Added hdd ibm deskstar to my XP Pro....didnt worked well :)

[zamolxes]

Hi !
Here is my problem. A computer with win Xp pro... addedd a hdd ibm deskstar 80 Gg...but windows installed it as a "dynamic hdd" why i dont really know...
And now i cant split in to lots of small hdds )
I tryed with partition magic and different software...but noooothing ..now what...i really want to partittion it but how?
Give me a clue..an idea...
Thx

 

[wolluf]

Can't you just remove the exisiting dynamic disk partition using Disk Management?

 

[zamolxes]

no because its not a partition ...the drive its installed as a dynamic hardrive not a partition..i have like 3 hdd as basic drives and i as dynamic drive..so its not a partition..the drive is insalleed as dynamic

 

[wolluf]

Can you boot from win98 boot floppy & use fdisk to remove the non-dos partition (if dynamic drive appears as such) & create new partition. If this works you should be able to then process the partition using disk management in XP (are you using a separate controller card or SCSI drives, as you've got 4 hard drives in machine).

PS. In disk management, if you right click on the bit where it says Diskn where n = 0,1,2,3, don't you get option to remove dynamic disk?