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Convert GPT back to Basic Safely after attempt to create mirror?
Hi All: I have a win7 sp1 x64 install with a second drive managed by Windows backup (with daily full backups enabled).
I wanted to migrate my boot partition ("Disk 0") over to a new SSD drive ("Disk 1"), and started to by creating a mirror of the c: volume. I used disk management and it prompted me to convert Disk 0 to dynamic which I did, and the mirror was created.
I can boot off Disk 1 (listed as "secondary plex"), but I can't pull Disk 0 since only the C: partition was mirrored and not the "system reserved". I tried "fixing" Disk 1 by using a system recovery disk, but I still can't boot from it without Disk 0 in place.
I found some technet instructions on how to properly do this on x64...using diskpart to recreate the MBR and BOOT partitions on the target disk BEFORE converting both discs to GPT and then mirroring the relevant partitions.
I would like to revert Disk 0 back to Basic and try again, but it seems like to do this the "Windows" way I would need to wipe all the volumes and restore from my backup/recovery discs. I would like to leave this as a "last resort" just in case I run into any problems restoring...is there any other way to safely restore Disk 0 to "basic" from "dynamic"?
I've seen some 3rd-party software that claims to do this but am not sure if it's safe or if I will FUBAR the entire disk.
As a related question...is there any way to reach the original goal (creating a mirror and then removing Disk 0) if Disk 0 is already dynamic?