Re: Maxtor Drive Not Recognized in new XP computer - Dynamic Disk with Data
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> Any help will be appreciated. The screwed up thing about it is that
> I've actually don't this transfer process atleast twice before and each
> time it's a damn mystery to me. In the past I've been able to get
> around the disk being "dynamic" and low and behold it shows up. Now
> I've seem to have lost the dynamic designation and dealing with a basic
> disk that has alot of data that I need. The data is backed up to
> DVD-Rs and would be a hassle to have to upload 189GB of data.
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NO!!!!!!
You cannot change a dynamic disk back to a basic disk without loosing all
your data.
Might as well just start over now and restore from backup.
Next time, don't convert to a dynamic disk in the first place |