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Dynamic disk status invalid.
Have a problem...
Before installing Vista, I tought of making a backup on a second internal hard disk which a bought and installed on the original XP professional machine, I found myself to be very smart doing this. Unfortunatly now that Vista is installed on this machine the disk is not accessible. disk manager says "dynamic disk status invalid"? What can/should I do to gain control over this disk again? I can convert it to a standard disk (only option available in disk manager) beause then I will loos the information it contains. Thanks in advance. Peter |
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Dynamic disk status invalid.
"Berben Peter" wrote in message
... Have a problem... Before installing Vista, I tought of making a backup on a second internal hard disk which a bought and installed on the original XP professional machine, I found myself to be very smart doing this. Unfortunatly now that Vista is installed on this machine the disk is not accessible. disk manager says "dynamic disk status invalid"? What can/should I do to gain control over this disk again? I can convert it to a standard disk (only option available in disk manager) beause then I will loos the information it contains. Thanks in advance. What version of Vista do you have? Any version of Windows with Home in the name cannot access dynamic disks. If you have a Home version you'd have to connect the drive to a computer that has an appropriate version of Windows then use the Import a foreign disk wizard to access the files. -- Kerry Brown MS-MVP - Windows Desktop Experience: Systems Administration http://www.vistahelp.ca/phpBB2/ |
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Dynamic disk status invalid.
Hello Kerry,
What your telling seams to make sense...installed vista "home premium". I'll take the disk out and install it in an other computer running appropriate version of Windows . I'll let you know if this worked. Many thanks! Peter "Kerry Brown" wrote: "Berben Peter" wrote in message ... Have a problem... Before installing Vista, I tought of making a backup on a second internal hard disk which a bought and installed on the original XP professional machine, I found myself to be very smart doing this. Unfortunatly now that Vista is installed on this machine the disk is not accessible. disk manager says "dynamic disk status invalid"? What can/should I do to gain control over this disk again? I can convert it to a standard disk (only option available in disk manager) beause then I will loos the information it contains. Thanks in advance. What version of Vista do you have? Any version of Windows with Home in the name cannot access dynamic disks. If you have a Home version you'd have to connect the drive to a computer that has an appropriate version of Windows then use the Import a foreign disk wizard to access the files. -- Kerry Brown MS-MVP - Windows Desktop Experience: Systems Administration http://www.vistahelp.ca/phpBB2/ |
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Dynamic disk status invalid.
You're welcome.
-- Kerry Brown MS-MVP - Windows Desktop Experience: Systems Administration http://www.vistahelp.ca/phpBB2/ "Berben Peter" wrote in message ... Hello Kerry, What your telling seams to make sense...installed vista "home premium". I'll take the disk out and install it in an other computer running appropriate version of Windows . I'll let you know if this worked. Many thanks! Peter "Kerry Brown" wrote: "Berben Peter" wrote in message ... Have a problem... Before installing Vista, I tought of making a backup on a second internal hard disk which a bought and installed on the original XP professional machine, I found myself to be very smart doing this. Unfortunatly now that Vista is installed on this machine the disk is not accessible. disk manager says "dynamic disk status invalid"? What can/should I do to gain control over this disk again? I can convert it to a standard disk (only option available in disk manager) beause then I will loos the information it contains. Thanks in advance. What version of Vista do you have? Any version of Windows with Home in the name cannot access dynamic disks. If you have a Home version you'd have to connect the drive to a computer that has an appropriate version of Windows then use the Import a foreign disk wizard to access the files. -- Kerry Brown MS-MVP - Windows Desktop Experience: Systems Administration http://www.vistahelp.ca/phpBB2/ |
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Dynamic disk status invalid.
Hello Kerry,
You'r "a god" it worked instantly and I was able to save the families pictures from the disk. Afterwards made the disk static and it now works also on the Vista's basic edition. Again many thanks. Peter "Kerry Brown" wrote: You're welcome. -- Kerry Brown MS-MVP - Windows Desktop Experience: Systems Administration http://www.vistahelp.ca/phpBB2/ "Berben Peter" wrote in message ... Hello Kerry, What your telling seams to make sense...installed vista "home premium". I'll take the disk out and install it in an other computer running appropriate version of Windows . I'll let you know if this worked. Many thanks! Peter "Kerry Brown" wrote: "Berben Peter" wrote in message ... Have a problem... Before installing Vista, I tought of making a backup on a second internal hard disk which a bought and installed on the original XP professional machine, I found myself to be very smart doing this. Unfortunatly now that Vista is installed on this machine the disk is not accessible. disk manager says "dynamic disk status invalid"? What can/should I do to gain control over this disk again? I can convert it to a standard disk (only option available in disk manager) beause then I will loos the information it contains. Thanks in advance. What version of Vista do you have? Any version of Windows with Home in the name cannot access dynamic disks. If you have a Home version you'd have to connect the drive to a computer that has an appropriate version of Windows then use the Import a foreign disk wizard to access the files. -- Kerry Brown MS-MVP - Windows Desktop Experience: Systems Administration http://www.vistahelp.ca/phpBB2/ |
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Dynamic disk status invalid.
You're welcome.
-- Kerry Brown MS-MVP - Windows Desktop Experience: Systems Administration http://www.vistahelp.ca/phpBB2/ "Berben Peter" wrote in message ... Hello Kerry, You'r "a god" it worked instantly and I was able to save the families pictures from the disk. Afterwards made the disk static and it now works also on the Vista's basic edition. Again many thanks. Peter "Kerry Brown" wrote: You're welcome. -- Kerry Brown MS-MVP - Windows Desktop Experience: Systems Administration http://www.vistahelp.ca/phpBB2/ "Berben Peter" wrote in message ... Hello Kerry, What your telling seams to make sense...installed vista "home premium". I'll take the disk out and install it in an other computer running appropriate version of Windows . I'll let you know if this worked. Many thanks! Peter "Kerry Brown" wrote: "Berben Peter" wrote in message ... Have a problem... Before installing Vista, I tought of making a backup on a second internal hard disk which a bought and installed on the original XP professional machine, I found myself to be very smart doing this. Unfortunatly now that Vista is installed on this machine the disk is not accessible. disk manager says "dynamic disk status invalid"? What can/should I do to gain control over this disk again? I can convert it to a standard disk (only option available in disk manager) beause then I will loos the information it contains. Thanks in advance. What version of Vista do you have? Any version of Windows with Home in the name cannot access dynamic disks. If you have a Home version you'd have to connect the drive to a computer that has an appropriate version of Windows then use the Import a foreign disk wizard to access the files. -- Kerry Brown MS-MVP - Windows Desktop Experience: Systems Administration http://www.vistahelp.ca/phpBB2/ |
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Dynamic disk status invalid.
For Dynamic Disk Invalid, typecally your operating system can't support for dynamic disk. such as WinXP Home Edition, Win7 Home Edition will show a dynamic invalid disk in disk management. It seems that Dynamic Disk Converter 3.0 can revert an dynamic unreadable disk and invalid dynamic disk back to basic disk. I tested the program work fine on VMware. -- deview ------------------------------------------------------------------------ deview's Profile: http://forums.techarena.in/members/165306.htm View this thread: http://forums.techarena.in/vista-har...ces/990183.htm http://forums.techarena.in |
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