GUID Partition Table - GPT - Bir Partition Table Tipi

Giriş

Açıklaması şöyle. MBR yetersiz kaldığı için kullanılan yeni partition table tipidir.

GPT is MBR's successor. It supports up to 128 partitions and addresses so large we won't reach them for decades, maybe never.

GPT genellikle UEFI bootloader ile kullanılır. Açıklaması şöyle

GPT is actually defined by UEFI spec and takes a different approach. Since UEFI isn't meant to be as thin and simple as BIOS (it's basically a small operating system, including the ability to load custom modules), its designers didn't bother with BIOS's "KISS" approach. Instead UEFI includes drivers for FAT-family filesystems and can be configured to load bootloader directly from a partition. Basically the filesystem driver which everyone tried to store in MBR is now provided by the platform, along with a built-in boot manager.