Windows 10: converting back to basic disk from dynamic disk

Discus and support converting back to basic disk from dynamic disk in Windows 10 Installation and Upgrade to solve the problem; I need help! I recently installed Windows 10 on my grandmother's computer. Shortly after, I realized that drive "E" SD card storage was no longer... Discussion in 'Windows 10 Installation and Upgrade' started by newbie.hoo, Mar 14, 2021.

  1. converting back to basic disk from dynamic disk


    I need help! I recently installed Windows 10 on my grandmother's computer. Shortly after, I realized that drive "E" SD card storage was no longer accessible, blocked by tools. Using Disk Management I moved the tools, but in the process accidently converted my "Disk 0" that contains "SYSTEM" and "c drive" to dynamic disk, and lost Recovery altogether. I would like to convert the disk back to basic disk. My problem is that I don't know what to do with SYSTEM and c drive. I've read, researched, and installed free partition managers to try to convert the disk back to basic with no success. They all say the same thing - delete each volume in the disk, it becomes unallocated space, and convert that back to basic. I can't delete my SYSTEM and c drive, right? I've been trying for days to figure this out, I'm stumped. I have everything backed up and there are no personal files on the computer as of now. I wiped it clean when we upgraded to Windows 10 so, I'm not worried about losing files. I'm just wanting to convert back to basic disk and I need to know how I can accomplish that with SYSTEM and c drive being on the disk I want to convert. I'm fairly new at this, but I'm not scared to try and figure this out. I definitely need some assistance here. It's one thing to screw up the computer, but it's another to kill it. Suggestions?

    :)
     
    newbie.hoo, Mar 14, 2021
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  2. Ariel Aba Win User

    Convert Basic Disk into Dynamic Disk

    Hi Charbel,

    It would be helpful if you mentioned the things that you have tried to do that failed so that we can skip those steps. You can follow the steps provided in the article:
    How to convert a basic disk to a dynamic disk in Windows 7, to change a basic disk to
    a dynamic one. The instructions are also applicable for Windows 10. You can also check this article:
    Extend a basic volume.

    Ensure that you create a back up for your system as well.

    Regards.
     
    Ariel Aba, Mar 14, 2021
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  3. Convert Basic Disk into Dynamic Disk

    im out of space on my Driver C (disk 0) which is a dynamic Disk i want to be able to extend the volume by shrinking some space from the disk 1 (basic disk) but the problem is that i am not able to convert disk 1 into a dynamic disk (even though there is
    53.4% of free space in it).

    ive tried several methods i found online but non of them works

    i own a MSI laptop operated by Windows 10
     
    Charbel G. EL Haddad, Mar 14, 2021
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  4. converting back to basic disk from dynamic disk

    how to convert Dynamic disk to Basic disk without data loss ?

    how to convert Dynamic disk to Basic disk without data loss ?
     
    Lovepreet Pank, Mar 14, 2021
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