Hello,
Like many people, I made the mistake to try to extend a partition on my RAID5 drive (hardware) and ended up with a dynamic disk I do not want and would like to revert to basic disk and standard partions. I found out about TestDisk, and would like to know if this is the right tools for the job.
One of the problem I see is my F: partition is split in two areas of the disk. will converting back to basic "consolidate" it into one basic partition ?
Do I need to shrink (by removing some file and using the windows disk manager to shrink it) back F: (I can backup L: T: to an USB drive temporarily) such a way that it becomes contiguous before using testDisk ?
OS is Windows 7 x 64 (so TestDisk x32, I guess ?)
Thanks for your input,
Eric
Dynamic Disk back to Basic Disk?
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Re: Dynamic Disk back to Basic Disk?
It's possible to convert an accidentally converted disk, back to basic/MBR-disk
But testdisk won't consolidate any partition back.
In case it's recommeded to backup your data first.
If your data from your F-Partition are not accessible, you can have a try to list your data using testdisk and copy them.
MBR partition structur can only contain 4 primary partition or 3 primary and 1 extended for your logical partitions.
Please repeat your diagnose and copy and paste the content of your testdisk.log into your next post.
Intel-MBR doesn't support any spanned or splitted volume.
That's why a backup of all data from your spanned or splitted partition is recommended.
Fiona
But testdisk won't consolidate any partition back.
In case it's recommeded to backup your data first.
If your data from your F-Partition are not accessible, you can have a try to list your data using testdisk and copy them.
MBR partition structur can only contain 4 primary partition or 3 primary and 1 extended for your logical partitions.
Please repeat your diagnose and copy and paste the content of your testdisk.log into your next post.
Intel-MBR doesn't support any spanned or splitted volume.
That's why a backup of all data from your spanned or splitted partition is recommended.
Fiona