dynamic disks

[Guest]

hello, i installed a new disk on my win xp machine. and i created a dynamic
disk, by mistake. how do i turn it into a basic disk? i have search for hours
on the net with no luck. any suggestions would be of great help. especially
step-by-step instructions!

thanks,
tom

ps - it is new there is no data on the disk.

 

[Rich Barry]

Tom, take a look here
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;309044&sd=tech

 

[Manny Borges]

Short answer, you can't. Not without wiping it clean of all volumes and
doing a revert.

I personally am a big fan of symantecs gdisk used from a win98 boot disk.


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Manny Borges
MCSE NT4-2003 (+ Security)
MCT, Certified Cheese Master

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[Guest]

thanks manny, that's what i'm asking...how do i wipe the volumes and do a
revert?

- tom

 

[Guest]

thanks rich.

Tom, take a look here
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;309044&sd=tech

 

[Andy]

thanks manny, that's what i'm asking...how do i wipe the volumes and do a
revert?

Under Disk Management, right click in the square that says

Disk 1
Dynamic

There should be the revert to basic selection.