On Mon, 08 Jan 2007 21:16:50 -0800, foo1 thoughtfully wrote:

> 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?
>
>

Apparently it depends on you're configuration.

Take a look at
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/309044
before you try to recover data.

You might need to purchase a commercial dynamic disk recovery tool.

> 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?