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Most computers use GPT these days. + +While creating the live or bootable USB, some tools (like [Rufus][1]) ask you the type of disk partitioning in use. If you choose GPT with an MBR disk, the bootable USB might not work. + +In this tutorial, I’ll show various methods to check the disk partitioning scheme on Windows and Linux systems. + +### Check whether your system uses MBR or GPT on Windows systems + +While there are several ways to check the disk partitioning scheme in Windows including command line ones, I’ll stick with the GUI methods. + +Press the Windows button and search for ‘disk’ and then click on “**Create and format disk partitions**“. + +![][2] + +In here, **right-click on the disk** for which you want to check the partitioning scheme. In the right-click context menu, **select Properties**. + +![Right click on the disk and select properties][3] + +In the Properties, go to **Volumes** tab and look for **Partition style**. + +![In Volumes tab, look for Partition style][4] + +As you can see in the screenshot above, the disk is using GPT partitioning scheme. For some other systems, it could show MBR or MSDOS partitioning scheme. + +Now you know how to check disk partitioning scheme in Windows. In the next section, you’ll learn to do the same in Linux. + +### Check whether your system uses MBR or GPT on Linux + +There are several ways to check whether a disk uses MBR or GPT partitioning scheme in Linux as well. This includes commands and GUI tools. + +Let me first show the command line method and then I’ll show a couple of GUI methods. + +#### Check disk partitioning scheme in Linux command line + +The command line method should work on all Linux distributions. + +Open a terminal and use the following command with sudo: + +``` +sudo parted -l +``` + +The above command is actually a CLI-based [partitioning manager in Linux][5]. With the option -l, it lists the disks on your system along with the details about those disks. It includes partitioning scheme information. + +In the output, look for the line starting with **Partition Table**: + +![][6] + +In the above screenshot, the disk has GPT partitioning scheme. For **MBR**, it would show **msdos**. + +You learned the command line way. But if you are not comfortable with the terminal, you can use graphical tools as well. + +#### Checking disk information with GNOME Disks tool + +Ubuntu and many other GNOME-based distributions have a built-in graphical tool called Disks that lets you handle the disks in your system. + +You can use the same tool for getting the partition type of the disk as well. + +![][7] + +#### Checking disk information with Gparted graphical tool + +If you don’t have the option to use GNOME Disks tool, no worries. There are other tools available. + +One such popular tool is Gparted. You should find it in the repositories of most Linux distributions. If not installed already, [install Gparted][8] using your distribution’s software center or [package manager][9]. + +In Gparted, select the disk and from the menu select **View->Device** Information. It will start showing the disk information in the bottom-left area and this information includes the partitioning scheme. + +![][10] + +See, not too complicated, was it? Now you know multiple ways of figuring our whether the disks in your system use GPT or MBR partitioning scheme. + +On the same note, I would also like to mention that sometimes disks also have a [hybrid partitioning scheme][11]. This is not common and most of the time it is either MBR or GPT. + +Questions? Suggestions? Please leave a comment below. + +-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- + +via: https://itsfoss.com/check-mbr-or-gpt/ + +作者：[Abhishek Prakash][a] +选题：[lujun9972][b] +译者：[译者ID](https://github.com/译者ID) +校对：[校对者ID](https://github.com/校对者ID) + +本文由 [LCTT](https://github.com/LCTT/TranslateProject) 原创编译，[Linux中国](https://linux.cn/) 荣誉推出 + +[a]: https://itsfoss.com/author/abhishek/ +[b]: https://github.com/lujun9972 +[1]: https://rufus.ie/en_US/ +[2]: https://i1.wp.com/itsfoss.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/03/disc-management-windows.png?resize=800%2C561&ssl=1 +[3]: https://i1.wp.com/itsfoss.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/07/gpt-check-windows-1.png?resize=800%2C603&ssl=1 +[4]: https://i1.wp.com/itsfoss.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/07/gpt-check-windows-2-1.png?resize=800%2C600&ssl=1 +[5]: https://itsfoss.com/partition-managers-linux/ +[6]: https://i0.wp.com/itsfoss.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/07/check-if-mbr-or-gpt-in-Linux.png?resize=800%2C446&ssl=1 +[7]: https://i0.wp.com/itsfoss.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/07/check-if-mbr-or-gpt-in-Linux-gui.png?resize=800%2C548&ssl=1 +[8]: https://itsfoss.com/gparted/ +[9]: https://itsfoss.com/package-manager/ +[10]: https://i2.wp.com/itsfoss.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/07/check-disk-partitioning-scheme-linux-gparted.jpg?resize=800%2C555&ssl=1 +[11]: https://www.rodsbooks.com/gdisk/hybrid.html