I'm not familiar with dynamic disks, but I found this.
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/927520
It appears that Vista Home does not support dynamic...... you need Ultimate
or Business versions.
"HENHERDARNATH" <HENHERDARNATH@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
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> 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