Dynamic disk

I have the SATA disk as dynamic, and now I cant get it to a normal partion.. anyone how to do that? plz

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Originally posted by syar2003
So.. have you been a guinnypig testing it.
Absolutely...not
Just wanted to provide the link in case anyone is crazy enough to ignore the disclaimers and wants to give it a try themselves.
Now that I know the difference between dynamic and basic disk, I will be very careful so as not to ever have to use this procedure

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Windows 2008 R2, converting to dynamic disk questions

Hello,
   I have a Windows 2008 R2 server and I want to convert the drive into a dynamic disk for mirroring. The disk currently is divided into two partitions. The C: partition which is System,Boot, Page File, etc. and the D: partition which
is data. The questions I have are:
    Can a disk with multiple partitions be created without data loss or anything?
    I know you have to reboot, but how long does it usually take to do the reboot/conversion before the server is back up?
    I want to mirror the drive to a 2nd identical disk in the server, and am planning to use Computer Management. Do I have to partition the second drive first, or will the process do it automatically?
    The server is a dedicated server that is provided by a hosting company, so I would be doing it through Remote Desktop. Can it be done that way?
Thanks.

Hi,
You can convert the drive into a dynamic disk within both local logon session and remote desktop session. The system requires reboot twice to make the conversion take into effect. You do not have to partition the second drive.
For more detailed information, please refer to the articles below:
Dynamic disks and volumes
http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/cc757696(v=ws.10).aspx
Create and test a mirrored system or boot volume
http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/cc738132(v=ws.10).aspx
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I tried to install windows 7 in my macbook pro late 2011 but i tried to create partions after it installed and it turn to dynamic disks and ican't access mac or win 7 what should I do i cant format it because i dont have a backup

I tried to install windows 7 in my macbook pro late 2011 but i tried to create partions after it installed and it turn to dynamic disks and i can't access mac or win 7 what should I do i cant format it because i dont have a backup

It's not that you can't format it because you have no backup, it's because you'll lose everything when you do. Lesson learned. Always have a backup.

Installing Windows 7 on a dynamic disk

Hi,
Here's my situation, I have two hard drives, the first has three partitions, a primary partition for Windows XP, a second partition that I want to install Windows 7 on, and a third partition with 8MB of space which is some kind of recovery partition by the manufacturer. The second hard drive is for data and games.
So I tried to install Windows 7 on the second partition, I booted into the DVD and click advanced installation, the second hard drive and the second partition are marked as dynamic and when I click on them it says that I can't install Windows 7. When I click on the primary partition that has Windows XP the continue button is activated again.
My question is, can I convert the dynamic disk to a basic disk without losing any data on the Windows XP partition? I don't care about data on the second partition since I was going to install Windows 7 on it anyway.
Also, is there anyway to install Windows 7 without converting since I'm looking for the least amount of headache.

In Windows Vista/2008 and Windows 7, in order to guarantee data’s security, their installation program dose not allow operating system is installed on dynamic disk. To convert the dynamic disk to a basic disk and avoid data having been lost, you could try to use Dynamic Disk Converter, it's able to convert back to basic disk without losing any data. Also here is a article: http://strangelyperfect.tv/6415/how-to-convert-a-dynamic-disk-to-basic-disk-in-windows-7/

Has anyone managed to get a 3TB dynamic disk on Windows 2003 Server?

I just got a pair of new 3TB disks that I wanted to put on my Windows 2003 server enterprise x64 system, SP2, all updates installed.
When I first tried to convert to dynamic, I got the error "The operation did not complete" as described in this KB article
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/826823
It says there is a patch, but there is not one for x64, just x86 and ia64
I found another technet discussion here: https://social.technet.microsoft.com/Forums/en-US/winserverfiles/thread/cb62238c-b3d0-4989-b45a-ae6de6701a7b?stoAI=10
However its best suggestion is to use a product from AOMIE, but I tried that and it didn't even recognize the disk. It also suggests that one needs a better version of diskpart.exe and to try to the 32 bit version. Anyone have any experience
with that?
I also tried creating moving the disk to Windows 7 x64, making it dynamic there, but when I move the disk back to 2K3 it does not recognize it, and goes back to a 2TB partition. I also saw something about needing a 512 block size for 2K3, but W7 does
not allow anything smaller than 1K.

Hi,
During my research, if found the following artcle which also mentioned a 3TB disk should be supported in Windows 2003 SP1:
Has anyone managed to get a 3TB dynamic disk on Windows 2003 Server?
http://social.technet.microsoft.com/Forums/en-US/winserverfiles/thread/a720ae72-0c04-44dd-94c0-2e6aecce530e
So I contact the author about this issue. He said it could be caused if your hard disk is a 512e drive as the 3TB drives on the market today are normally 512e drives.
However manufacturers stopping identifying this, and if the controller is old, FSUtil will not able to identify a 512 drive but recognized it as a normal 512n drive.
Thus please provide the drive model so we could search on manufacturer's website for exact information.
Also please paste the screenshot in your reply which Satish mentioned if available.
In addition, here is an article Robert provided:
http://www.windowsitpro.com/article/what-would-microsoft-support-do/support-advanced-format-hard-drives-141584

Dynamic Disk Attachment Support

Is dynamic disk supported to be attached as data disk? in Windows Azure Pack

I am getting following error even after correct Hashtag
Azure Error:
The operation on virtual machine, template or hardware configuration with id [*] results in use of one or more dynamic hard disks not supported by the specified cloud and fabric capability. Ensure that no dynamic hard disks are required by this operation
and try the operation again. Please contact your system administrator with this error ID.
VMM Error:
Error (23447)
The operation on virtual machine, template or hardware configuration with id [TESTVM] results in use of one or more dynamic hard disks not supported by the specified cloud and fabric capability.
Recommended Action
Ensure that no dynamic hard disks are required by this operation and try the operation again.

Dynamic Disk Support in Azure Pack

Is Dynamic Disk supported to be added into a VM that is part of a cloud through Windows Azure Pack?

what do you mean by dynamic disk ?
Do you mean dynamically expanding VHDs ?
If you mean that than i confirm you that you can use either dynamic or fixed VHDs types (VHD and VHDx)
Fixed VHDs limitation is only in Microsoft Azure and not in Windows Azure Pack (only VHD)
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How to create dynamic disks in 2012R2

I am trying to create dynamic disk in Windows 8.1
Could not find any forum online to get some help.
Unable to create striped volumes as well, Diskpart Convert dynamic command does not work
Any pointer is much appreciated

It would help if you told us what you have tried. I go into a computer management in Windows 8.1 and the features are there for creating dynamic disks, stripes, mirrors, etc. What isn't working?
.:|:.:|:. tim

What are basic and dynamic disks?

Basic disks and dynamic disks are two types of hard disk configurations in Windows. Most personal
computers are configured as basic disks, which are the simplest to manage. Dynamic disks can make use of multiple hard disks within a computer to duplicate data for increased performance and reliability.
A basic disk uses primary partitions, extended partitions, and logical drives to organize
data. A formatted partition is also called a volume (the terms volume and partition are often used interchangeably). In this version of Windows, basic disks can have either four primary partitions or three primary
and one extended partition. The extended partition can contain an unlimited number of logical drives. The partitions on a basic disk cannot share or split data with other partitions. Each partition on a basic disk is a separate entity on the disk.
Convert basic disk to dynamic disk: MiniTool Partition Wizard
Dynamic disks can contain an unlimited number of dynamic volumes that function like the primary partitions used on basic disks. The main difference between basic disks and dynamic disks is that dynamic disks are
able to split or share data among two or more dynamic hard disks on a computer. For example, a single dynamic volume may actually be made up of storage space on two separate hard disks. Also, dynamic disks can duplicate data among two or more hard disks to
guard against the chance of a single disk failing. This capability requires more hard disks, but improves reliability.

Hi Miningsu,
The scope of this forum is to answer General queries related to File & Storage Services pertaining to Windows Server 2003, Windows Server 2008 / R2 and 2012 / R2 operating systems.
This is not where you can give training to people. Kindly Co operate.
http://social.technet.microsoft.com/Forums/windowsserver/en-US/9ce53966-49bb-48fe-b195-2652ad8d09d9/purpose-of-this-forum-server-general-please-read-before-posting-?forum=winservergen
Regards,
Rafic
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Notebook DV6 3122sl HDD Dynamic Disk not clonable on SSD

I hope to change the HDD Samsung 320 Gb with an SSD Samsung EVO 850 256Gb.My consumption of HDD is + o - 170 Gb and othe is free.My problem is : SSD can't accept configuration like Dynamic Disk, then i must copy(clone) only the system.How this is possible, i'm not able to do.Any response to this request?Please, thank you.

with AOMEI tool I have made a back-up of dynamic disk (internal hdd Notebook DV6 3122sl) not enterily,only one back-up.I have made 2 back-up : 1^ Back-up of System with C: Operating system (System bring O letter or any 199 MB Windows 7 in C: that appear like 'LOGIC') 146 GB(80 GB used) 2^ Back-up of D: Recovery Partition 19 GB Back-up of G: HP_TOOLS 99 MB I have cloned 1^ back-up on EVO 850 and the result are been : Disk C: Operating System status LOGIC Disk O: System Primary part When Notebook open a message like 'Operating system not present'Using Windows 7 'compmgmt.msc' in Disk section is not possible translate LOGIC volume to Primary Partition andactivate it than, for my knowledge the operation of CHANGE MEMORY UNIT from HDD to SSD is not possible.I hope that 'HP' can help me to realize this change, how, i don't know but, i am a user not graduate.Help me please!

T410s Recovery Partition -- revert Dynamic disk to Basic?

This is a stupid error on my part, but while I was trying to wipe an external HDD and recover all the space, I saw an option to "Convert to Dynamic Disk", so, I clicked it. It gave me the options of Disk 0 and Disk 5 (external was on Disk 5), but I checked the boxes for both drives, not entirely understanding what the effects would be.
So, when I tried to create my recovery disks and clicked on recovery partition. Now, I'm not able to create recovery media anymore and am getting a runtime error every time the system tries to run the "recovburncd.exe" file.
When I try to open the "Lenovo_Recovery" partition, it comes up as blank. My guess is that files are hidden, but in Explorer, it shows that there are "2.29GB free of 9.76GB".
Being that I converted disk 0 from Basic to Dynamic, I'm guessing that's the root cause. Is there any way to revert this? All searches have been without success. Is there any other workaround?
Any help would be greatly appreciated.

You can try a recovery software, but I think you have in trouble.
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I need convert dynamic disk to basic

I screwed up my hard drive using Disk Management in Windows 7 because i accidentally converted my entire hard drive basic to dynamic. I tried tweaking it around to regain the Basic state, but failed.
Now I can't even boot Windows. Is there a way for me to delete the entire dynamic disk, convert to basic, and start over with the Windows installation in DOS mode?

Sure, boot on your windows 7 media.
When it comes to the screen where you can chose which disk to install to, press shift + F10 to get a commando prompt.
In the commando prompt type diskpart
in diskpart do the following:
1. Type "List disk" All disk on your machine will get listed and have a number.
2. Remember the disk number of the disk
3. Type "Select Disk x" where x is the number of the disk
4. Type "Clean" this will ERASE the disk
5. Type " Create partition pri"
6. Type "Format fs=NTFS Quick"
7. Type "Active"
Now you can Close the commando prompt and do a refresh on the disk selection page and chose the disk to install Windows 7 to.

Convert Dynamic Disk to Basic Disk Witout Data Loss

I think I goofed somewhere and am in need of some advice.
This Windows 8.1 home server had two identical 160GB drives that at one point were mirrored. One of the drives failed but so I added a larger replacement hard drive (Disk 0 = 160GB, Disk 1 = 250GB) and was able to recover. However now, not only
is the mirror broken, but the configuration is crazy:
Disk 0 contains 1 100MB System Reserved Parttion (System)
Disk 1 contains 1 120GB partition where the OS is installed (Boot, Page File, Crash Dump)
Since its much quicker to move 100MB vs 120GB, I was thinking I'd copy the 'System Reserved' partition on Disk 0 to Disk 1 using a third-party utility, but because both disks are Dynamic Disks, this isn't possible.
So at this point I can only think of two options:
Recreate the 'System Reserved' partition on Disk 1 (Is it as easy as running bootrec /scanos or /rebuildbcd or /fixmbr or /fixboot?) > Wipe Disk 0 > Confirm Windows 8.1 boots > Then create a new mirrored volume on Disk 0
Mirror Partition 1 (120GB) on Disk 1 (where Windows is installed) to the available space (149GB) on Disk 0 > Break the mirror > Wipe Disk 0 > Confirm Windows 8.1 boots (maybe I'll need to run bootrec with some switch here?) > Then create a new
mirrored volume on Disk 1
Thoughts?

See:
How to Convert Dynamic Disk to Basic Disk without Data Loss?
Carey Frisch
Thanks for the reply.
I've seen that post, among others, and they all require buying an application. None of the product pages, like the one you linked indicate that a purchase is required. It wasn't until I downloaded the aplications, (and I've tried several) that
I discovered a purchase was required. Really disappointed they weren't upfront about that on the guides.
So maybe a different approach can be taken:
Disk 1 just contains the System Recovery partition - the rest of the disk is blank (not partitioned)
Create a new partition
Copy the OS data from Disk 2 to Disk 1
Update the System Recovery and/or the Boot Configuration Data file to point to the OS that's now on Disk 1
Once updated, reboot
The system should boot properly from Disk 1 and the OS should also be running from Disk 1
Convert Disk 2 to a basic disk
Once Disk 2 has been converted back to a basic disk, can I just do the opposite?
Create 2 partitions on Disk 2: one for System recovery and another for OS
Copy the System Recovery partition (partition on Disk 1) to partition 1 of Disk 2
Copy the OS partition (partition 2 on Disk 1) to partition 2 of Disk 2
Update the System Recovery and/or the Boot Configuration Data file to point to the OS that's now on Disk 2
Once updated, reboot, the system should boot properly from Disk 2 and the OS should also be running from Disk 2
Convert Disk 1 to a basic disk
This is bonkers, believe me, but I feel silly shelling out $40-$50 for a single feature of an application. If I were going to use it regularly, or even periodically, I would do it.
I'm not very comfortable with bcdedit and bootrec so I need a little help with steps 4 in both sections.

Detecting Dynamic Disk Failures?

I can't seem to get a clear answer to the following issue.
I've got a few systems in the field that are using Dynamic Disks to offer a RAID one solution, I know it's not the most ideal, since a real hardware RAID would be better. But humor me here.
Is there a way to detect a failure? I've had a few systems that ran into problems and have a failed dynamic disk. It's easy enough to fix, but is there any type of proactive notification that this situation has occurred? Can I somehow see it in the event
logs (I can't seem to find any indicator)?
If anyone has any insights or tips?
Thanks,
Dower

Hi,
As far as I konw, Disk error checking could be run with task scheduler. That's to say, you can add disk error checking to Task Scheduler and specific the checking time and date.
You can refer to the link below for more detail:
http://www.ghacks.net/2011/09/04/how-to-automate-the-disk-checking-utility-in-windows-7/
Note: Since the website is not hosted by Microsoft, the link may change without notice. Microsoft does not guarantee the accuracy of this information.
Please have a try on your computer for test, if you need any further assistance, please feel free let me know.
Roger Lu
TechNet Community Support

Vista Dynamic Disk

Hello, does anyone know how to configure two drives using Vista's Dynamic disk? Or, a third party software that is capable of creating a RAID array in Vista utilizing boot camp? Goal: drive 1 mac; drive 2 vista w/ drive 3&4 as a RAID 0. I always get an error message in Vista "there's not enough space available on the disk(s) to complete this operation."

Before you can do anything with 3&4 you first have to strip any partition you may have created in Mac side. Then you can setup a RAID in Windows.
Easiest way I found, esp if using WD drives, is use WD Diagnostic to zero the drive and more. But you can't have GPT.
But even a simple stripe or mirror RAID, I never used or chose Dynamic.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dynamic_disk
http://support.microsoft.com/?scid=kb%3Ben-us%3B308424&x=9&y=12

Decrease dynamic disk size through VMM 2012 R2

Hi,
Is it not possible to decrease a dynamic disk max size through VMM?
Do you really have to use the Hyper-V Manager?
Med venlig hilsen / Best regards
Kenny Klausen

Just had the same issue, although related to migrating storage for a VM and managed to fix it...
Did quite a few modifications in SCVMM, but the key things that seemed to get this working was that I made sure my VMs were connected to the right virtual network and also that they had a VLAN enabled.
This was done by right-clicking the VM in SCVMM, selecting 'Properties', then 'Hardware Configuration', then select the Network Adapter -
Make sure the "Connected to a VM Network" has the right (for your setup) VM network selected, then check the "Enable VLAN" checkbox just below that and select a VLAN ID from the drop-down list. I only had one VLAN configured on
my VM Network so the selection was easy.
Once I did this the 26857 error went away and I could migrate storage.
Hope this helps !

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