[GRLUG] reformating usb disk with microsoft reserved partition

[Eric Beversluis]

On Sat, 2013-10-19 at 09:08 -0400, Eric Beversluis wrote:
> I meant to mention that it's a gpt disk.
> On Sat, 2013-10-19 at 09:03 -0400, Eric Beversluis wrote:
> > I need to reformat an external use drive (ioSafe) to ext4 for use
> > backing up files from a ClearOS (based on CentOS) server.
> > 
> > The drive is 4TB and has a 134MB "Microsoft Reserved Partition." Should
> > I just leave that alone or delete it and make one big partition? Some
> > reading online leads me to think that if the drive is ever used for M$
> > purposes it would need that partition. Would there be any other reason
> > for keeping it? 
> > 
> > Thanks
It looks like, even for Windows, it's not necessary on a secondary
drive:
http://www.tomshardware.com/answers/id-1756524/removing-microsoft-reserved-partition-msr-secondary-gpt-disk.html

Thanks.