The GUID Partition Table (GPT) replaces the previous master boot record (MBR). GPT partitions can hold 18 exabytes compared to 2.2TB for the MBR.

Now with a little bit of searching I've found a Windows based tool that claims it can recover a GUID partition table called Partition Guru Professional Edition (the free version does not handle ...

Fix Selected GPT formatted disk partition is not of type PARTITION_BASIC_DATA_GUID error message on Windows 11/10.

What is GPT, aka GUID Partition Table? GPT is the newest standard, and it will eventually replace the MBR partitioning system in the long run.

I've neve used them personally but I know parted can create them and it looks like the kernel option is CONFIG_EFI_PARTITION which is on by default in Debian, I don't have an Ubuntu machine to ...