Mounting USB Dynamic Disk on Windows 7
I have an older hard-drive from a windows XP computer that I would like to recover some files from.
The older hard drive is a windows xp dynamic disk.
I connected the dynamic disk to my windows 7 computer via a USB cable.
Problem: Windows 7 will not let me mount the dynamic disk unless I convert it to basic disk? If I convert it to a basic disk I will lose all the data.
Question? How can I mount the USB dynamic disk onto a windows 7 computer without losing the data on the dynamic disk? Do I need a special software program?
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Hi, Alex_703,
How to non-destructively convert dynamic disks to basic disks
http://mypkb.wordpress.com/2007/03/28/how-to-non-destructively-convert-dynamic-disks-to-basic-disks/
......Convert back to basic without losing data
How to Access or Mount GPT Protective Partition in Windows XP?
http://www.dynamic-disk.com/resource/gpt-protective-partition.html
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Last updated October 30, 2023 Views 6,004 Applies to: