Dual boot Vista X64/7x64

SIW2 said:

Ok, the second HD is a Dynamic disk.

Otherwise, you will need a third party partition manager to convert the Dynamic disk to a Basic disk , without data loss.

can that be done ?

I have had two bad experiences with dynamic disks and both times recovered only by copying data to another drive then starting again

the only third party partition manager I find works well with all OS from XP thru to win 7 is Eausus

Hi,

The only free software that I know of for that is Testdisk - instructions here:

How to non-destructively convert dynamic disks to basic disks « My PKB

Copy any really essential data off beforehand.

You should then be able to sort out the boot problems using Startup Repair on the dvd.

I say should , because nothing is ever certain. What have you got to lose except a little time - and you may have fun doing it.

SIW2 said:

Hi,

The only free software that I know of for that is Testdisk - instructions here:

How to non-destructively convert dynamic disks to basic disks « My PKB

Copy any really essential data off beforehand.

You should then be able to sort out the boot problems using Startup Repair on the dvd.

I say should , because nothing is ever certain. What have you got to lose except a little time - and you may have fun doing it.

Thanks man it looks like my seagate barracuda s dead. I tried to even format but can't find the drive that is connected. looks like it's RMA time.
Man this really bums me out. Not even 2 months old and craps out on me. I have had my WD for 2+ years and not one issue that wasn't cause by me.

That's bad news .