The backup program doesnt matter, it was the data on the harddrive that matter.
The harddrive was formatted in NTFS and worked like a charm prior to
installing Vista. I ran the program to check my software and hardware and
nothing came up as needing to be changed so I thought I was good to go.
Now this. My main drive where I have data on it is running great so if I
need to Convert the backup drive, I can do so but I have 2 other computers
that have backup drives that I want to be sure I know how to fix or correct
if needed.
Thanks
"mister.jones" wrote:
> 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.
>
>
>
> "ddwebb" <ddwebb@discussions.microsoft.com> schrieb im Newsbeitrag
> news:EA21F850-2DC6-4391-AB13-A46A0AFBA828@microsoft.com...
> > 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
>