Author Topic: Error: unable to get partition information. 168  (Read 8349 times)

ndugu

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Error: unable to get partition information. 168
« on: October 08, 2015, 07:10:29 AM »
This is what happens when I try to install to MBR:

Add/install the Plop Boot Manager Installer to the Windows boot menu
Plop Boot Manager - Written by Elmar Hanlhofer   www.plop.at

Read and accept the licence agreement!

Add the Plop Boot Manager Install program to the Windows boot menu?
{y,n}y

Copy plpinstc.bin to C:\plop
        1 file(s) copied.
Copy plpbt4win.exe to C:\plop
        1 file(s) copied.

Creating boot menu entry
Error: unable to get partition information. 168

There was an error

Press any key to continue . . .

Why?

Elmar

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Re: Error: unable to get partition information. 168
« Reply #1 on: October 08, 2015, 07:28:54 AM »
This error comes when your hard disk is using GPT. The Boot Manager does not support GPT.

GPT: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/GUID_Partition_Table

LNels16

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Re: Error: unable to get partition information. 168
« Reply #2 on: October 12, 2015, 19:04:54 PM »
I have also had this problem. Is there any way around it?