hmm, cool, will try it, thing IS, the data seemed to not be there
before basic was changed to dynamic for some reason, though it should
have been, as only thing that would have been touched would have been
the MBR or partition data

thanks for this


D
Andy wrote:
> "convert dynamic to basic disk without data loss"
> <http://www.google.com/search?client=firefox-a&rls=org.mozilla%3Aen-US%3Aofficial&channel=s&hl=en&q=convert+dynamic+to +basic+disk+without+data+loss&btnG=Google+Search>
>
> 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?