Moving a Dynamic Disk to a New System

An important advantage of dynamic disks over basic disks is that you can easily move them from one computer to another. For example, if after setting up a computer, you decide that you don’t really need an additional hard disk, you can move it to another computer where it can be better used. Before moving disks, you should complete the following steps:

  1. Access Disk Management on the computer where the dynamic disks are currently installed and check their status. The status should be Healthy. If it isn’t, you should fix any problems before moving the disks.

    Caution

    Drives with Bit Locker Drive encryption cannot be moved using this technique. Windows Vista Enterprise and Ultimate editions include Bit Locker Driver ...

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