convert the disk basic dynamic - not an option

Hello. I found this article (314343 KB) and attempted to convert a dynamic volume to my hard drive so that I can extend so that it uses the unallocated space. I followed these instructions:

Convert a disk from basic to dynamic disk

Use the disk management snap-in in Windows XP to convert a disk from basic to dynamic disk. To do this, follow these steps:

  1. Sign in as an administrator or as a member of the Administrators group.
  2. Click Startand then click Control Panel.
  3. Click performance and Maintenance, click Administrative Toolsand then double-clickcomputer management.
  4. In the left pane, click disk management.
  5. In the lower pane, right-click the basic disk that you want to convert, and then clickconvert to dynamic disk.

I'm stuck at this point, because when I right click on this drive, "convert" was not an option. Is there another way to do this without having to buy software? I tried to use Acronis Disk Director, but he won't do anything more than 100 MB with the trial version.

The computer is running XP Pro. Thank you.

You must be a right click on the partition. But you must click on the disc (a box before all the partitions on the disk with all the things written as disk 0 Basic etc.) make a right click on it and then click on convert to dynamic. either go to command prompt by running type cmd. Enter the following commands with each line ending with:

DiskPart
list disk
Select disk 0 (where disk 0 is your drive you want from the previous command)
convert DYNAMIC
output
It will be useful.

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