Re: Dynamic disk showing as foreign, cannot use.
- From: "Bill Blanton" <bblanton@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Sun, 12 Nov 2006 21:38:17 -0500
Correct, you do not want to convert to basic.
"Lumpy" <Lumpy@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message news:92DF7F1B-0A68-4900-960E-B818B30DD4A0@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Bill, the new host is XP Pro, but the only options when right clicking is
'properties' or 'Convert to Basic'. If I attempt to convert my understanding
is that all the information will be lost?
"Bill Blanton" wrote:
"Lumpy" <Lumpy@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message news:1BF263DF-8275-4D7D-953D-DC5275B59B92@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
I have a hard disk I pulled from one of my old machines, a 200gig WD, the old
machine was running xp pro, and this disk was set up as dynamic. I have put
this disk into an external case and no matter which machine I hook it up to I
cannot access the contents of the drive.
When I go to Computer Management, it tells me that it is a dynamic drive and
that it is foreign. The other drives I have are all basic.
My question is: what do I need to do to be able to access all the
information on this drive???
Is the new host XP-Pro? Was that the only physical disk in the "disk group" ?
If so, right-click on the physical disk itself; is there an option to "Import Foreign disk"?
Note that this type of operation is not without risk. The best approach would be to
return it to the original host system and back up your data before proceeding.
.
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