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Friday, November 7, 2014

How to change Dynamic disk back to basic disk? Problem in partitioning drive?


To change a dynamic disk back to a basic disk using a command line


1. Back up all volumes on the disk you want to convert from dynamic to basic.
2. Open a command prompt and type diskpart.
3. At the DISKPART prompt, type list disk. Make note of the disk number you want to convert to basic.
4. At the DISKPART prompt, type select disk <disknumber>.
5. At the DISKPART prompt, type detail disk <disknumber>.
6. For each volume on the disk, at the DISKPART prompt, type select volume= <volumenumber> and then type delete volume.
7. At the DISKPART prompt, type select disk <disknumber>. Specify the disk number of the disk that you want to convert to a basic disk.
8. At the DISKPART prompt, type convert basic.

2 comments:

  1. Hello, while going to install windows 7 I am unable to create partition???

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  2. May be your last partition was not done properly means all drives are set to dynamic just press shift+F10, command prompt will open and then type the above given code. If you specify the error then we can help you...

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