Comments for My PKB http://mypkb.wordpress.com Things I once knew... My Personal Knowledge Base Thu, 21 Aug 2008 02:38:31 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=MU Comment on How to non-destructively convert dynamic disks to basic disks by Beaver http://mypkb.wordpress.com/2007/03/28/how-to-non-destructively-convert-dynamic-disks-to-basic-disks/#comment-158 Beaver Mon, 18 Aug 2008 10:04:28 +0000 http://mypkb.wordpress.com/2007/03/28/how-to-non-destructively-convert-dynamic-disks-to-basic-disks/#comment-158 Great prog man - fixed my prob in minutes. It's small enough to almost fit on a floppy disk - pound for pound has to be most valuable utility out there. Great prog man - fixed my prob in minutes.

It’s small enough to almost fit on a floppy disk - pound for pound has to be most valuable utility out there.

]]> Comment on How to deal with “CMD does not support UNC paths as current directories“ by amar http://mypkb.wordpress.com/2007/02/01/how-to-deal-with-cmd-does-not-support-unc-paths-as-current-directories/#comment-157 amar Thu, 14 Aug 2008 04:00:06 +0000 http://mypkb.wordpress.com/2007/02/01/how-to-deal-with-cmd-does-not-support-unc-paths-as-current-directories/#comment-157 excellent answer excellent answer

]]> Comment on How to non-destructively convert dynamic disks to basic disks by andy http://mypkb.wordpress.com/2007/03/28/how-to-non-destructively-convert-dynamic-disks-to-basic-disks/#comment-156 andy Wed, 13 Aug 2008 18:33:55 +0000 http://mypkb.wordpress.com/2007/03/28/how-to-non-destructively-convert-dynamic-disks-to-basic-disks/#comment-156 Thanks for the post. This helped me get vista h.p. to recognize a backup drive from a Vista ult. machine. Not quite sure if figuring out the right testdisk flow would have been initally apparent without the guidance of this article. Stern and preechy: To all of you who were "rescued" or "saved" by this take a moment to wallow in shame. Now that you're done with that, go buy a hard drive >= your current storage, and COMPLETELY BACKUP your files to another computer, an exteral HD enclosure, and as a last resort to a new drive in the same box. There are many sync programs that allow easy and automatic backup to network shares, ftp, external drives, --anywhere! I use Super Flexible file synchronizer, which is not free (but whoa -- powerful flexible), but i'm sure there are other that are. With the cost of space (~$60 = 500GB) and the power of sync programs, there is NO excuse for coming close to losing you information. You have felt (or can imagine) the emotional impact of losing all of your personal data, let that spur you into doing something about it! Go backup -- NOW! Thanks again. Thanks for the post. This helped me get vista h.p. to recognize a backup drive from a Vista ult. machine. Not quite sure if figuring out the right testdisk flow would have been initally apparent without the guidance of this article.

Stern and preechy: To all of you who were “rescued” or “saved” by this take a moment to wallow in shame. Now that you’re done with that, go buy a hard drive >= your current storage, and COMPLETELY BACKUP your files to another computer, an exteral HD enclosure, and as a last resort to a new drive in the same box. There are many sync programs that allow easy and automatic backup to network shares, ftp, external drives, –anywhere! I use Super Flexible file synchronizer, which is not free (but whoa — powerful flexible), but i’m sure there are other that are. With the cost of space (~$60 = 500GB) and the power of sync programs, there is NO excuse for coming close to losing you information. You have felt (or can imagine) the emotional impact of losing all of your personal data, let that spur you into doing something about it! Go backup — NOW!

Thanks again.

]]> Comment on How to non-destructively convert dynamic disks to basic disks by ogge http://mypkb.wordpress.com/2007/03/28/how-to-non-destructively-convert-dynamic-disks-to-basic-disks/#comment-155 ogge Thu, 07 Aug 2008 15:54:54 +0000 http://mypkb.wordpress.com/2007/03/28/how-to-non-destructively-convert-dynamic-disks-to-basic-disks/#comment-155 You don't have to backup files before you convert the disk from dynamic to basic if you don't have the space. But you should always do it anyway. family photos isn't a very fun thing to loose. //sweden You don’t have to backup files before you convert the disk from dynamic to basic if you don’t have the space.

But you should always do it anyway. family photos isn’t a very fun thing to loose.

//sweden

]]> Comment on How to non-destructively convert dynamic disks to basic disks by AlexisB. http://mypkb.wordpress.com/2007/03/28/how-to-non-destructively-convert-dynamic-disks-to-basic-disks/#comment-154 AlexisB. Thu, 07 Aug 2008 15:11:16 +0000 http://mypkb.wordpress.com/2007/03/28/how-to-non-destructively-convert-dynamic-disks-to-basic-disks/#comment-154 Ive used this tool before for different disk problem scenarios and it works great. Your info here is really good, thanks for sharing it! I think Microsoft should make clear when you are creating/formatting a new disk the impact of having a drive converted to dynamic. For an end user there is no direct info from the OS, it just ask you to convert it with out any warning or info, im very sure that most end users answer YES without knowing what they are up to. I bet that 90% of Windows users do not need dynamic partitions. AlexisB. MCSE, MCSA Ive used this tool before for different disk problem scenarios and it works great. Your info here is really good, thanks for sharing it!

I think Microsoft should make clear when you are creating/formatting a new disk the impact of having a drive converted to dynamic. For an end user there is no direct info from the OS, it just ask you to convert it with out any warning or info, im very sure that most end users answer YES without knowing what they are up to.

I bet that 90% of Windows users do not need dynamic partitions.

AlexisB.
MCSE, MCSA

]]> Comment on How to non-destructively convert dynamic disks to basic disks by Dave http://mypkb.wordpress.com/2007/03/28/how-to-non-destructively-convert-dynamic-disks-to-basic-disks/#comment-153 Dave Thu, 07 Aug 2008 06:05:09 +0000 http://mypkb.wordpress.com/2007/03/28/how-to-non-destructively-convert-dynamic-disks-to-basic-disks/#comment-153 Hi, you have save me day! it took me long enough to find a method to convert back to basic and you instruction with Testdisk is so simple and easy to follow. I have my 250 GB disk convert back with in 10 minutes. Now my disk works in basic mode again. Good Job. Thanks Hi,

you have save me day! it took me long enough to find a method to convert back to basic and you instruction with Testdisk is so simple and easy to follow. I have my 250 GB disk convert back with in 10 minutes. Now my disk works in basic mode again.

Good Job.
Thanks

]]> Comment on How to non-destructively convert dynamic disks to basic disks by marco http://mypkb.wordpress.com/2007/03/28/how-to-non-destructively-convert-dynamic-disks-to-basic-disks/#comment-152 marco Wed, 06 Aug 2008 17:24:18 +0000 http://mypkb.wordpress.com/2007/03/28/how-to-non-destructively-convert-dynamic-disks-to-basic-disks/#comment-152 hello! you saved mydayi triedthe wholeday with a broken mirror set that was not booting anymore (server2003) and error 0x7b after converting the partition to basic it worked immediately! hello!

you saved mydayi triedthe wholeday with a broken mirror set that was not booting anymore (server2003) and error 0×7b

after converting the partition to basic it worked immediately!

]]> Comment on How to non-destructively convert dynamic disks to basic disks by nuby http://mypkb.wordpress.com/2007/03/28/how-to-non-destructively-convert-dynamic-disks-to-basic-disks/#comment-151 nuby Mon, 04 Aug 2008 20:28:16 +0000 http://mypkb.wordpress.com/2007/03/28/how-to-non-destructively-convert-dynamic-disks-to-basic-disks/#comment-151 Thank you very much for posting this. You helped me a lot with this, and it only took 2-3 minutes. I'm glad that this tool has a linux version too, so I didn't have to do any effort to get a dos prompt on a non booting system :D Thank you very much for posting this. You helped me a lot with this, and it only took 2-3 minutes. I’m glad that this tool has a linux version too, so I didn’t have to do any effort to get a dos prompt on a non booting system :D

]]> Comment on How to non-destructively convert dynamic disks to basic disks by Lubbalupseree http://mypkb.wordpress.com/2007/03/28/how-to-non-destructively-convert-dynamic-disks-to-basic-disks/#comment-150 Lubbalupseree Sat, 02 Aug 2008 22:08:56 +0000 http://mypkb.wordpress.com/2007/03/28/how-to-non-destructively-convert-dynamic-disks-to-basic-disks/#comment-150 Thanks for the post Thanks for the post

]]> Comment on How to non-destructively convert dynamic disks to basic disks by Jeff http://mypkb.wordpress.com/2007/03/28/how-to-non-destructively-convert-dynamic-disks-to-basic-disks/#comment-149 Jeff Thu, 17 Jul 2008 02:40:04 +0000 http://mypkb.wordpress.com/2007/03/28/how-to-non-destructively-convert-dynamic-disks-to-basic-disks/#comment-149 Im wondering if anyone knows how to make this software work in my situation. I have three physical drives on an xp machine: a 40gb system basic disc, a 120gb dynamic, and a 200gb dynamic. I created a single 320gb spanned volume over the 2 dynamic drives in XP with 110gb used. Now XP has a trojan and I want to wipe the 40gb OS drive and reinstall XP. I want to shrink the volume to one drive, or remove the volume and access the partitions on each drive. Can I do this? Currrently I can see the 120gb drive in Testdisk as its own partition, but the 200gb drive comes back as 'cannot recover partition' cause 320gb size doesnt match the 200gb physical drive. Any ideas around this without dropping hundreds $ for an external drive to backup my data? Im wondering if anyone knows how to make this software work in my situation. I have three physical drives on an xp machine: a 40gb system basic disc, a 120gb dynamic, and a 200gb dynamic. I created a single 320gb spanned volume over the 2 dynamic drives in XP with 110gb used. Now XP has a trojan and I want to wipe the 40gb OS drive and reinstall XP. I want to shrink the volume to one drive, or remove the volume and access the partitions on each drive. Can I do this? Currrently I can see the 120gb drive in Testdisk as its own partition, but the 200gb drive comes back as ‘cannot recover partition’ cause 320gb size doesnt match the 200gb physical drive. Any ideas around this without dropping hundreds $ for an external drive to backup my data?

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