{"id":38,"date":"2004-07-31T02:04:00","date_gmt":"2004-07-31T09:04:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/kb.terabyteunlimited.com\/kb-articles\/how-to-remove-existing-dynamic-drives-when-only-simple-volumes-are-in-use\/"},"modified":"2021-09-07T14:54:20","modified_gmt":"2021-09-07T21:54:20","slug":"how-to-remove-existing-dynamic-drives-when-only-simple-volumes-are-in-use","status":"publish","type":"lsvr_kba","link":"https:\/\/www.terabyteunlimited.com\/kb\/kb-articles\/how-to-remove-existing-dynamic-drives-when-only-simple-volumes-are-in-use\/","title":{"rendered":"How to Remove Existing Dynamic Drives when Only Simple Volumes are In Use"},"content":{"rendered":"<ol>\r\n    <li>Backup the data of the drive whose partitions are to be altered.<br \/><br \/><\/li>\r\n    <li>Ensure that the drive is using only simple volumes.&nbsp; To make this determination, run the Disk Management applet (diskmgmt.msc) and check the Layout column for each partition.&nbsp; You should only proceed if each partition on the drive shows <strong>Simple<\/strong> in the Layout column.<br \/><br \/><strong><font color=\"#ff0000\">Warning:<\/font> Performing the following steps on anything other than a Simple volume can result in data loss.<\/strong><br \/><br \/><\/li>\r\n    <li>Run BootIt BM, go into Partition Work and select the applicable drive in the <strong>Work with Partitions<\/strong> window.<br \/><br \/><\/li>\r\n    <li>For each partition on the drive, change the file system ID to <strong>7\/7h: HPFS\/NTFS<\/strong> (unless it is an extended partition, in which case you should select <strong>5\/5h: Extended<\/strong>).&nbsp; Click <strong>OK<\/strong> after each change.<br \/><br \/><\/li>\r\n    <li>View the <strong>Properties<\/strong> of each partition and check for warning messages in the Additional Information portion of the Properties window.&nbsp; In particular, look for a warning regarding the ending LBA.&nbsp; If you see a warning regarding the ending LBA, proceed as follows:<br \/><br \/>\r\n      <ol type=\"a\">\r\n        <li>Click <strong>Cancel<\/strong> to close the Properties window.<br \/><\/li>\r\n        <li>Open the Properties window again, this time while holding down the left Shift key.&nbsp; (Pressing the left Shift key while opening the Properties window allows you to edit the ending LBA.)<br \/><\/li>\r\n        <li>Change the <strong>End LBA<\/strong> to match the number shown in the warning message.<br \/><\/li>\r\n        <li>Click <strong>OK<\/strong> to save the change.<br \/><\/li>\r\n        <li>Open the Properties window once again (without pressing the Shift key) and verify that the warning message no longer appears.<br \/><br \/><\/li>\r\n      <\/ol>\r\n    <\/li>\r\n    <li>In the <strong>Work with Partitions<\/strong> window, click the <strong>View MBR<\/strong> button.<br \/><br \/><\/li>\r\n    <li>In the <strong>View MBR<\/strong> window, click the <strong>Std MBR<\/strong> button. <strong>Note:<\/strong> Windows 7\/8.x\/10&nbsp;users may need to use the <strong>Win7 MBR<\/strong> button instead (it may be required for certain Windows&nbsp;systems to boot).&nbsp;<br \/><br \/><\/li>\r\n    <li>After clicking <strong>OK<\/strong> to dismiss the Notice dialog, click the <strong>Apply<\/strong> button on the <strong>View MBR<\/strong> window.<br \/><br \/><\/li>\r\n    <li>If necessary, use the <strong>Undelete<\/strong> function (in the <strong>Work with Partitions<\/strong> window) to recover any partitions that should but do not appear. <\/li>\r\n  <\/ol>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Backup the data of the drive whose partitions are to be altered. 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