I wasn’t even able to mount the drives using a Linux live CD. ERD Commander couldn’t help either (no Windows installation detected). Running the map command from the recovery console listed all my drives but they all had question marks instead of the expected drive letters. Last Know Good Configuration didn’t change anything, and a repair install was not an option as neither Setup nor the recovery console were able to detect the Windows installation. Note: Ignore the title of this knowledge base article and go straight to the WORKAROUND section.ĭetailed instructions with screen shots can be found on blog.Īfter installing the free VMWare server 1.0.2 and loading Vista Ultimate Edition as a virtual machine on my Windows XP Pro machine, my computer wouldn’t boot in any mode. If you are lucky enough to be able to boot, follow Microsoft’s own instructions to avoid the backup/format/restore method. If you want to know why and how, keep reading or jump to the conclusion section.Ģ. Well, I unfortunately had to look for another solution last week when my computer refused to recognize any of my 4 dynamic hard drives. It assumes that you can boot up the computer or at least access the drives and back up the data in the first place. Of course, nobody wants to do that, and sometimes it’s not even possible to implement this method. See Microsoft’s instructions on how to do that here. The official method to convert dynamic disks back to basic disks is to back up the data, format the disks, and finally restore the data from backup.
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