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The organization of the partition table in the MBR limits the maximum addressable storage space of a partitioned disk to 2 [[Tebibyte|TiB]] {{nowrap|(2<sup>32</sup> × 512 bytes)}}.<ref name="Microsoft_2013_2581408"/> Approaches to slightly raise this limit assuming 33-bit arithmetics or 4096-byte sectors are not officially supported, as they fatally break compatibility with existing boot loaders and most MBR-compliant operating systems and system tools, and can cause serious data corruption when used outside of narrowly controlled system environments. Therefore, the MBR-based partitioning scheme is in the process of being superseded by the [[GUID Partition Table]] (GPT) scheme in new computers. A GPT can coexist with an MBR in order to provide some limited form of backward compatibility for older systems.
MBRs are not present on non-partitioned media such as [[floppy|floppies]], [[superfloppy|superfloppies]], or other storage devices configured to behave as such.
== {{Anchor|DISK-TIMESTAMPS}}Overview ==
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