Moving a dynamic disk to another machine

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From: Mike (anonymous_at_discussions.microsoft.com)
Date: 07/01/04

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    Date: Wed, 30 Jun 2004 22:25:52 -0700

    I have moved my dynamic disk to another machine...the
    drive shows in disk manager but the only option i have
    is "revert to basic disc"...will this trash all the data
    on the drive ? ANy help would be apreciated..

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