Introduction
Windows Server 2022 provides a range of features that allow access to various storage and storage devices. Windows supports spinning disks, USB memory sticks, and SSD devices (including MVMe SSD devices). These storage options provide you with great flexibility.
Before using a storage device to hold files, you need to create partitions or volumes on the device and then format these drives/volumes. Before formatting, you need to initialize a disk and define which partitioning method to use. You have two choices:
- Master Boot Record (MBR)
- GUID Partition Table (GPT)
These days, most PCs use the GUID Partition Table (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 older PC 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...
