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• Error "the dynamic disks are not supported by this operating system." what configuration Raid 0 (striped) readers.

  I have my operating system installed on a single disc, and I bought two additional discs I want to implement in a Raid 0 configuration. I'm going to administrative tools > computer management > disk management > right-click on a single disc and select the new striped volume > add the second drive and fill the dialog box until I get to the part where the formatting is supposed to start. Then I am stopped by an error that says "the dynamic disks are not supported on this operating system."

  Who says that hard drives, I bought are not compatible with vista interlacing or it says that vista can not the striped disks. What is the problem?

  You need to configure raid 0 before installation of win, you cannot "convert" s simple drive to the part of a matrix of blocks.

  In general this is not a good idea to use software raid, too a overload the CPU. If you want to raid, invest in a dedicated hardware raid card, which for a decent cost probably more than your motherboard

• Bootcamp converted to dynamic disk, now no windows without OS Macbook!

  Hello

  I converted accidentally Bootcamp (Windows 7 64 bit) the dynamic disk while I was inside Windows.

  Now, after the start of the only option I get is 'Windows', but 'Macbook' and 'Value' disappeared!

  When I choose Windows, it won't start. Windows Recovery stands up and says can not solve the problem.

  That's happened? What should I do now?

  I'm finished * off

  Thank you

  I forgot to add that no combination of keys doesn't work.

• What is the largest disk Win2000 can handle?

  Original title: Using the new drives multi-terabytes with Win2000

  Material of Baring emits what is the largest disk Windows 2000 Workstation, able to work with 500 GB disks, will be able to work with?

  James ludovic

  James,

  There are a few things to think about here:

  • NTFS can support 256 terabytes
  • MBR disks can support 2 Terabyte drives
  • Dynamic disks are not limited to the MBR 2 Terabyte limit
  If my understanding is that if your drive is formatted in NTFS and you have a dynamic disk, Windows 2000 can support up to 256 terabytes. For more information about dynamic disks, seeworking with basic and dynamic disks.
  Source: How does the NTFS

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• New partition resulted in dynamic disk

  When I reduce my disk to create a new partition ehit Manager of tasks, I ended up a dynamic disk of Pentecost... because at the end he ask me... what may be the problem because the windows works just fine... tnx...

  Here is an explanation of the difference between the basic disks and dynamic: http://windows.microsoft.com/en-US/windows-vista/What-are-basic-and-dynamic-disks and here is a much more detailed and the much better version if you really want to know the differences:http://www.dynamic-disk.com/dynamic-disk-resource.html.

  If I were you, I would like to convert it to a basic training using the following procedures before you begin to add data to it and use it.

  You cannot use the task for disk partition manager or convert dynamic to the base - do it with disk management (I assume that it was just a typo).

  Here is an article on how to change a dynamic disk to a basic disk: http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/cc776315%28WS.10%29.aspx.  Here is another article on the same topic:http://itsvista.com/2007/02/itsvista-tip-32-convert-a-dynamic-disk-to-a-basic-disc-in-vista/.

  I hope this helps.

  Good luck!

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• Dynamic disks on Windows 7

  I created a dynamic disk on Windows 7 64-bit Professional ((6.1.7601) with applicable updates checked 10 minutes ago) by connecting directly to a SATA connection on the motherboard.

  I then tried to move the disc to my drive Startech dock (SATDOCK4U3E).  It is connected to my motherboard via USB3.0 connection.  The station has an e-sata connection by my motherboard does not work.  More further by looking at the latest motherboards, e-sata seems to be rare now that there is no Z170 cards mothers registered on TigerDirect or NewEgg.

  If I buy an e-SATA card I would be able to use the dynamic disk on my dock player?

  I am eager to dynamic disks because I'm moving all my DVD and BluRay discs on the hard drive.  I'll put up several shortcuts to the movies with the bookmarks stored in folders to actors, actresses and directors.  For example, the African Queen shortcuts will be stored under Catherine Hepburn, Humphrey Bogart, Robert Morley and John Huston.  As my collection is fairly large (more than 8 500 big crack DVD folders even if some are not complete as the only DVD folder), I am eager to readers as dynamic spanning.  The first single DVD folder filled almost a 4 TB drive.

  If Windows 7 is unable to bear this, will be Windows Server 2012?  I think until I have finished using at least 16 hard disks and I would like to clone the disks to a backup set.  If Windows Server 2012 and I have to go for it, Windows Server 2012 supports DirectX 11?

  Please forgive me for not to mention Windows 10, but I really prefer to be able to control when I install updates and those who I have install.  I might consider 10 Windows if there are never features on what I want are not on Windows 7.  So far, I have not seen new features I want or need.

  Hi Nathalie,.
  I suggest you to send your request here.

  Thank you.

• Try to reduce a basic volume of Windows 7 on disk 0 using the new Wizard of Simple Volume, I get a warning about the conversion to a dynamic disk.

  Just bought a new laptop with Windows 7 Home Edition and decided to shrink the C: drive and create a D: drive.  Everything seems to go correctly, and I get to the 'End of Volume Wizard' screen without problem.  All the choices seem to be OK but when I click OK I get a warning that says "the operation you selected will convert selected basic disks and dynamic disks...". "I want to do this?  If I do, what are the consequences?  If I don't want to convert a dynamic disk how create a D: drive which remains a basic disk?

  Ken Dunn
  Cleveland, OH

  Hi Ken Dunn,

  Welcome to Windows 7 Community Forums

  Basic disks and dynamic disks are of two types of hard disk configurations in Windows. Most personal computers are configured as basic disks, which are the simplest to manage. Advanced users and it professionals can make use of dynamic disks, which use multiple hard drives in a computer to manage data, usually to improve performance or reliability.

  For more information, see the link below:

  What are the basic disks and dynamic? :

  http://Windows.Microsoft.com/en-AU/Windows-Vista/what-are-basic-and-dynamic-disks

  create and format a hard disk partition:

  http://Windows.Microsoft.com/en-SG/Windows-Vista/create-and-format-a-hard-disk-partition

  I hopeYou have followed all the steps to shrink a partition correctly but, you encounter a problem, carry out the task. You can go ahead and try the following steps to reduce a volume.

  1. open the Control Panel (all items view)and click the Administrative Tools icon. then close the Control Panel window.

  2 in administrative tools, click computer management , and then close the Administrative Tools window.

  3 in the left pane under storage, click disk management.

  4 in the center pane, right-click the partition that you want to shrink and click on Decrease of Volume.

  5 type in how many MB (1 GB = 1024 MB) of space to show available reduction you want to reduce the partition or volume by to use for the new unallocated space, and then click the minimize button.

  6 the partition selected (step 4) has now shrunk to create a new empty unallocated space. You can use this new space unallocated to create a new partition with.

  7 close the computer management window.

  To create a new partition:

  1. you must first to reduce a partition or a volume create an unallocated partition to use to create the new partition or volume with.

  2. open the Control Panel (all items view)and click the Administrative Tools icon. then close the Control Panel window.

  3 in administrative tools, click computer management , and then close the Administrative Tools window.

  4 in the left pane under storage, click disk management.

  5 in the center pane, right-click on the volume or unallocated partition empty and click on New Simple Volume. (See screenshot above)

  6 click on the Next button

  7 type in how many MB (1 GB = 1024 MB) you want to use from the unallocated partition to create the new partition, and then click the Next button. (See screenshot below)

  NOTE: If you want to use all of the unallocated partition to create the new partition, and then enter all the maximum specified for the partition unallocated disk space. If you use any of the maximum disk space, you can use the left in the unallocted partition space to create another partition with.

  Select an available drive letter you want to assign to the new partition in the computer, and then click the Next button.

  9 enter a volume label name that you want for the new partition, check the perform a quick format , and click on the Next button

  Click on the Finish button

  11 the new partition or volume has been created with the space in partition assigned unallocted (step 7).

  12 close the computer management window

   

  Check if you perform the same steps as above and us post if you have any other questions.

  Hope the above information is helpful.

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• Cannot convert a computer unalloacted on a new space, dynamic disks are not supported by this operating system or the configuration of the server. Dynamic disks are not supported on Clusters.

  I have 179 GB of a 50 GB hard disk on a new computer allowed. Try to make a new Simple Volume I get following error "the dynamic disks are not supported by this operating system or the configuration of the server. Dynamic disks are not supported on Clusters", please suggest what to do, i run Windows 7 Home basic.

  I have 179 GB of a 50 GB hard disk on a new computer allowed. Try to make a new Simple Volume I get following error "the dynamic disks are not supported by this operating system or the configuration of the server. Dynamic disks are not supported on Clusters", please suggest what to do, i run Windows 7 Home basic.

  Need additional details as
  Is it a laptop or a pc?
  Have you coveted your dynamic disk basic disk?
  What the structure of partition on your computer?

  recover with these details...

• Dynamic disk in Windows 7

  What is dynamic disk?

  Try this link: -.

  http://support.Microsoft.com/kb/2486464?WA=wsignin1.0

  Dynamic disk are used to improve performance, but I recommend to proceed with caution, it's not reversible by the look of it.

• After the reduction of volume, I get "selected Operation will convert dynamic disks.

  Disk partitioning error

  I recently bought a laptop HP with Windows 7 Home Edition Basic, wanted to shrink the C drive to create another partition. However, after the reduction of the volume, I got this error:

  Operation you selected will convert dynamic disks. You will not be able to boot the operating system from any other volumes on the disk.

  It's because win7 only supports 4 basic primary partitions and your system already has 4.

  Don't not procceed in dynamic conversion because it will cause other problems later.

  If you do not create the partion when / if you are using the HP recovery disks that will destroy any partition that you created.

  If I were you I would like to extend C to use this free space, you created i.e. cancel what you were doing in the shrinking, and then explain the purpose of the planned partition.

• snapshots and dynamic disks

  All,

  VMware documentation States the following:

  • You can not go back to a snapshot with dynamic disks, so suspended snapshots are not used when you restore dynamic disks. Snapshot technology has no visibility into the dynamic disks. Dynamic disks are generally known as specific files of Microsoft systems.

  Dies of what it means that they are not supported at all, or just suspended snapshots are not supported? What confuses me, is that the snapshot technology has no visibility to dynamic disks.

  Well, that needed to be corrected.

  According to vmware:

  Do not use the VMware snapshots for backup of dynamic disks. If you take a snapshot of a dynamic disk (specific Microsoft file system), you will not be able to go back to the snapshot. Snapshot technology has no visibility into the dynamic disks and is unable to preserve the State of suspend to disk files.

  Read this: VMware vSphere 5.1

  So the overall production is no snapshot will be supported in dynamic disks that the State called 'suspended' will not effect and can not make any changes it all by making the previous snapshot version.

  Hope you guessed it.

  Thank you

• VMware converter 4 support for partitions on dynamic disks

  I currently have a server physical windows 2003 which has its system and data partitions defined as dynamic disks (C and D partitions lie on disk 0-dynamic) not well why it's set up this way, it was built just like that.

  The goal is to convert this virtual server and I read many forums stating that dynamic disks are not supported for vmware converter, but some cases have succeeded where the target score was a record time-basic-but-now-dynamics.

  Is this the case? and if so, what alternatives can be tried to virtualize the server.

  Dynamic disks are supported for Windows.  The resulting virtual machine will only basic disks in a hot clone.

  I would just suggest that you make a clone of hot regular and do a slight reduction in the size of the disc resulting (even if it is 1 MB).

  Second, ensure that the system starts out of the c:\ partition and it is marked as a partition active and has a file boot.ini in the root.

  Kind regards

  Jonathan

  B.SC., RHCT, VMware vExpert 2009

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• HP recovery partition and dynamic disk!

  Just got my new laptop and added a partition of my HP pavilion dv7 WIN 7 64 bit and noticed disc was dynamic. I don't know if it changed the dynamics or as it was delivered. I'll always be able to use the recovery on the dynamic disk partition? And if I create recovery discs, they will work on the dynamic disk or will it convert back to base?

  It can work with Easus software, but I'm sure that you need to remove this extra partition before conversion back is possible.

  If you need an extra partition, look HERE page on the use of the recovery partition or delete to free up hard disk to create a new partition without conversion by burning a resumption of course the value of dynamic_after.

• How to convert a dynamic disk to a basic?

  How to convert a dynamic disk to a basic? I can't really deleat the C and readers of the system, and if so, how?

  Hi Brad,

  Welcome to Microsoft Community and thank you for the query display.

  According to the description, it seems that you want to convert a dynamic disk to Basic.

  However, we need more information about the issue to help you better.

  Please help me to answer these questions.

  1 how many partitions are on the hard drive?

  2 is installed Windows on drive C?

  3. you have any operating system installed on the hard drive?

  To convert the dynamic disk to basic, here are some steps that you can try.

  You can try to convert the dynamic disk drive basis (except your drive C :) using the Diskpart.exe in the command line. By following these steps, you can avoid reinstalling Windows XP. But if you want all the hard disk as a single partition, then proceed as follows.

  Note: Before formatting the hard drive or perform the steps, back up your data to an external storage device.

  Steps to convert dynamic disk to basic
  

  a. press Windows key + r on the keyboard and in the immediate window, type cmd.exe

  b. in the command prompt and type D iskpart .

  c. at the Diskpart prompt, type list disk . Note the number of the disk you want to convert to dynamic.

  d. at the Diskpart prompt, type select disk . (select the dynamic disk you want to convert.)

  e. at the Diskpart prompt, type clean to remove all volumes on the disk.

  (f) then, at the Diskpart prompt, type: convert base to begin to restore the disk to basic training.

  Respond us if you have any queries with hard drive problems and we will be happy to help you.

• Y we can convert dynamic disk to basic again after having already converted to dynamic?

  We all know that the default value of the hard drive is (Basic) and some timed Let's convert in cuz our uses (dynamic), my question is how can we convert in new Basic or it's impossible?

  Thank you

  It could be the case that you cannot remove the active OS partition / volume.  If this is the case, try to create a "Hirens Boot CD" and the start of this CD.  In the first start screen, choose "Mini XP.  Once it starts, follow the instructions in the following article:

  "To change a dynamic disk to basic disk back.
    <>http://www.Microsoft.com/resources/documentation/Windows/XP/all/proddocs/en-us/dm_revert_disk.mspx?mfr=true >

  To create a Hirens Boot CD, download the ".zip" file extract in a folder and double-click the ".cmd" file within the archive extracted.

  You will need to re - install windows after you complete these steps.

  Hirens: <> http://www.hirensbootcd.org/download/ >

  HTH,
  JW