Martin,

On Mon, 30 May 2005 12:27:33 +0200, Buehler, Martin wrote:

> 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?

I don't know anything about how Windows handles dynamic disk volumes, but I know a man who does!  Jan van 
Wijk, and his software DFSee, are extremely good at sorting out problems like this.  You can do simple stuff 
yourself with the software, but when it gets tricky you contact Jan (after you've paid for the software, 
obviously!) and send him logs that DFSee produces, and he will advise on a course of action, often sending a 
script to fix the problem.

You can use the program for a limited time without registering, but to be honest you are likely to need his 
expertise.  Have a look at:  http://www.dfsee.com/

Cheers,


Howard Winter
St.Albans, England


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