Vista - Change a Dynamic C: Drive to a Basic Drive

imcrobie · 11-06-2008

I have only just installed Vista Business 32 on a Dell Vostro 32 that I purchased second hand. After the install I shrunk the disk but still had a very large c:drive so I followed a prompt that said I would get more space if I changed the drive to Dynamic. I did this and all worked fine until I attempted to reboot and you guessed it..... The machine will now not reboot.

When I attempt to rebuild the partition via the Vista install CD I keep going around in a loop with the dynamic drive not changing.

Any help on where to from here would be greatly appreciated.

By way of my background I work in IT and am comfortable editing he registry etc but sometimes require assistance with Dos type commands as I am not familair with many of them. All my data is on another partition so if I need to trash the c:drive I am not too concerned.

11-06-2008

"imcrobie" <guest@xxxxxx-email.com> wrote in message
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Quote:

>
> I have only just installed Vista Business 32 on a Dell Vostro 32 that I
> purchased second hand. After the install I shrunk the disk but still
> had a very large c:drive so I followed a prompt that said I would get
> more space if I changed the drive to Dynamic. I did this and all worked
> fine until I attempted to reboot and you guessed it..... The machine
> will now not reboot.
>
> When I attempt to rebuild the partition via the Vista install CD I keep
> going around in a loop with the dynamic drive not changing.
>
> Any help on where to from here would be greatly appreciated.
>
> By way of my background I work in IT and am comfortable editing he
> registry etc but sometimes require assistance with Dos type commands as
> I am not familair with many of them. All my data is on another
> partition so if I need to trash the c:drive I am not too concerned.
>

Pop the drive into another machine and backup all your data.
Confirm all your data are good!

Use a utility such as http://www.killdisk.com/ (for example) and delete the
entire drive.

Now start over and install Vista and partition the drive exactly how you
want to.

and of course, never again try to use a dynamic disc!

SCSIraidGURU · 11-06-2008

Backup. Boot your Vista CD. Remove the C: drive and recreate it. Reinstall. Restore data.

11-06-2008	#1 (permalink)
imcrobie Vista Business 32 1 posts	Change a Dynamic C: Drive to a Basic Drive I have only just installed Vista Business 32 on a Dell Vostro 32 that I purchased second hand. After the install I shrunk the disk but still had a very large c:drive so I followed a prompt that said I would get more space if I changed the drive to Dynamic. I did this and all worked fine until I attempted to reboot and you guessed it..... The machine will now not reboot. When I attempt to rebuild the partition via the Vista install CD I keep going around in a loop with the dynamic drive not changing. Any help on where to from here would be greatly appreciated. By way of my background I work in IT and am comfortable editing he registry etc but sometimes require assistance with Dos type commands as I am not familair with many of them. All my data is on another partition so if I need to trash the c:drive I am not too concerned.
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11-06-2008	#2 (permalink)
philo n/a posts	Re: Change a Dynamic C: Drive to a Basic Drive "imcrobie" <guest@xxxxxx-email.com> wrote in message news:b24a722f4c766406b8b3c68801d93227@xxxxxx-gateway.com... Quote: > > I have only just installed Vista Business 32 on a Dell Vostro 32 that I > purchased second hand. After the install I shrunk the disk but still > had a very large c:drive so I followed a prompt that said I would get > more space if I changed the drive to Dynamic. I did this and all worked > fine until I attempted to reboot and you guessed it..... The machine > will now not reboot. > > When I attempt to rebuild the partition via the Vista install CD I keep > going around in a loop with the dynamic drive not changing. > > Any help on where to from here would be greatly appreciated. > > By way of my background I work in IT and am comfortable editing he > registry etc but sometimes require assistance with Dos type commands as > I am not familair with many of them. All my data is on another > partition so if I need to trash the c:drive I am not too concerned. > Pop the drive into another machine and backup all your data. Confirm all your data are good! Use a utility such as http://www.killdisk.com/ (for example) and delete the entire drive. Now start over and install Vista and partition the drive exactly how you want to. and of course, never again try to use a dynamic disc!
My System Specs

11-06-2008	#3 (permalink)
SCSIraidGURU Vista x64 Ultimate 1,823 posts	Re: Change a Dynamic C: Drive to a Basic Drive Backup. Boot your Vista CD. Remove the C: drive and recreate it. Reinstall. Restore data.
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