Disk Appears as Dynamic Unreadable in Disk Management

I once used the approach described here

Convert Dynamic Disk back to Basic Disk without data loss

The idea is to modify MBR, to more precise partition's identified aka descriptor. But, prior to making changes I would try it on a test drive.

Volodymyr M.

Posted 2012-11-11T16:41:37.050

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Hey thanks, I'll try that. What do you mean try on a test drive? – Nix – 2012-11-11T17:19:35.540

Well, before doing this on production machine, first of all I went through the entire process on a test virtual machine which had dynamic volume.

Just be very careful while editing MBR. If questions appear, you can post them back here. – Volodymyr M. – 2012-11-11T17:26:32.563

Thanks, that's helpful. I'll arrange VMware and test it first. I really can't afford to loose that data :'( – Nix – 2012-11-11T17:39:38.550

Hey,I forgot to metion this, but I am getting another option - "import foreign disks". Will it erase delete partitions or delete data? Screenshot - http://prntscr.com/jhqio

– Nix – 2012-11-11T18:58:00.233

There should be no problems with importing foreign disks according to Microsoft

– Volodymyr M. – 2012-11-11T19:13:38.410

Hey,thanks for the reply, so I clicked on import and here's the screenshot - http://prntscr.com/jhsrb Should I click okay? Will it damage the data?

– Nix – 2012-11-11T19:15:53.573

Proceed with OK. No, it shouldn't harm it. – Volodymyr M. – 2012-11-11T19:17:09.230

Woah! It worked! Thanks brother, finally I did it :D Thank you very much :) – Nix – 2012-11-11T19:20:21.973

Cool, you r welcome! :) – Volodymyr M. – 2012-11-11T19:21:44.163

Disk Appears as Dynamic Unreadable in Disk Management

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