Converting from a dynamic disc to a basic disk

[Ryan]

Hi,

Can anyone help me – I’ve got a 40 Gig harddrive and 10 gig hardrive on my computer, with the 40 gig being my main drive [C drive] with Windows XP Pro.
The C is a dynamic disc, split into 3 volumes – a 10 gig volume with the OS, a 20 gig volume and another 10 gig volume.
I now want to create a multiple booting environment, with ME installed on a separate partition for some programs that don’t run optimally on XP [even with program compatibility].
So to do this I have to get my main C drive back to a basic disc that supports partitions.
Problem is, Windows wont let me convert my dynamic disc to a basic disc till my C drive is completely clean – and wont let me wipe my C drive while Windows is installed on it!
At the same time, it also wont let me install Windows to anything other than my C drive!
So I’m in a bind – does anyone know if there is any way to repartition my drive and convert it back to a basic disc while I still have Windows installed ? Or any other workaround ?

Any would me much appreciated!

Thanks,
Ryan

[scouse]

looks like you will have to do a complete fdisk and format mate, also you might try partition magic 8 although it costs $$$$ or download it from Kazza lite lol

seriously i think you have no choice but to start all over mate

[Ryan]

Thanks! Turns out you were right - that's exactly what I had to do. Oh well, at least I had everything backed up and saved!

Thanks for your reply.

Ryan