- dynamic disks
- Posted by tom on October 14th, 2005
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.
- Posted by Rich Barry on October 14th, 2005
Tom, take a look here
http://support.microsoft.com/default...309044&sd=tech
"tom" <tom@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:E5AF7F3A-1BD1-4E5C-85EF-B834637D0497@microsoft.com...
> 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.
- Posted by Manny Borges on October 14th, 2005
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.
--
Manny Borges
MCSE NT4-2003 (+ Security)
MCT, Certified Cheese Master
The pen is mightier than the sword, and considerably easier to write with.
-- Marty Feldman
"tom" <tom@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:E5AF7F3A-1BD1-4E5C-85EF-B834637D0497@microsoft.com...
> 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.
- Posted by tom on October 14th, 2005
thanks manny, that's what i'm asking...how do i wipe the volumes and do a
revert?
- tom
"Manny Borges" wrote:
> 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.
>
>
> --
> Manny Borges
> MCSE NT4-2003 (+ Security)
> MCT, Certified Cheese Master
>
> The pen is mightier than the sword, and considerably easier to write with.
> -- Marty Feldman
> "tom" <tom@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> news:E5AF7F3A-1BD1-4E5C-85EF-B834637D0497@microsoft.com...
> > 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.
>
>
>
- Posted by tom on October 14th, 2005
thanks rich.
"Rich Barry" wrote:
> Tom, take a look here
> http://support.microsoft.com/default...309044&sd=tech
>
>
> "tom" <tom@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> news:E5AF7F3A-1BD1-4E5C-85EF-B834637D0497@microsoft.com...
> > 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.
>
>
>
- Posted by Andy on October 14th, 2005
On Fri, 14 Oct 2005 08:52:45 -0700, tom
<tom@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote:
>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.
>
>- tom
>
>"Manny Borges" wrote:
>
>> 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.
>>
>>
>> --
>> Manny Borges
>> MCSE NT4-2003 (+ Security)
>> MCT, Certified Cheese Master
>>
>> The pen is mightier than the sword, and considerably easier to write with.
>> -- Marty Feldman
>> "tom" <tom@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
>> news:E5AF7F3A-1BD1-4E5C-85EF-B834637D0497@microsoft.com...
>> > 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.
>>
>>
>>
