screen says sabertooth x58 bios setup version 1101. When I sent to the boot tab the options were "boot device priority" "hard disk drives" "boot settings configuration" and "security" I don't see a boot mode or anything like that. When I restarted my computer it doesn't fully restart. Please help
Thank you! Built my own PC years ago, wanted to upgrade to Windows 11 but I could not get my PC to meet the minimum requirements. Kept trying to enable secure boot or switch to UEFI but it wasn't working. This fixed it!
Hello bro ,
I'm getting error while doing this that " Disk layout validation failed for disk 0 " what should I do please tell me I'm dping this since 3days but I'm not going solve help me
Hi did you by any chance fix the issue? I’m having the same problem😅 hopefully 2 years later it’s all good
This is the only video I found that actually worked for me! Thank you so much!
I just get an error called "cannot find is partitions(s) for disk 0" any Tipps how to fix that? I'm on windows 10
me too got da same thing
@Karan Singh how do I do this
Same
When I click command prompt my pc loads and goes black. Help.
It says "Disk layout validation failed for disk 0". I can't convert it.
Same
I need help with 3:51 I have no option that shows the same thing as the video ( since I did the command and can't find the options it's now stuck between it telling me to switch to uefi or legacy to boot and non of it is working)
Same
Man... You're awesome!!
I've searched everywhere, but only your video helped me out. Thanks again bro!
2:43 When i click on the command prompt it restarts and i have to select the account with which i have logged in. When i select it asks for password, when i enter it, it keeps saying password is incorrect although it is correct.
What to do?
When I type the command into command prompt it does the first couple of actions then says “cannot find is partition(s) for disk 0” any help for this
Same Issue
Same
Same bc we have multiple hard drives and windows aint on disk 0 but on 1 now the question how we convert disk 1
We need to delete one partition.I had delete recovery partition
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WOW ! I went in to this knowing I had to do a fresh reload. I had no idea at all that YOU could convert a part. without wiping the OS. This worked like charm. THANKS !!!!
Did u use your PC or your Laptop
I want to do this, but to another partition besides drive C where windows is. how to do that ?
TechBase thank you so much . You instructions save me from the eternal Bios loop from hell. It was so easy I didn’t had to go advance on it just click and turn secure boot . Thank you
It says "validation failed for disk 0". Can you pls help? :(
Every time I get to the command prompt it tells me to sign into the admin account and I do and it tells me the password is incorrect even though I have changed the password and know 100% that it’s correct
Did you find out how to fix it
@@AkhPacpls did anyone find out how to fix it
@@user-hz5mk8iu5j let me find the link and I’ll send it. Luckily I was able to fix it
I got the same problem
Ill try smt if it works ill tell everyone how to fix it if not yall wont hear from me again 😂
Could not figure out the problem until I did the mbr2gpt conversion -- finally! Thank you
Man you are great, this is maybe the first time that I follow a guide and it worked good job 👌🏻👌🏻 subscribed and liked
After running the command I got “failed update ReAgent.xml please try to manually disable and reenable WinRE”. I tried to do this with reagentc /disable but it told me “reagentc is not recognised as an internal or external command, operable program or batch file” what do I do?
i have the same problem: MBR2GPT: Failed to update ReAgent.xml, please try to manually disable and enable WinRE.
When typing the command it says:
"Disk layout validation failed for disk 1" any solution?
Same
Same here
@KaZuYa gonna backup data and reinstall OS..
When installing it i will change gpt there
That is the only solution i think so..
@KaZuYa I think it because the disk has more than one partition Idk
@@Aadhi555 did it work
I have 2 hds on mbr and 1 on gpt , with this process itt will convert the other drive too or just the c and i will lose acess to the other drive?
This Was the missing piece. Solved my issue. Thank you.
Was trying to setup everything for Win 11 , changed my C drive to GPT, than i saw i have on D drive boot and on C is system, so i cannot use UEFI secure boot in bios, it almost broke my BIOS, would not load to windows at all, instead was going to BIOS in endless loop, barely able to fix later. What can i do?
System partition and boot partition is on different drives.
Thanks. This helped. I couldn’t figure this before your help
I did everything my system is top notch but still I can't update it to windows 11 idk what's the issue I checked all the requirements and it's all perfect
Unfortunately I get the mbr2gpt cannot find os partition error when attempting this which is a whole other issue I have to tackle. Why in the world did they make it so difficult to update.
Hey, have you managed to find a solution? Having a nightmare trying to install windows 11😅
@@Rocky-dx2tg Nope still searching. There really is no easy way around it.
@@TheDrawable is your OS in drive 0 or drive 1? Because I might’ve thought of a solution if it’s in drive 1 like mine is
Hay guys my os i in disk 0 and it trying to convirt disk 1 and saying can't find os partition for disk 1 and the os in disk 0 WTFF
resolved?
Help, I followed this and when it was restarting after enabling uefi mode its getting stuck in a loop saying start PXE over ipv4 then ipv6 and then starting auto recovery then restarts the process
Great video 🔥❤️
very helpful 👌
I was Searching for this video for So long ... Finally THANK YOU 😉
my conversion to gpt failed what should i do?
@@ftym6613 use any software don't do it manually if u don't know cmd properly use ease us
I think I broke my pc after the restart, after the command fuck my os is not found so my pc is not starting wtfffff
THIS REALLY HELPED ME OUT! Thank you!
I just type the command line that's it it worked without changing bios
Just restart after command line is done
Thanks so much for the video
Thank you so much man for this. Atleast now I know where to start.
Everything works out fine but it says Cannot find is partition(s) for disk 0
This video is a perfect tutorial, thank you so much! Saved me hours of headaches
Is it damaging the motherboard or generally the computer ?
thank you SO much^_^ you have no idea how long ive been looking for a video of this❤️
Bro it says,"validation of disk failed
Same here bro
I had this problem for months and years... and you solved it in two minutes for me. thank u so much
Hi all
When I tried to convert MBR to GPT, I'm getting error like *cannot find room for the EFI system partition"
PLEASE HELP
So i have huge problem, when i try to enter command prompt it requires me password that i dont know, i tried password for my microsoft i tried password for my computer and none works, if someone can help me i will be gratefull
Start your CMD on your desktop as an administrator, then u type: net user "your username" new password. Then try it again with the new password
@@pa1exx ill try when i get home, thanks
@@limabrat no problem
Thx man!
It's easy)) and I was already upset, thinking that my Legion Y540-17IRH won't upgrade to win11
It says Disk layout validation failed for disk 1
Have you done it??is there any loss of data or windows file??
For some unknown reason, mine won't convert... I've tried everything! I don't even have the mbr2gpt.exe in system32 which means it's not in the system at all, and there's no information on how to get it....
It is showing’ disk layout validation failed’
When I select Command Prompt from Advanced Options, I'm getting asked for a password. None of my correct passwords work. Any ideas?
Same
I can't access the command prompt since it refuses my password please help
Same, it’s literally my password
i got stuck on 3:46, will someone please explain what and when should i click my bio key
F10 F12 F1 or DEL
I have ssd and hdd in my lap,
Both need conversion?
Ok, but what if I have SSD and HDD which are both MBR? Will the command convert both disks or just an SSD?
Looking for the same answer bro
Sir when i go to trouble shoot it dose not show me advanced options please help
You absolute beauty! I could kiss you 😘 it works! I added an additional SSD and uefi stopped working, this fixed that and now I can upgrade to Windows 11 when I see fit. Thank you so so much!
Im also getting an around 20-30 more fps in games. This was the case before I installed the new SSD, no idea why it would impact performance so heavily but again thank you 👍
when i try this it converting disk 1 not 0 and said '' cannot find os partition (s) for disk 1
can you help ?
Will you lose data when you do this?
Edit: I just did it and I didn’t lose any data
I have Disk 0, Disk 1, Disk 2. System files + Windows 10 boots off Disk 1, would I need to do this for all 3 disks or just the one I boot off of? Will the other two disks be safe?
I can only see start up options in advanced how can I fix those
DUDE. I was completely stumped on why my PC wouldn't do secure boot and launch windows, your guide took so much stress away
It's not working for me " disk layout validation failed for disk 0" what do now
Please help out bro! When I ran the command it failed! What do I do next the only problem I have updating mine is secure boot
It didnt work it said some kind of winre and agent failure now i m stuck at the UEFI BIOS OF HP LAPTOP and it doesnt have any other option than hard disk check ups and language
ERROR: MBR2GPT can only be used from the Windows Preinstallation Environment. Use /allowFullOS to override.
It did help me! In case you guys have a Asus TUF B-550 Plus WiFi ii and were struggling to update to win 11 this is all you need!
I did everything you stated in the video, now windows won’t boot up. Any help?
It now says “preparing windows update”.
What If you have multiple drives you want to convert??
I disabled CSM in order to enable Secure Boot. Than my BIOS asked me to reset because CSM was loaded. I did that and managed to put Secure Boot on Standard and enable it.
After that, my PC wouldn’t boot and not give me access to BIOS anymore. I had to Clear the CMOS physically.
I understand that if I have a different partition mode Windows wouldn’t boot, but why did I lose access to BIOS?
Now I’m not confident on doing the process again and worried if do the MBRtoGPT my Windows won’t boot at all and I will get stuck.
Any advice?
After doing the mbr2gpt stuff, i was not able to get to the bios or boot option, now I can't on my pc without getting some stuff I don't understand
My “secure boot state” in my bios is greyed out and stuck on disabled. Why the heck is it that way. I’ve been trying on and off for years now to upgrade and they is as close as I’ve gotten.
Will this process format my drive or not?!
Not sure if anyone will reply but it's worth a shot. Following this guide, if there are 2 separate drives in the computer, will this conversation work on both drives? Or is it only targeting the drive / partition containing the OS? I've seen some mixed information about possible data lose and I'm trying to figure out all I can before pulling the trigger and enabling Secure Boot.
My boot disk is on disk 1 instead of zero is there away to get it to change disk 1 instead
I tried to do that but it's it says cannot find OS partitions for disc zero
Will converting process delete our files? Or they will remain same?
Bro I just want to know that is there any data loss risk in this conversion
In uefi mode : win 8 or above have been showing oem boot logo... That means win11 cannot show new boot logo
My man you are a legend! I was so confused cause i had windows 11 before on the same computer and all of a sudden my pc didn’t met the requirements, thanks a lot
Why should we have to do this? Just because we barely found a way to run our own Windows with new components, or is our SSD just old ?
no "boot mode" option
It changed the status of Pc health check, but not settings. So i still cant update. Do you have any clue to whats happening?
How do you convert it back? If need be.
Help meeee when I use that command and after reopen is says (reboot and select proper boot device or insert boot media in selected boot device and press a key_) I don't know what to do ple someone help me 😭 I can't do anything now
Hey it says that Disk layout validation failed for disk 0 why...?
Is there any way to activate the secure boot without getting stuck in the BIOS?
After changing to gpt I turned my computer off and now it’s asking for boot media and to press a key? I can’t use my computer anymore…
Hello, i did all right, but i dont see option to switch from legacy to uefi.
It says, disk layout validation failed what can I do
I am unable to see disk 0, its only showing disk 1 which is not my boot drive in the cmd prompt when I run convert action
Hello, when I press om command prompt the screen turns black and then nothing happens, the command prompt won't open
I am in a trouble, help me please. Tell me a command in cmd propt to remove the old command. I don't want to change to uefi. My pc won't turn in legacy becuase of the command. Tell me the legacy command
Bro just enter when starting the pc and change to uefi easy
It didnt work for me, it says Cannot find OS partition(s) for disk 0
Hi, When i open command prompt it says C:\Users\(my name)>
what do i do?
Do you have to convert every disk or just the main one ?