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Configuring Disks and Drives

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4. If the disk you are converting has formatted volumes, you must select the disk and

then click OK. Continue with the remaining steps to complete the conversion.

5. As shown in Figure 19-5, the Disks to Convert dialog box shows the disk you’re

converting so that you can confirm the conversion. The value in the Will Con-

vert column should be Yes as long as the disk meets the conversion criteria.

6. Click the disk and then click Details to see the volumes on the selected disk. When

you are ready to continue, click OK to close the Convert Details dialog box.

7. Click Convert. Disk Management warns you that once you convert the disk, you

won’t be able to boot other operating systems from volumes on the selected

disk. Click Yes to continue.

8. If disks are mounted and active, Disk Management warns you that it needs to

dismount the disk to convert its volumes. Click Yes to continue.

9. If a selected drive contains the boot partition, the system partition, or a partition

in use, Disk Management will need to restart the computer and you will see

another prompt.

Converting a Dynamic Disk to a Basic Disk

Downgrading to the basic disk type from the dynamic disk type is not so easy. Before

you convert a dynamic disk to a basic disk, you must delete all the volumes on the

disk. This results in the loss of all data in those volumes if you do not back up or

move the data to another disk beforehand.

You can convert a dynamic disk to a basic disk by completing the following steps:

1. In Windows Explorer, copy or move all data on all the disk’s volumes to another

disk. Confirm that all data has been copied or moved before continuing.

2. In Disk Management, delete all volumes on the dynamic disk by right-clicking

and selecting Delete Volume. Because this destroys all the data on the volumes,

Figure 19-5. Checking the disk’s associated volumes