"convert dynamic to basic disk without data loss"
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On 7 Jan 2007 20:41:04 -0800, "foo1" <fm2006fm@gmail.com> wrote:

>thx for writing
>
>i'm fairly fluent with computers, this IS homebuilt, but not fluent
>enough, to work with the tools in UBCD without risk of ruining the disk
>more, by trial and error cause i don't know the terminology/concepts,
>nor confidence i can learn them by reading about NTFS and dynamic
>disks, which i have tried
>
>the data IS important to me, thats it
>
>i reran the a drive tool which now tells me the partition does exist,
>though i'm not sure if it is talking about the dynamic disk partition
>or the partition that was there before i upgraded to dynamic disk, OR
>are both the same thing? and if so what else must i do to see the
>file structure, update the mbr,
>
>cause i DID try to fdisk /mbr, and then i tried the XFDisk tool to
>make the large partition 'active' , however after reboot STILL can't
>see IT.
>
>I'll try the tool the other poster above suggested BUT
>any other reassurance/ information apppreciated
>
>D
>
>
>Noozer wrote:
>> > On Sun, 07 Jan 2007 13:41:13 -0800, foo1 thoughtfully wrote:
>> >
>> >> with all due respect i've yet to hear anything useful
>> >>
>> >> so i've run a partition recovery gui tool, which says the partition
>> >> exists, and is not really needing to be recovered.
>> >> http://www.partition-recovery.com/
>> >> however the file structure does not show up in win2k, perhaps because the
>> >> disk was upgraded to dynamic?
>> >>
>> >> and yet
>> >> when i run UBCD tool it appears it DOES need to be restore, however none
>> >> of the tools seems to do that except for a price
>>
>> So... you're saying that the data is important to you, but has no value?