Colour-Coded Ration Cards in Kerala...

Thiruvananthapuram: The state government has decided to do away with colour coded rations cards, which were introduced to differentiate among priority category beneficiaries and others. The move comes amid criticism that the reform is discriminatory.
At present, the card holders are divided into andhyodaya (economically backward), priority, non-priority and general categories who are given yellow, pink, blue and white cards respectively. The coloured ration cards were introduced when the cards were renewed last time…

Convert GPT disk to MBR disk via diskpart command

1. Input "DiskPart" at the search bar. Type list disk and press enter.

2. Type select disk 1 and press enter. Type detail disk and press enter. This will give you a list of all the volumes on the selected disk. If you do not have any volumes listed, then you can go to step 4.

3. Type select volume 5 and press enter. Type delete volume and press enter. Repeat steps 3 for each volume listed in step 2 until you have deleted all the volumes.
4. Type select disk 1 and press enter. Type convert mbr and press enter.

5. Type exit and press enter.

Tips to convert gpt to mbr with Command Prompt:
1. You must have administrator privilege to do this in Windows.
2. Before you convert a disk, be sure to backup anything on the GPT disk that you want to convert to MBR disk. Converting the disk requires that all partitions and volumes are deleted on the disk first.

Convert GPT disk to MBR disk with Windows Disk Management

1. Right click "My Computer" and choose "Manage" -> "Storage" -> "Disk Management".
2. Right-click the GPT hard disk which you want to convert to MBR disk and choose "Delete volume". This action would cause data loss if there are important data in your disk volume. And it's highly recommended for you to backup important data in GPT before deleting volumes on it.

3. Right click on the GPT disk (which becomes new volume after deleting all volumes on it) and choose "Convert to MBR Disk". After you convert GPT disk to MBR disk, you can create partitions on the now MBR disk if you like.

Tips to convert gpt to mbr with Disk Management:

1. You must have administrator privilege to do this in Windows.
2. Before you convert a disk, be sure to backup anything on the GPT disk that you want to convert to MBR disk. Converting the disk requires that all partitions and volumes are deleted on the disk first.