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by jackdup
23 Mar 2015, 03:27
Forum: Partition Recovery
Topic: Confused
Replies: 1
Views: 1569

Confused

It would seem most if not all questions or posts have been answered with the exception on the ones I have posted but am unsure why. I would really appreciate it if you could tell me if I need to provide additional information or what I need to do to get my questions answered or assistance with ...
by jackdup
15 Mar 2015, 19:40
Forum: Partition Recovery
Topic: Convert dynamic to basic disk
Replies: 0
Views: 2072

Convert dynamic to basic disk

Below is a link to a previous post however have not had a reply and am not sure how to get some assistance. According to a reply I received it is possible to convert the disk back to basic from dynamic using testdisk but I have no idea what to do. The disk has not been used since I converted to ...
by jackdup
15 Feb 2015, 20:45
Forum: Partition Recovery
Topic: Drive no longer boots after converting to Dynamic
Replies: 4
Views: 3161

Re: Drive no longer boots after converting to Dynamic

cgrenier wrote:TestDisk works on Windows 8.1. It can be run on a Vista computer with the Windows 8.1 disk connected through a USB port.
You can use TestDisk to convert the disks back to non-dynamic disks.
Do you have a link for instructions so I don't mess things up?
by jackdup
15 Feb 2015, 06:04
Forum: Partition Recovery
Topic: Help with partition types
Replies: 0
Views: 1913

Help with partition types

Attached is a screen capture from TESTDISK and it appears everything on the drive is intact but I believe in order to write all of the partitions I need to specify the type of partition for each of them so would appreciate someone's assistance in telling me what the types for each of the partitions ...
by jackdup
14 Feb 2015, 22:37
Forum: Partition Recovery
Topic: Drive no longer boots after converting to Dynamic
Replies: 4
Views: 3161

Re: Drive no longer boots after converting to Dynamic

Can someone tell me if it is possible to make a disk that was originally basic and then converted to dynamic bootable, and if so how would a person go about it?

Thank you
by jackdup
14 Feb 2015, 22:35
Forum: Filesystem repair
Topic: Repair of Linux DISH Netork external UBS Drive
Replies: 4
Views: 3459

Re: Repair of Linux DISH Netork external UBS Drive

First I don't have an answer to your question but am curious to know if you have found a way to access the video that is on the drive to use outside of the Dish Network receiver? I have a couple of hard drives that are full as well and would like to find a way to access some of the videos as I would ...
by jackdup
09 Feb 2015, 09:34
Forum: Partition Recovery
Topic: Drive no longer boots after converting to Dynamic
Replies: 4
Views: 3161

Re: Drive no longer boots after converting to Dynamic

I am not sure if I have done something wrong but when I originally ran TESTDISK and selected quick search it only took a few minutes to complete. I would have continued but did not have an extra drive with enough space handy so cleaned one off today and ran it again however now after selecing quick ...
by jackdup
07 Feb 2015, 17:41
Forum: Partition Recovery
Topic: Drive no longer boots after converting to Dynamic
Replies: 4
Views: 3161

Drive no longer boots after converting to Dynamic

I guess the first question is does Testdisk work on Windows 8.1 and can it be run on a Vista computer with the Windows 8.1 disk connected through a USB port as I am not sure if Vista can read dynamic disks?

I wanted to use drive mirroring which requires changing the drives to dynamic however before ...