Introduction
Windows Server 2022 provides a range of features that allows access to a wide variety of storage and storage devices. Windows supports spinning disks, USB memory sticks, and SSD devices (including NVMe SSD devices).
Before you can use a disk to hold files, you need to create partitions or volumes on the device and format them. When you first initialize a disk, you need to define which partitioning method to use. You have two choices:
- Master Boot Record (MBR)
- GUID Partition Table (GPT)
These days, most PCs use the GPT disk type for hard drives and SSDs. GPT is more robust and allows for volumes bigger than 2 TB. The older MBR disk type is used typically by 32-bit PCs, older PCs, and removable drives, such as memory cards or external disk drives.
For a good discussion of the differences between these two mechanisms, see https://www.howtogeek.com/193669/whats-the-difference-between-gptand-mbr-when-partitioning-a-drive/.
With a volume...
