Be a bit more specific. The backup has been done with what program? Do you
know the file system that was used on the backup harddisk?
Usually you will loose all data if you Convert to Basic Disk. You can
convert back to basic disk using a disk editor, but probably that will not
bring your data back.
You will probably not need additional drivers.
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> Ok, confused.
> I put Vista on my system that was running XP and I had 3 internal hard
> drives. 2 showed just fine and the 3rd which was used for backup was not
> to
> be seen. Look into the Disk Mgr and I can see it but when I right click on
> it, it gives me the option to Convert to Basic Disk, Properties and Help.
> I dont really want to loose the data that was/is on that drive and if I do
> a
> Convert to Basic Disk, wont that loose the data?
> What actually is Convert to Basic Disk mean?
> My other 2 drives are Dynamic drives.
> So what is the difference between a 'Basic Disk' and a Dynamic disk?
> I have sent a question to Western Digital to see if then have drivers that
> I
> missed on their site to add to enable the drive rather than wipe it out,
> so
> far they have not responded.
> doug.webb@qwest.com