What's the difference between basic disk and dynamic disk

[Action]

what's the pros and cons of converting basic disk to dynamic disk?
if i convert my basic disk to dynamic disk..and i use a dos bootdisk to boot
to dos.
will i able to access my dynamic disk?

thx

 

[Carey Frisch [MVP]]

You'll not achieve any performance benefit by converting
to a dynamic disk. Once you convert to a dynamic disk,
you cannot revert back to a basic disk unless you delete
all drive partitions and reinstall Windows XP from scratch.

Before Converting Disks to Dynamic
http://www.microsoft.com/technet/tr...prodtechnol/winxppro/reskit/prkb_cnc_rkai.asp

Dynamic Disks
http://www.microsoft.com/technet/tr...prodtechnol/winxppro/reskit/prkb_cnc_ploo.asp


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Carey Frisch
Microsoft MVP
Windows XP - Shell/User

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| what's the pros and cons of converting basic disk to dynamic disk?
| if i convert my basic disk to dynamic disk..and i use a dos bootdisk to boot
| to dos.
| will i able to access my dynamic disk?
|
| thx
|
|

 

[Alex Nichol]

what's the pros and cons of converting basic disk to dynamic disk?
if i convert my basic disk to dynamic disk..and i use a dos bootdisk to boot
to dos.
will i able to access my dynamic disk?

Dynamic disks are really for server and business networks, where it is
needed to make a number of physical disks behave as if they were a
single one. I would *not* use them , at all, on any stand-alone
machine or home net