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The disk must not have any volumes nor contain any data before you can
change it back to a basic disk.
- If you want to keep your data, back it
up or move it to another volume before you convert the disk to a basic
disk.
- Once you change a dynamic disk back to a basic disk, you can create only partitions and logical drives on that disk.
Back up all volumes on the disk you want to convert from dynamic to basic.
Open a command prompt and type
diskpart
.At the DISKPART prompt, type
list disk
. Make note of the disk number you want to convert to basic.At the DISKPART prompt, type
select disk <disknumber>
.At the DISKPART prompt, type
detail disk <disknumber>
.For each volume on the disk, at the DISKPART prompt, type
select volume= <volumenumber>
and then typedelete volume
.At the DISKPART prompt, type
select disk <disknumber>
. Specify the disk number of the disk that you want to convert to a basic disk.At the DISKPART prompt, type
convert basic
.