How to delete GPT Protective Partition?

In Windows XP Professional, if you cannot access or modify GPT disk, you can convert a GPT disk to MBR by using the clean command in DiskPart, which removes all data and partition structures from the disk.

1. You may see S2VR HD 5 Drives in GPT status.


2. Go to DOS command line (click on "Start Menu", then "Run", typee 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 "clean" command to remove GPT disks.
After that, type in "exit" to end DiskPart. You can follow all commands marked as "RED" to delete all 5 drives in S2VR HD.


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 5 drives in S2VR HD and initialize them.