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  1. DEMONTRAITOR99
    DemonTraitor99 Win User

    Not able to access an Expanded Dynamic Disk 2 x 500 GB, which was fine before. Cannot work...


    Hi. This is on Windows 10.The 2 x 500GB expanded to 1TB disks are healthy according to Disk Manager, But I am not sure if something has changed or failed. I do not want to lose the data. Can anyone work out what's wrong? I have not played with Disk Partitions for a long time. I am in the middle of the process of moving the data to faster bigger disks.If I try and access the disk, and I get an ACCESS DENIED.I hope someone can give me guidance?Thank youDisk ManagerAOMEI

    :)
     
    DemonTraitor99, Apr 27, 2024
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  2. DANISUBA1099
    danisuba1099 Win User

    Dynamic disk to basic.

    Hello. I want to change my dynamic disk to basik. 2 partitions. 1 500 gb with os installed, one 490 gb, no os. I saw that if i want to change it back i need to delete all partitions. How i do that with os installed on first partition? Please help me to
    convert it back from dynamic.
     
    danisuba1099, Apr 27, 2024
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  3. HAPPYMAN8760
    happyman8760 Win User
    Expanding a boot disk

    Is it possible to extend the C drive to other drives? I am running low on space on my boot drive and I recently installed a 2 TB HDD. i just need to know if i can extend my C drive to my E drive. (the 2 TB one)

    (my disks in Disk Management look like this):

    Disk 0

    Dynamic

    1863.00 GB

    Online

    Disk 1

    Dynamic

    931.50 GB

    Online

    Disk 2 (Boot)

    Dynamic

    111.77 GB

    Online
     
    happyman8760, Apr 27, 2024
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  4. MAYANK J
    Mayank J Win User

    Not able to access an Expanded Dynamic Disk 2 x 500 GB, which was fine before. Cannot work...

    Expanding MBR Dynamic Disk beyond 2TB

    I know that to expand a Basic disk beyond 2TB, it should be converted from MBR partition to GPT. Let's say the disk is Dynamic with MBR partition, can it be expanded beyond 2TB without converting it to GPT?
     
    Mayank J, Apr 27, 2024
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