this is i'm afraid to mettle and make things worse so here is the
current situation:

1) when i run dskprobe it tells me there is no partition signature
error=55AA
guess the BIOS can find a decent MBR to hand off to ?
2) when i run a partition recovery tool, it tells me that the partition
it find and i want is (good)
but can't recover it as, it overlaps with an existing partition
i'm assuming this is the partition that was created by importing
the HD into disk
management and then converting it to dynamic disk
3) the recovery tool suggests i delete the conflicting/overlapping
partition, but they way they suggest is not active in the
software(maybe because the disk is dynamic)
i COULD delete it from disk management screen , but not
sure that would help
4) i can also rewrite the MBR but then wouldn't it just find the
partition that i don't want anyway

5) IF i convert the dynamic disk partition to basic, i assume it is
STILL the wrong partition, i don't really understand how i can have too
large partitions existing at the same time


SO how to proceed now, cautiously?


thanks again

foo1 wrote:
> 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?