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From: Man T on 6 Jun 2010 08:00 XP SP3 I want to change my Seagate 320GB hard disk from Dynamic to Static. Followed the instructions: http://support.microsoft.com/kb/309044 Deleted the volume Right click the harddisk but cannot find the option of Convert to Basic Disk. No such option in the right click menu. Any idea?
From: John John - MVP on 6 Jun 2010 10:35 Man T wrote: > XP SP3 > I want to change my Seagate 320GB hard disk from Dynamic to Static. > Followed the instructions: > http://support.microsoft.com/kb/309044 > > Deleted the volume > Right click the harddisk but cannot find the option of Convert to Basic > Disk. > > No such option in the right click menu. > > Any idea? Is the disk serving as the System or Boot volume or is it hosting a pagefile? If yes the disk cannot be converted back. You can use Diskpart to get to the bottom of things, start the Diskpart tool at a Command Prompt: diskpart See a list of disks: list disk Select the proper disk from the list, for example Disk 1: select disk 1 Get information on the disk: detail disk Is the disk shown as a dynamic disk? If yes clean all disk configuration information: clean Exit diskpart when done: exit *WARNING!!!* THE CLEAN COMMAND WILL NOT ASK FOR CONFIRMATION! MAKE SURE THAT YOU HAVE SELECTED THE PROPER DISK! The Clean command will remove all disk configuration information for the disk, it will wipe out the partition table (Basic Disks) and the LDM database (Dynamic Disks)! Everything on the disk will be lost. John
From: Smiles on 6 Jun 2010 11:18 Man T wrote: > XP SP3 > I want to change my Seagate 320GB hard disk from Dynamic to Static. > Followed the instructions: > http://support.microsoft.com/kb/309044 > > Deleted the volume > Right click the harddisk but cannot find the option of Convert to Basic > Disk. > > No such option in the right click menu. > > Any idea? > > you have to wipe the drive clean Fdisk will do it but take notice you may loose hole drive not just a partition
From: Ol�rin on 7 Jun 2010 03:48
"Smiles" <smile_inspector(a)hotmail.com> wrote in message news:eE1sIuYBLHA.3840(a)TK2MSFTNGP02.phx.gbl... > Man T wrote: >> XP SP3 >> I want to change my Seagate 320GB hard disk from Dynamic to Static. >> Followed the instructions: >> http://support.microsoft.com/kb/309044 >> >> Deleted the volume >> Right click the harddisk but cannot find the option of Convert to Basic >> Disk. >> >> No such option in the right click menu. >> >> Any idea? >> >> > you have to wipe the drive clean Fdisk will do it but take notice you may > loose hole drive not just a partition "Loose hole"?? ROFL. |