Disk Management

I have moved my hard drive from my computer to my friend's
computer. My hard drive is dynamic disk which contains
only 1 dynamic volumn. After I have pluged it, I open Disk
Management to import it to my friend's computer but I have
clicked in wrong command that is "Convert to Basic Disk".
After that the Windows say my hard drive is unallocated.
It contains a lot of my critical data. How can I recover
it back? Do I need another software to recover the data?

Thank you,
Teeravee Sirinapasawasdee

On Thu, 14 Aug 2003 12:46:55 -0700, Teeravee Sirinapasawasdee wrote:

> I have moved my hard drive from my computer to my friend's
> computer. My hard drive is dynamic disk which contains
> only 1 dynamic volumn. After I have pluged it, I open Disk
> Management to import it to my friend's computer but I have
> clicked in wrong command that is "Convert to Basic Disk".
> After that the Windows say my hard drive is unallocated.
> It contains a lot of my critical data. How can I recover
> it back? Do I need another software to recover the data?
>
> Thank you,
> Teeravee Sirinapasawasdee

The process of converting a dynamic disk to basic blows away all partition
information. Although there are no tools included in XP to help you get
those files back, you *might* be able to recover them using data recovery
software. Prices and quality vary. May also want to look into professional
data recovery services.

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Sharon F
MS-MVP/ Windows XP - Shell/User

Hi
Ref.: XP home edition
120GB hard drive

Existing situation:

I have a Disk "O" which contains the MBR, "C" drive for
the XP OS with 103.79GB NTFS which is the primary
partion. I also have an "E" drive for an evaluation copy
of Win 2000 server OS with 4GB NTFS which is a Logical
drive and free space of 3.99GB.

Question:
How do convert to a Dynamic volume for the XP OS and
delete (eliminate completely) the Win 2000 Server Logical
drive and free space without adversly effecting the MBR
of XP OS? Thanks.


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