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Stephen Melis

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(Msg. 1) Posted: Sat Jul 14, 2007 10:07 pm
Post subject: Convert boot+system disk from Dynamic disk to Basic disk
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Hoping someone can help.

My boot disk (drive CSmile is too small, plus it is a dynamic disk.

I know you normally cannot convert a dynamic disk to a basic disk as per the
Microsoft literature.

However has anyone used partition magic (if so which version) to recover the
partitions from the boot drive (CSmile and been successful in keeping WinXP in
tacked and runable?

Hoping someone has done this before?

Thanks in advance,

Steve
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Shenan Stanley

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(Msg. 2) Posted: Sat Jul 14, 2007 10:07 pm
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Stephen Melis wrote:
> Hoping someone can help.
>
> My boot disk (drive CSmile is too small, plus it is a dynamic disk.
>
> I know you normally cannot convert a dynamic disk to a basic disk
> as per the Microsoft literature.
>
> However has anyone used partition magic (if so which version) to
> recover the partitions from the boot drive (CSmile and been successful
> in keeping WinXP in tacked and runable?
>
> Hoping someone has done this before?

Partition Magic - no - never used it to play with Dynamic/Basic
situations...

- Make an image (Ghost, TrueImage, BootItNG, etc) of the C drive.
- Wipe the drive (zero-fill.)
- Create a partition (doesn't matter what file system - the image will
overwrite it.)
- Apply the image back to the drive.

** Worst case - may have to perform a repair installation.
(With an SP2 level installation CD.)

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nesredep egrob

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(Msg. 3) Posted: Sun Jul 15, 2007 9:51 am
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On Sat, 14 Jul 2007 22:07:44 GMT, "Stephen Melis"
<stephen.melis.TakeThisOut@N0Spam.bigpond.com> wrote:

>Hoping someone can help.
>
>My boot disk (drive CSmile is too small, plus it is a dynamic disk.
>
>I know you normally cannot convert a dynamic disk to a basic disk as per the
>Microsoft literature.
>
>However has anyone used partition magic (if so which version) to recover the
>partitions from the boot drive (CSmile and been successful in keeping WinXP in
>tacked and runable?
>
>Hoping someone has done this before?
>
>Thanks in advance,
>
>Steve
I would not be happy to trust any other program than Acronis to do that job -
sorry, however you will not regret the purchase of that program.

I think it should be the first purchase any computer user should make, next
would be a large external disk to store updates away from the computer

Borge in sunny Perth, Australia
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John John

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(Msg. 4) Posted: Sun Jul 15, 2007 12:39 pm
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nesredep egrob wrote:
> On Sat, 14 Jul 2007 22:07:44 GMT, "Stephen Melis"
> <stephen.melis DeleteThis @N0Spam.bigpond.com> wrote:
>
>
>>Hoping someone can help.
>>
>>My boot disk (drive CSmile is too small, plus it is a dynamic disk.
>>
>>I know you normally cannot convert a dynamic disk to a basic disk as per the
>>Microsoft literature.
>>
>>However has anyone used partition magic (if so which version) to recover the
>>partitions from the boot drive (CSmile and been successful in keeping WinXP in
>>tacked and runable?
>>
>>Hoping someone has done this before?
>>
>>Thanks in advance,
>>
>>Steve
>
> I would not be happy to trust any other program than Acronis to do that job -
> sorry, however you will not regret the purchase of that program.

You omitted a tiny detail. You need Acronis TI Server or TI Enterprise
Server versions to do Dynamic Disks. TI server only costs about six or
seven hundred dollars...

John
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