alessio0212

here is the problem. i have external USB disk(it is ATA in enclosure), and everytime i restart computer i have to reactivate disk in disk managment.

so i think the problem is because disk is dynamic. so how do i convert it back to basic without losing any data?

linderman

you cant convert without losing data


you will have to back up your hard drive contents with a program like driveimage XML (free) then copy the drive image to a diff hard drive >>>> then I suggest you use a free program like killdisk to wipe this drive / then reformat the drive using NTFS file system and basic disk protocol

then use drive image again to restore the data to the drive


rather strait forward process actually


the drive image will consume approx one half the drive size of space where ever to deciede to send the file

example

I have a hitachi 250 gig drive I want to image >>>> I will send the image to my seagate D drive >>>> I must be ready to consume 125gigs of space on my seagate drive