Vista - 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

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
news:314DB2D6-A72A-43AF-A6BD-2FFD6BCC7054@microsoft.com...
> 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

Thanks for the replay dave,
That's mainly the problem i am facing now.
I wonder if anybody know a way to get around it, without having me upgrade
my OS to Ultimate or business version.
Is there a way to copy the whole information from that dynamic drive to a
new hard drive that formatted w/ Vista ?

"Dave" wrote:

> 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
> news:314DB2D6-A72A-43AF-A6BD-2FFD6BCC7054@microsoft.com...
> > 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
>
>

Sure, just mount that drive in an XP box and access it via the network. XP
Pro, at least, should be able to use it...

For what it's worth, I doubt you'll be happy with Home Basic - it's too
basic for anything except very old hardware...

Dana Cline - MCE MVP

"HENHERDARNATH" <HENHERDARNATH@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:7F6F0F4F-B929-4389-A8B2-84BC69D6C0AB@microsoft.com...
> Thanks for the replay dave,
> That's mainly the problem i am facing now.
> I wonder if anybody know a way to get around it, without having me upgrade
> my OS to Ultimate or business version.
> Is there a way to copy the whole information from that dynamic drive to a
> new hard drive that formatted w/ Vista ?
>
> "Dave" wrote:
>
>> 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
>> news:314DB2D6-A72A-43AF-A6BD-2FFD6BCC7054@microsoft.com...
>> > 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
>>
>>

Following the instructions at the following pages should allow you to
convert a Dynamic Disk back to a Basic Disk. It worked for a friend of mine
(with Vista Home Premium).

http://itsvista.com/2007/02/itsvista...-a-basic-disk/

http://thelazyadmin.com/blogs/thelaz...sic-Disks.aspx


"HENHERDARNATH" <HENHERDARNATH@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:7F6F0F4F-B929-4389-A8B2-84BC69D6C0AB@microsoft.com...
> Thanks for the replay dave,
> That's mainly the problem i am facing now.
> I wonder if anybody know a way to get around it, without having me upgrade
> my OS to Ultimate or business version.
> Is there a way to copy the whole information from that dynamic drive to a
> new hard drive that formatted w/ Vista ?
>
> "Dave" wrote:
>
>> 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
>> news:314DB2D6-A72A-43AF-A6BD-2FFD6BCC7054@microsoft.com...
>> > 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
>>
>>

Thanks.....
I tried the link and followed the instruction but got to certain point where
diskprobe try to open any physical disk.
According to the instruction it should listed all the physical disk but it
didn't, so I could not continue. I still don't know what I did wrong....
I will try again later on.....
But I appreciate the link.....

"DCMonkey" wrote:

> Following the instructions at the following pages should allow you to
> convert a Dynamic Disk back to a Basic Disk. It worked for a friend of mine
> (with Vista Home Premium).
>
> http://itsvista.com/2007/02/itsvista...-a-basic-disk/
>
> http://thelazyadmin.com/blogs/thelaz...sic-Disks.aspx
>
>
> "HENHERDARNATH" <HENHERDARNATH@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> news:7F6F0F4F-B929-4389-A8B2-84BC69D6C0AB@microsoft.com...
> > Thanks for the replay dave,
> > That's mainly the problem i am facing now.
> > I wonder if anybody know a way to get around it, without having me upgrade
> > my OS to Ultimate or business version.
> > Is there a way to copy the whole information from that dynamic drive to a
> > new hard drive that formatted w/ Vista ?
> >
> > "Dave" wrote:
> >
> >> 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
> >> news:314DB2D6-A72A-43AF-A6BD-2FFD6BCC7054@microsoft.com...
> >> > 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
> >>
> >>
>
>
>