can't access data on drive after using diskpart

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i was trying to install windows on a 160g dynamic disk, and learned that you
can not install to a dynamic disk...

i had heard that you could use the diskpart command to create a basic
partition on the dynamic disk and install to that. i played around with
diskpart and tried to do that, but it did not seem to work...

i eventually just got another drive to install windows on, and when i hooked
up the 160g as the secondary drive, it now only shows a 6g basic disc and not
the rest of the data on the dynamic portion. i looked in disk management,
but it only shows the whole disc as being an unformatted 6g basic and doesn't
even acknowledge the rest of the space.

is there some way i can access my 154g of data on the dynamic portion again?

 

[Carey Frisch [MVP]]

Moving Disks
http://www.microsoft.com/resources/...Windows/XP/all/reskit/en-us/prkb_cnc_ykyz.asp

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Windows XP - Shell/User

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| i was trying to install windows on a 160g dynamic disk, and learned that you
| can not install to a dynamic disk...
|
| i had heard that you could use the diskpart command to create a basic
| partition on the dynamic disk and install to that. i played around with
| diskpart and tried to do that, but it did not seem to work...
|
| i eventually just got another drive to install windows on, and when i hooked
| up the 160g as the secondary drive, it now only shows a 6g basic disc and not
| the rest of the data on the dynamic portion. i looked in disk management,
| but it only shows the whole disc as being an unformatted 6g basic and doesn't
| even acknowledge the rest of the space.
|
| is there some way i can access my 154g of data on the dynamic portion again?

 

[arnold layne]

thanks for the fast reply! unfortunately, none of that seems to be helping...here is a step by step through that
article:

Moving Disks
--Before You Move Disks
----If you are moving dynamic disks
n/a: both PCs running win xp pro

----If you are moving disks that contain multidisk volumes
n/a: no raid volumes

----If you are moving GPT disks
n/a?: never heard of gpt...disk man doesn't show 'gpt protective partition' as stated

----If the disk contains volume sets or stripe sets
n/a

----If the dynamic disk contains the system or boot volume
n/a: the disc was (and is) the secondary (non-boot) drive

----If the target computer has no dynamic disks
ok, this one may apply...when i installed the new disc, i left it as basic, so there were no dynamic volumes. i just
tried moving the drive to a pc that has a dynamic drive, but when i open it in disc manager, it is still showing it only
as a 6g basic volume...there is no 'foreign volume' to import.

--How to Move Disks
----To move a hard disk from one computer to another, follow this procedure:
------1. Review the preceding limitations to ensure that you can access the data on the disks after you move them.
obviously too late, though i don't believe i violated anything above...
------2. As a precaution, back up the data on the disk.
again, too late, but i have no way of backing up 160g of data anyhow...
------3. Remove the disk from the original computer.
done
------4. Install the disk in a computer that is running Windows XP Professional.
done
------5. Log on to Windows XP Professional as a member of the Administrators group, and then open Disk Management.
done
------6. On the Action menu, click Rescan Disks. If the disk does not appear in Disk Management, open Device Manager,
and then from the Action menu click Scan for hardware changes.
when i rescan it still only shows the 6g basic disc. the 'action' menu in my dm has no 'scan for hardware changes',
only 'help'

All newly attached disks appear in the Disk Management snap-in, but only basic disks are immediately accessible. If the
disks you moved were dynamic disks, they appear as Foreign disks and you must import them before you can access data on
them. For more information, see "Importing Foreign Disks" later in this chapter.
no foreign discs listed on the drive...

Basic volumes are assigned the next available drive letter, which might differ from the drive letter used by the
previous operating system. For more information about how Windows XP Professional assigns drive letters, see the
Microsoft Knowledge Base link on the Web Resources page at http://www.microsoft.com/windows/reskits/webresources. Search
the Knowledge Base by using the keywords "LDM" and "cmdcons."

--Removing Disks from the Dynamic Disk Database
n/a

any other ideas?