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Dynamic vs Basic
others are basic. Will this cause any difficulties in speed with any of the drives? I seem to find my system has slowed but I am not sure if this is why. J. Jimmy wrote:
> Somehow a new HDD I installed ended up formatted as dynamic while the I'm not sure about speed, but it does limit the drive. You won't, so > others are basic. Will this cause any difficulties in speed with any of the > drives? I seem to find my system has slowed but I am not sure if this is > why. warns a Windows dialog, be able to put the drive in another PC and be able to read it. "Grinder" <grinder@no.spam.maam.net> skrev i melding news:skvQd.940$g44.391@attbi_s54...> Jimmy wrote: Not sure about this, but maybe he will be able to reat it (after> > Somehow a new HDD I installed ended up formatted as dynamic while the > > others are basic. Will this cause any difficulties in speed with any of the > > drives? I seem to find my system has slowed but I am not sure if this is > > why. > > I'm not sure about speed, but it does limit the drive. You won't, so > warns a Windows dialog, be able to put the drive in another PC and be > able to read it. "activating" it in disc management) in another win2k/xp machine. Read all about it at these sites. You can convert it
back to normal. http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;308424&sd=tech http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;309044&sd=tech Definitions here; http://www.winnetmag.com/Windows/Article/ArticleID/27085/27085.html Show quoteHide quote "Geir Klemetsen" <regeirgarbagespam@start.no> wrote in message news:cuv24h$4ve$2@services.kq.no... > > "Grinder" <grinder@no.spam.maam.net> skrev i melding > news:skvQd.940$g44.391@attbi_s54... >> Jimmy wrote: >> > Somehow a new HDD I installed ended up formatted as dynamic while >> > the >> > others are basic. Will this cause any difficulties in speed with >> > any of > the >> > drives? I seem to find my system has slowed but I am not sure if >> > this is >> > why. >> >> I'm not sure about speed, but it does limit the drive. You won't, so >> warns a Windows dialog, be able to put the drive in another PC and be >> able to read it. > > Not sure about this, but maybe he will be able to reat it (after > "activating" it in disc management) in another win2k/xp machine. > > Pen wrote:
> Read all about it at these sites. You can convert it Thanks. All I need to know and more.> back to normal. > > http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;308424&sd=tech > http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;309044&sd=tech > Definitions here; > http://www.winnetmag.com/Windows/Article/ArticleID/27085/27085.html > J. Show quoteHide quote > "Geir Klemetsen" <regeirgarbagespam@start.no> wrote in message > news:cuv24h$4ve$2@services.kq.no... >> >> "Grinder" <grinder@no.spam.maam.net> skrev i melding >> news:skvQd.940$g44.391@attbi_s54... >>> Jimmy wrote: >>>> Somehow a new HDD I installed ended up formatted as dynamic while >>>> the >>>> others are basic. Will this cause any difficulties in speed with >>>> any of >> the >>>> drives? I seem to find my system has slowed but I am not sure if >>>> this is >>>> why. >>> >>> I'm not sure about speed, but it does limit the drive. You won't, >>> so warns a Windows dialog, be able to put the drive in another PC >>> and be able to read it. >> >> Not sure about this, but maybe he will be able to reat it (after >> "activating" it in disc management) in another win2k/xp machine. I was screwing around with Partition Magic and somehow ended up with a
dynamic disk?? Moved my data off the disk and changed back to basic. No problems and works fine. Primary, Extended & logical. The windows articles suggested took me thru it. Rudy Kazuti wrote:
> I was screwing around with Partition Magic and somehow ended up with a Great. Thanks for the help. I don't think I have really noticed any > dynamic disk?? Moved my data off the disk and changed back to basic. > No problems and works fine. Primary, Extended & logical. The windows > articles suggested took me thru it. difficulties that I could say was due to this situation but I had planned on doing more reading on this. Were you having any specific problems that were fixed by changing the disk? J. |
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