Basic to Dynamic disk upgrade

From: Rick Gummerson (anonymous_at_discussions.microsoft.com)
Date: 05/25/04 

Date: Tue, 25 May 2004 09:06:05 -0700

I have Windows 2000 Server running on RAID 5 with Adaptec controller. I expanded the array adding additional hard drives with the Adaptec RAID Manager. The next step, according to Adaptec, is to use Disk Administrator to expand the volume.

I am currently working with Basic disks, and to expand the volumes I need to convert to Dynamic Disks.

My concern is whether or not this can be done safely on the system volume which is part of the RAID 5 set. When I choose to convert the disk fro basic to dynamic i get the following warning: Once you upgrade these disks to dynamic, you will not be able to boot previous versions of Windows from any volumes on these disks.

I am ussuming that this refers to a dual boot enviroment, and is not referring to the Windows 200 server installation residing on the RAID 5, and I just want to confirm this.

Thanks,

Rick

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