Dynamic Disk Not readable after clean reinstall

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eupendra

Hi,

I have two disk, one is a 80GB Samsung, and second is 250GB Seagate.
The second is a dynamic disk with two partions, 100GB and 132 GB.

I just formatted the first disk, restructured the partions and
installed a fresh copy of windows. Now I can not see the second disk.
In disk management, it shows as unallocated space. I tried a few
software. AdvanceRecovery shows the two partions on second disk, so
they do exist.

How can I make windows to 'see' the second disk and its partions?
 
Hi,

I have two disk, one is a 80GB Samsung, and second is 250GB Seagate.
The second is a dynamic disk with two partions, 100GB and 132 GB.

I just formatted the first disk, restructured the partions and
installed a fresh copy of windows. Now I can not see the second disk.
In disk management, it shows as unallocated space. I tried a few
software. AdvanceRecovery shows the two partions on second disk, so
they do exist.

How can I make windows to 'see' the second disk and its partions?
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You'll need a 3rd party utlity , perhaps the one you already have or perhaps
something like this

http://www.easeus.com/datarecoverywizardpro/dynamic-disks-recovery.htm


Since the dynamic volume was created on a system that no longer exists...
a fresh install of windows , of course, does not ahve that data.

Best to ALWAY backup your data

and better still...do not use dynamic disks !
 
http://www.cgsecurity.org/wiki/TestDisk
I have used the above app to recover basic partitions in XP, may be worth a
try, your call..
The TestDisk app should be able to see the partitions on the slave (disk 1)
from a Dos box in (C: disk 0) XP.. Might be able to fix the MBR or write a
new one..?
Investigate the link, post your results..
Cheers
j;-j
 
philo said:
You'll need a 3rd party utlity , perhaps the one you already have or
perhaps
something like this

http://www.easeus.com/datarecoverywizardpro/dynamic-disks-recovery.htm

Since the dynamic volume was created on a system that no longer exists...
a fresh install of windows , of course, does not ahve that data.

Best to ALWAY backup your data

and better still...do not use dynamic disks !
Click to expand...


eupendra:
I assume you're running Windows XP Home Ed. That version of the XP OS does
not support dynamic disks. If that *is* the problem, there is no simple
conversion process that I'm aware of that will return the dynamic disk to a
basic disk so that the contents of the drive could be accessed by your
present OS. The usual conversion process - see
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;309044&sd=tech will
result in the deletion of all data on the disk.

There have been some published hacks that supposedly can convert a dynamic
disk to a basic disk without the loss of data - see
http://thelazyadmin.com/index.php?/archives/161-Converting-Dynamic-Disks-Back-to-Basic-Disks.html
and http://faq.arstechnica.com/link.php?i=1806 . But, in general, the
accepted workaround is to reinstall the disk in whatever OS, e.g., XP
Professional, supports dynamic disks and retrieve whatever data you can
through copying/moving the data to other media. Hopefully you have access to
a machine with the XP Pro OS to accomplish this.

See also http://www.theeldergeek.com/hard_drives_10.htm for additional info
concerning dynamic disks, and take a look at "How to Use Disk Management to
Configure Dynamic Disks in Windows XP"
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/308424/en-us#EQACAAA

I've no experience with the program recommended by philo. Since they do
offer a demo version it's probably worth a try at least to tell you *if* the
data can be recovered.
Anna
 
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