Dynamic Disk to Basic disk

  • Thread starter Thread starter Dean Barney
  • Start date Start date
Dean

Back up any data you want to keep, delete all volumes on the disk, and then
click "Revert to Basic Disk" in Disk Management.

Best regards

Bjorn
 
Log on as Administrator or as a member of the
Administrators group.
Click Start, and then click Control Panel.
Click Performance and Maintenance, click Administrative
Tools, and then double-click Computer Management.
In the left pane, click Disk Management.
In the lower-right pane, right-click the basic disk that
you want to convert, and then click Convert to Dynamic
Disk.

NOTE:You must right-click the gray area that contains the
disk title on the left side of the Details pane. For
example, right-click Disk 0.
Select the check box that is next to the disk that you
want to convert (if it is not already selected), and then
click OK.
Click Details if you want to view the list of volumes in
the disk.
Click Convert.
Click Yes when you are prompted to convert, and then click
OK.
back
 
OOPS..

Back up all the data on all the volumes on the disk you
want to convert to a basic disk.
Log on as Administrator or as a member of the
Administrators group.
Click Start, and then click Control Panel.
Click Performance and Maintenance, click Administrative
Tools, and then double-click Computer Management.
In the left pane, click Disk Management.
Right-click a volume on the dynamic disk that you want to
change to a basic disk, and then click Delete Volume.
Click Yes when you are prompted to delete the volume.
Repeat steps 4 and 5 for each volume on the dynamic disk.
After you have deleted all the volumes on the dynamic
disk, right-click the dynamic disk that you want to change
to a basic disk, and then click Convert to Basic Disk.

NOTE:You must right-click the gray area that contains the
disk title on the left side of the Details pane. For
example, right-click Disk 1.
back
 
Back
Top