Removing GPT information from a drive

Submitted by Mathew Branwell on Sat, 01/12/2013 - 20:59

1. Type "parted /dev/", usually "parted /dev/sda".
2. Once inside parted type "mktable":
-> Table type: msdos
-> Destroy data: yes
-> quit
3. GPT should now be removed.

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