subject: Convert A Basic Disk To Dynamic Disk On Windows Xp Computer [print this page] There are two types of disk, can be used on a Windows XP computer or Windows XP Supports two types of hard drive storage on desktop computers are: Basic disks and Dynamic disks.
Here we're assuming that you already aware of basic disk technology, so we won't waste your time on that, let's get to the business and see what are several advantages of Dynamic disks over a Basic disks.
Following are the benefits of Dynamic disk if you use it on your Windows XP computer:
Users can divide a dynamic disk into several volumes. But cannot use the concept of primary and extended partitions once a basic disk converted to dynamic disk.
Windows keeps configuration information for dynamic disks entirely on the disk. If there are various dynamic disks, Windows replicates information to all other disks so that each disk has a copy of the configuration information. This information is stored in the last 1 MB of the disk.
Any time you can extend dynamic volumes by using contiguous or noncontiguous disk space. Not only this, you can also use more than one disk to create dynamic volumes.
You can use the following types of dynamic volumes on your Windows XP computer:
Simple volume: A simple volume can hold disk space from a single disk and can be extended if needed.
Spanned volume: In spanned volume you can use up to 32 disks. A spanned volume can contain disk from more than two disk. The amount of disk space from each disk can vary. Mostly people use spanned volumes when a simple volume is running low on disk space and they need to extend the volume by using space on another hard drive.
Striped volume: A striped volume can hold disk space from more than 2 or maximum 32 disks. Unlike spanned volumes, striped volumes require that you use an identical amount of disk space from each disk.
Follow the given steps to convert a basic disk to a dynamic disk on Windows XP computer, follow these steps:
STEP 1. Open Disk Management tool by Right clicking on My Computer icon->Manage->Disk Management.
STEP 2.In Disk Management window, right-click the basic disk that you want to convert and press
Convert To Dynamic Disk.
STEP 3. Next, in the Convert To Dynamic Disk box dialog box, verify the disks that you want to convert, and then click OK.
STEP 4. In the Disks To Convert dialog box, click Convert, and then click Yes to confirm. If you are warned that the file system must be dismounted, click Yes once again.
Tip: Converting disk is very sensitive & irreversible process.
