HP m6 notebook Dynamic disk - difficult to make a backup image

Hi, my 6month old m6 died (corrupt boot record and/or partiton table). I had to restore from my pile of 5 DVDs (worked!).
Whilst I have a data backup strategy I'd like to be able to image the disk (or just system and C: partitions) to enable faster recovery.
The problem is many (all?) imagaing software only appears to work with Basic disks. So my questions are,
1. why does HP give us a Dynamic disk
2. can I easily convert to Basic disk to make disk imaging easier. Thanks.

Are you sure that you didn't change the partition(volume) type to dynamic yourself?
Each one of the HP loaners I have had have arrived with the partition types set as Basic. When I use the recovery manager to experiment with the product, each time it returns the deleted volumes to basic, not dynamic.
Converting a volume from dynamic to basic will wipe the data. That is why it recommended to back up the data before converting the volume.
Best regards,
erico
****Please click on Accept As Solution if a suggestion solves your problem. It helps others facing the same problem to find a solution easily****
2015 Microsoft MVP - Windows Experience Consumer

Similar Messages

Can you use disk utility to make a backup of Time Capsule?

I have a client who would like to keep a lot of important files on his time capsule for network usage, however I would like him to back up the time capsule. Can you use disk utility to make a copy of the data on the Time Capsule?
Lastly is there a way you can remotely access the files on the time capsule? (he would like to remotely access files on the time capsule).
thank you.
you should be able to use Back to my Mac to access the time capsule correct?
Message was edited by: RonPaul08

no one willing to attempt this for me?

If I downloaded Mountain Lion, how can I get disk utilities to make a backup startup disc?

I need to have disk utilities on a backup CD. Since I downloaded Mountain Lion, how can I create a CD with disk utilities on it?
Thanks,
Bob

I started typing it out but this is easier.
http://lifehacker.com/5928780/how-to-burn-os-x-mountain-lion-to-a-dvd-or-usb-fla sh-drive

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!

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
Regards,
Mandy
We
are trying to better understand customer views on social support experience, so your participation in this
interview project would be greatly appreciated if you have time.
Thanks for helping make community forums a great place.

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
If you found this post helpful, please give it a "Helpful" vote.
If it answered your question, remember to mark it as an "Answer".
This posting is provided "AS IS" with no warranties and confers no rights! Always test ANY suggestion in a test environment before implementing!

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 !

WS2008 R2 - Invalid dynamic disk

I have a software RAID5 array in Windows Server 2008 R2. 5x4TB drives. After clean shutdown all the disks in disk management are listed as invalid. When I try to reactivate any of them I get this error message: This operation is not allowed
on the invalid disk pack.
What can I do? I've searched high and low and can't find a solution.

Hi,
Based on research, it seems a bug that Dynamic disk(s) comes back as INVALID after taking offline, or following reboot.
This bug surfaces when the size of a record in the LDM matches exactly the size of a block on disk. In this situation, volmgrx incorrectly flags the record as incomplete. After reading the whole database, volmgrx will clean all incomplete records. That’s why
we end up with an empty volume record and with a plex that’s not referenced by a volume.
In this repro, we have a record for a volume that’s bigger than 2TB, has a 3 digit number and has no drive letter (which means attributes are stored in the record). Because of this, the record size was exactly 68 bytes, which is the size available in the block
after all the headers.
If the effected Windows 2008 R2 server is Non-DPM server, we must re-create the volumes manually and restore from backup.
If the server is a DPM 2007 server, all of the dynamic disks in the DPM storage pool will be inaccessible. To avoid having to rebuild the DPM server from scratch, you can use the following procedure to clean (wipe out) the dynamic disks and recreate the DPM
replica and recovery point volumes while maintaining the rest of the DPM 2007 configuration.
WARNING: This procedure is non-reversible, and will result in ALL replica and recovery point volumes to be permanently lost. Verify with the customer that he has a >2TB volume configured before proceeding.
1) Run diskpart.exe - and issue a "list disk" command - and see which disks show the status of INVALID
2) Select one invalid disk at a time and issue a CLEAN command to wipe it out and make it a RAW disk again.
3) Select one disk at a time and convert to GPT, then Dynamic.
4) Exit diskpart.exe
5)Now add the same disks to the DPM storage pool under the management tab - disk tab.
6) From command prompt - run the following command to remake the DPM volumes - this may take hours...
dpmsync -reallocatereplica
7) AFTER Dpmsync completes, re-run diskpart.exe and save the output of the "list volume" command.
NOTE: Make the DOS window so if has a height of 9999 before running list volume - then copy the contents of the window to notepad.
8) Search the output of list volume and locate any volumes are larger than 2000 GB (2TB) - note the mountpoint path.
9) From command prompt - run mountvol.exe >mountvol.txt - then open the mountpoint.txt using notepad. Search for the path for the >2GB volumes to get the volume {Guid}
10) Use mountvol.exe to assign a drive letter to that volume.
mountvol E: \\?\Volume{bf14e9ca-d929-11dd-8f76-806e6f6e6963}
11) Repeat steps 7-9 for ANY and ALL volumes that have a volume numbers above 99, and exceed the 2TB size.
It is now safe to reboot and not experience the dynamic Invalid status for the dynamic disks. If the customer creates any more dynamic volumes that exceed 2TB - they MUST assign a drive letter or they will experience the same issue.
12) Run Consistency checks for all the data sources to get the DPM server back into a consistent state and continue protectecting the production servers.
I hope this helps.
Regards,
We
are trying to better understand customer views on social support experience, so your participation in this
interview project would be greatly appreciated if you have time.
Thanks for helping make community forums a great place.

How to convert dynamic disk into basic, with OS installed in C drive????

Hi,
I want to convert all volumes of my current hard drive (which includes OS installed in it) into basic from dynamic.
I read the tutorial of microsoft, in which they said that delete all volumes one by one and then finally convert the disk into basic.
So I deleted 2 volumes, but OS did not let me delete C drive, as windows 8 was installed in it.
So now how to convert my hard disk into basic disk from dynamic disk???

Hi,
I want to convert all volumes of my current hard drive (which includes OS installed in it) into basic from dynamic.
I read the tutorial of microsoft, in which they said that delete all volumes one by one and then finally convert the disk into basic.
So I deleted 2 volumes, but OS did not let me delete C drive, as windows 8 was installed in it.
So now how to convert my hard disk into basic disk from dynamic disk???
find another hard disk, backup and wipe the old disk, then use windows to make sure any partitions remaining are gone
windows will automatically allocate the disk as required on a new install
Corsair Carbide 300R with window
Corsair TX850V2 70A@12V
Asus M5A99FX PRO R2.0 CFX/SLI
AMD Phenom II 965 C3 Black Edition @ 4.0 GHz
G.SKILL RipjawsX DDR3-2133 8 GB
EVGA GTX 6600 Ti FTW Signature 2(Gk104 Kepler)
Asus PA238QR IPS LED HDMI DP 1080p
ST2000DM001 & Windows 8.1 Enterprise x64
Microsoft Wireless Desktop 2000
Wacom Bamboo CHT470M
Place your rig specifics into your signature like I have, makes it 100x easier to understand!
Hardcore Games Legendary is the Only Way to Play!

How do I make a backup of an external disk?

I have an external disk that is formatted in Mac Extended Journal on which I keep movie files and photos.
I had some bad experiences in the past with my first MacBook Air (version 2.1) in which external drives kept getting erased without any good reason. I think it's due to the fact that I had to connect a USB cord to another computer when I had an external drive plugged into the MBA because the MBA could not power it on its own.
I thought it was due to a bad external drive and I took it to Samsung service center and complained that their drive was malfunctioning. I got a refund. But later on, I found that the same thing happened to another external drive and to a USB flash drive, so I realized that it had nothing to do with the external disks and something to do with the computer. I used the same drives that got erased on a newer MacBook Air (version 3.2) and I never had the sudden erasure problem.
Anyhow that's the background to why I want to make a clone of the external disks in my possession. If for some reason, the external disk gets suddenly erased, I would like a copy somewhere in safekeeping so that I do not lose all my movies.
How do I make a clone of an external disk?
I will be using a MacBook Air (3.2) for this task. It has two USB ports. Can I use Carbon Copy Cloner to do this? Just choose a source disk (external disk I want to clone) and a destination disk (the external disk where I want it to be cloned to)?

Many backup utilities like Carbon Copy Cloner and Super Duper can be used to clone drives. They can also clone boot drive to make bootable clones. They use "smart" backups in that they only update what has been changed from the previous backup. That is what you need too since you intend to use USB which is not that fast.
With CCC you can set up a task to start the backup automatically when you plug the backup in and it mounts.
FWIW I use CCC to make daily backups of my disks (scheduled backups can be done by these utilities).

Can Disk Utility make a "New Image" from a desktop copy of a DVD?

I have not been able to get Disk Utility to make "new images" of a couple of DVDs. For one of the DVDs, it may have something to do with a hyphen in the title. I haven't a clue why I'm failing with the second of the two DVDs. (Previously, I've had no trouble with about a dozen DVDs so far.)
Several members of this discussion group recommended me to copy&paste or drag&drop the files from a DVD to a new folder (say on the desktop), and then to drag the resulting new folder into the box in Disk Utility, and then to make a disk image using Disk Utility.
(Note: While I believe the original DVDs are not encrypted, I ran an experiment to make double sure, by using MacTheRipper first to produce folders containing clean files.)
However, when I drag the new folder into the box in Disk Utility, and let go of the mouse button, then the folder does not stay in Disk Utility window, but instead springs back to the desktop.
How can I get Disk Utility to make new images from the new desktop folders?
Note:
As a partially successsful work around:
For one of the two original DVDs - which has only about 3.7GB on it - I can sometimes (only sometimes) succeed in doing without Disk Utility simply by dragging the audio and video files from the new desktop folder onto a blank DVD, and then burning that DVD. However, in an average of about two out of every three attempts so far, my Mac rejects the new disk as unusable during the burn process.
For the other original DVD - which has about 4.36GB on it - the contents of the new desktop folder won't fit onto a blank DVD. It then gets messy - shrinking the files - so I'd like to avoid all of that by getting DIsk Utility to work properly.

For the answer, see the following excerpt from my own posting dated 2 May 2006, i.e.:
"I finally found out for myself (from Disk Utility Help) that to make a new image from a file/folder, rather than dragging the folder to the Disk Utility pane, in the top menu bar in Disk Utility you select Images/New/Image from Folder."

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/

I want to delete my apple account because of technical difficulties and make a new one but I want to transfer my money can I do that

I want to delete my apple account because of technical difficulties and make a new one but I want to transfer my money can I do that

Contact Apple Support. Here's how:
http://support.apple.com/kb/HE57

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

HP m6 notebook Dynamic disk - difficult to make a backup image

Similar Messages

Maybe you are looking for