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I've seen similar posts about this but was not enough for me to resolve my issue.
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The error code (0x80070057) during the format operation can be caused by a bad disk.
Anyway, let's try converting to GPT via WinRE.
Create a USB setup disk.
Boot from the USB setup disk and access WinRE.
In WinRE Command Prompt, run MBR2GPT. https://answers.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/forum/all/convert-an-existing-windows-10-installation-from/aa8c2de3-460b-4a8c-b30b-641405f800d7
Hi PC HOME5,
You're welcome. Glad it's sorted :)
Regards,
Yes, that did the trick. I was finally able to convert to GPT. After restarting windows, I did run into another issue at start up. I got a blue screen with winload.efi error. After some research I was able to clear it.
These are the instructions I used.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r12VPy2vdDc&t=11s Finally, I was able to boot into WIN 10 with GPT drive partition. After that I did the WIN 11 upgrade.
Ramesh, thank you for being so helpful and for the quick feedback. You probably saved me numerous additional hours of troubleshooting. I should have posted my issue earlier. THANK YOU AGAIN !
