http://www.tech-faq.com/blog/converting-a-ntfs-dynamic-disk-back-into-a-basic-disk-without-having-to-erase-data.html News and Views from The Tech FAQ Team Tue, 22 Sep 2009 11:28:42 -0600 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.6 hourly 1 http://www.tech-faq.com/blog/converting-a-ntfs-dynamic-disk-back-into-a-basic-disk-without-having-to-erase-data.html/comment-page-1#comment-1571 jjs1287 Sun, 14 Dec 2008 19:38:31 +0000 http://www.tech-faq.com/blog/converting-a-ntfs-dynamic-disk-back-into-a-basic-disk-without-having-to-erase-data.html#comment-1571 I just used this method to convert the C drive on a windows 2000 server. I used the linux bootable iso GPart to delete the partision then Active@ Partition Recovery to recover it. Then I used Gpart to resize the partision to fill the drive and ran chkdsk. After this process it booted into windows 2K server and everything looks good. I just used this method to convert the C drive on a windows 2000 server. I used the linux bootable iso GPart to delete the partision then Active@ Partition Recovery to recover it. Then I used Gpart to resize the partision to fill the drive and ran chkdsk.
After this process it booted into windows 2K server and everything looks good.

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