Re: Upgrading to dynamic disks

From: Arek Iskra [MVP] (arek)
Date: 02/21/04 

Date: Sat, 21 Feb 2004 14:29:03 +0800

That 16 MB FAT partition might be created for server diagnostic tools (I
used to work with some HP servers which were formatted this way).

Logically, everything should be fine. Please remember that converting to
dynamic disk is a one-way operation. It means that you cannot convert it
back to basic without loosing all the data.

I would suggest that you take a look at this article:
http://www.microsoft.com/windows2000/en/server/help/dm_upgrade.htm

It gives you quite a detailed information on dynamic disks. 

-- 
Arek Iskra
MVP for Windows Server - Management
"Steve Jenkins" <stevejenkins444@hotmail.com> wrote in message
news:9c8b3a8.0402201000.22e8723f@posting.google.com...
> OK, so the current situation on the server actually is:
>
> - C drive: 16MB FAT partition. 16.93GB NTFS partition (boot
> partition).
> - E drive: 34.41GB - already dynamic disk (coloured kind of
> green/brown).
>
> I didn't set this machine up, so I've no idea why there is a 16MB FAT
> partition.
>
> So - if I upgrade the C drive to a dynamic disk, what will happen to
> the two partitions?
>
> Thanks Steve.

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