my original disk partitioning has been: disk1: primary partition + beginning of dynamic volume disk2: part2 of dynamic volume disk3: part3 of dynamic volume unfortunately, i deleted the primary partition on disk1 for test purposes. now, i need to regenerate a primary partition on disk1, but windows does only allow me to generate a simple dynamic volume, but no primary partition. i also tried to generate such a partition using the windows install cd, but doing so, the install tool tells me that the dynamic multi disk volume will be lost, when generating a primary partition. what workaround allows me to regenerate a primary partition on this disk, without loosing all data on the dynamic multi disk volume? please help! tino -- http://www.piclist.com PIC/SX FAQ & list archive View/change your membership options at http://mailman.mit.edu/mailman/listinfo/piclist