Cannot Revert Boot Drive from Dynamic Disk to Basic Disk

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how do I Revert Boot Drive from Dynamic Disk to Basic Disk with out a
reinstall
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Is there a third pary App that can help me?
reinstaling is not an option, there is too much applications on this server
and I have a 4GB C and I need more space.
I also tryed to use the extend volume but I can not because my disks wore
originally created on a basic disk. is there a solution for this ?
 
bad luck ... you can't go back.

Try searching Powerquest or Veritas products for something that may help
you. From what I know the dynamic disk technology is from Veritas and they a
product that can do much more than Windows alone.

regards,
 
Hi,
We can revert back from dynamic disk to basic disk using a windows 2000
resouce kit utility diskprobe and converting the system id bit from 42 to 07
on the MBR but it is a complex process and i recommend you to contact
microsoft and have them do it. Anyway, you can also follow the following
articles.

http://www.microsoft.com/resources/...v/2003/all/techref/en-us/w2k3tr_basic_how.asp



http://www.microsoft.com/resources/documentation/windowsnt/4/workstation/reskit/en-us/utilityw.mspx

Lukesh
 
Hi,
Yes, it works well on the boot hard disk too. I have done this a couple of
times and never faced a problem. But we have to make sure we don't have any
windows open and not accessing the volume while using the disk probe as we
may get some problems while reverting back in case some handles are open on
some files.

Lukesh
 
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