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Convert Dynamic 2 Basic

1. Back up all volumes on the disk you want to convert. 2. Open Command Prompt and enter "diskpart" to start the DiskPart tool. 3. Use DiskPart commands like "list disk", "select disk", "delete volume", and "convert basic" to remove volumes and convert the dynamic disk to a basic disk.

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Convert Dynamic 2 Basic

1. Back up all volumes on the disk you want to convert. 2. Open Command Prompt and enter "diskpart" to start the DiskPart tool. 3. Use DiskPart commands like "list disk", "select disk", "delete volume", and "convert basic" to remove volumes and convert the dynamic disk to a basic disk.

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Using a command line

1. Back up all volumes on the disk you want to convert from dynamic to basic.

For more information about backing up volumes, see Related Topics.

2. Open Command Prompt.

3. Type:

diskpart

4. At the DISKPART prompt, type:

list disk

Make note of the dynamic disk you want to convert to a basic disk.

5. At the DISKPART prompt, type:

select diskn

6. At the DISKPART prompt, type:

detail diskn

7. For each volume on the disk, at the DISKPART prompt, type:

select volume=n

and then type:

delete volume

8. At the DISKPART prompt, type:

select diskn

Specify the disk number of the disk that you want to convert to a basic disk.

9. At the DISKPART prompt, type:

convert basic

Value Description
list disk Displays a list of disks and information about them, such as their size, amount of
available free space, whether the disk is a basic or dynamic disk, and whether the
disk uses the master boot record (MBR) or GUID partition table (GPT) partition style.
The disk marked with an asterisk (*) has focus.

select Selects the specified disk, where n is the disk number, and gives it focus.
disk

detail Displays the properties of the selected disk and the volumes on that disk.
disk

select Selects the specified volume, where n is the volume number, and gives it focus. If no
volume volume is specified, the select command lists the current volume with focus. You can
specify the volume by number, drive letter, or mount point path. On a basic disk,
selecting a volume also gives the corresponding partition focus.

delete Deletes the selected volume. You cannot delete the system volume, boot volume, or
volume any volume that contains the active paging file or crash dump (memory dump).

convert Converts an empty dynamic disk into a basic disk.


basic

Notes

 To perform this procedure on a local computer, you must be a member of the Backup
Operators group, Administrators group, or you must have been delegated the appropriate
authority. If the computer is joined to a domain, members of the Domain Admins group
might be able to perform this procedure. As a security best practice, consider using Run as to
perform this procedure. For more information, see Default local groups, Default groups, and
Using Run as.

 To open a command prompt, click Start, point to All programs, point to Accessories, and
then click Command prompt.

 The disk must not have any volumes nor contain any data before you can change it back to a
basic disk. If you want to keep your data, back it up or move it to another volume before you
convert the disk to a basic disk.

 Once you change a dynamic disk back to a basic disk, you can create only partitions and
logical drives on that disk.

 For more information about DiskPart, see Related Topics.

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