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Old 05-23-2007   #1 (permalink)
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RECLAIM EXISTING DYNAMIC HARD DRIVE ON VISTA HOME EDITION

IF ANYBODY CAN HELP ME PLEASE!!!
I JUST UPGRADE MY DESKTOP FROM OLD ATHLON XP BASE WITH WINDOWS XP PRO TO
ATHLON 64 X2 BASE WITH VISTA HOME BASIC EDITION CLEAN INSTALL.
I HAVE 2 (TWO) 250GB WD HARD DRIVE FORMATTED WITH NTFS WINDOWS XP PRO AS
"DYNAMIC HARD" DRIVE FILLED WITH IMPORTANT INFORMATION TO ME (FAMILY PICS,
HOME VIDEO, ETC) THAT I CANNOT ACCESS. IT CAME UP AS OFFLINE ON DISK
MANAGEMENT AND IT DOESN'T HAVE ANY OPTION TO MAKE IT ONLINE. I TRIED USING
COMMAND PROMT TO REACTIVATE THE DRIVE BUT IT GAVE ME MESSAGE "DO NOT
SUPPORTED BY THIS WINDOWS VERSION. I UNDERSTAND THAT VISTA HOME EDITION
DOESN'T SUPPORT DYNAMIC HARD DRIVE. I KNOW THE DATAS STILL IN THE HARD DRIVE,
I JUST CANNOT ACCESS THEM. ANYBODY HAVE ANY SOLUTION? THANK YOU.....

PS: I RECENTLY TRY CREATING THE IMAGE ONTO ANOTHER DRIVE THAT FORMATTED AS
BASIC HARD DRIVE, AND STILL ON PROGRESS AS I POST THIS THREAD
My System SpecsSystem Spec