Changing from dynamic to basic

[KCINREBAK]

Changed my drive from basic to dynamic right, using gparted to resize it wont let me becuase the drive hasto be basic. Please tell me there is a way to go back to basic from a dynamic drive state

 

[Jonathan_King]

First, backup all data and partitions on the dynamic disk. Then delete all partitions from Disk Management (in Windows). Right-click on the disk and select Convert to Basic.

http://www.sevenforums.com/tutorials/26829-convert-dynamic-disk-basic-disk.html

Of course, you will not be able to recover the data on the deleted partitions, so make sure to backup everything you want to keep.

 

[KCINREBAK]

yeah Its a project for university, I installed server 2003 fresh install and set up the dns server and domain controller. i had to split the main partition into two seperate volumes thats why i was using gparted to re-size since the function is disabled in server 2003. I was hoping there was a way to do it without re-formatting but thanks anyways.