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From: Le on 9 Mar 2010 17:33 Sure did. "Bill Blanton" wrote: > I just thought of this. You did reboot after deleting the key, correct? > >
From: Le on 9 Mar 2010 17:47 To All - thx profusely. You've pointed me at areas of ignorance of Windows that I need to fill in before I move forward on this. I think I want to retain the problem disk as dynamic as it is my data repository while the other partitions are OS, Programs, and Temp/work files. I need to get an understanding of the LDM and features surrounding its management and also concepts of disk signatures etc. So, it will probably be a week or more before I check in with results / further queries. If any of you have URLs for particularly concise coverage of the issues of the LDM, Windows disk signatures, etc. I'm open. Thx again. "John John - MVP" wrote: > Le wrote: > > Thx John John. I had already deleted the disk and reformatted it then > > restored from a backup. If this didn't accomplish all of what you indicated > > please elucidate and I may be able to try it. > > > > Gen & John John: > > A couple of observations - the drive is configured as Dynamic. Don't > > remember doing anything special to create it this way. It's a single > > partition on a Hitachi DeskStar. The reason I point out the latter is that > > it showed up in the USB devices as an unknown for a brief while. Curious. > > On Dynamic Disks the partition information is held in the LDM database. > If you don't need dynamic disks revert the disk to a Basic Disk. In > the Disk Management console right click on the disk (the big button at > the very left) and select the option to revert the disk to a basic disk, > all information on the disk will be lost. > > John > . >
From: John John - MVP on 9 Mar 2010 22:01 Le wrote: > To All - thx profusely. You've pointed me at areas of ignorance of Windows > that I need to fill in before I move forward on this. I think I want to > retain the problem disk as dynamic as it is my data repository while the > other partitions are OS, Programs, and Temp/work files. > > I need to get an understanding of the LDM and features surrounding its > management and also concepts of disk signatures etc. So, it will probably > be a week or more before I check in with results / further queries. > > If any of you have URLs for particularly concise coverage of the issues of > the LDM, Windows disk signatures, etc. I'm open. http://support.microsoft.com/kb/329707 Best practices for using dynamic disks on Windows 2000-based computers John
From: glee on 9 Mar 2010 22:22
Basic Storage Versus Dynamic Storage in Windows XP http://support.microsoft.com/kb/314343 How To Convert to Basic and Dynamic Disks in Windows XP Professional http://support.microsoft.com/kb/309044 Converting Basic Disks to Dynamic Disks http://www.theeldergeek.com/hard_drives_10.htm -- Glen Ventura, MS MVP Oct. 2002 - Sept. 2009 A+ http://dts-l.net/ "Le" <Le(a)discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message news:7765E3FD-8B57-4537-80A8-09F6CC46BAA2(a)microsoft.com... > To All - thx profusely. You've pointed me at areas of ignorance of > Windows > that I need to fill in before I move forward on this. I think I want > to > retain the problem disk as dynamic as it is my data repository while > the > other partitions are OS, Programs, and Temp/work files. > > I need to get an understanding of the LDM and features surrounding its > management and also concepts of disk signatures etc. So, it will > probably > be a week or more before I check in with results / further queries. > > If any of you have URLs for particularly concise coverage of the > issues of > the LDM, Windows disk signatures, etc. I'm open. > > Thx again. > > "John John - MVP" wrote: > >> Le wrote: >> > Thx John John. I had already deleted the disk and reformatted it >> > then >> > restored from a backup. If this didn't accomplish all of what you >> > indicated >> > please elucidate and I may be able to try it. >> > >> > Gen & John John: >> > A couple of observations - the drive is configured as Dynamic. >> > Don't >> > remember doing anything special to create it this way. It's a >> > single >> > partition on a Hitachi DeskStar. The reason I point out the latter >> > is that >> > it showed up in the USB devices as an unknown for a brief while. >> > Curious. >> >> On Dynamic Disks the partition information is held in the LDM >> database. >> If you don't need dynamic disks revert the disk to a Basic Disk. >> In >> the Disk Management console right click on the disk (the big button >> at >> the very left) and select the option to revert the disk to a basic >> disk, >> all information on the disk will be lost. >> >> John >> . >> |