Can I Fix Invalid Dynamic Drive For Windows Vista

Windows disk management snap-in is part of the Computer Management Console in Administrative Tools. There’s a issue about Dynamic Disk is that it can’t be supported by all editions of Windows. For this instance, Win 7, XP, Vista Home Edition do not support dynamic disc, so you probably cost more for advanced Windows edition (like Win7 Ultimate Edition) in order to use the feature.

Google the relevant keyword, you will find many discussions of people who upgraded OS to Vista and then the disk appears as invalid dynamic disk. The reason is that dynamic disks are only available in Windows Ultimate, Enterprise, Business and Server Edition.

User Cases:

* I appended a secondary hard disk and initialized it as dynamic disc and now the drive appears as Dynamic Invalid. Is there way that allows me to take it valid? There are not available ways to resolve the issue which I found, so I have to seek help.

* I have two computers, based on my needs, I changed over motherboard, and now one of hard disks is not showing any files. Go to the disk manager the drive comes up as “Dynamic Invalid”. I have tired data recovery tool but no success. How to get the data in that drive.

* I have a weird problem with 2 USB dynamic disks. After I upgrade my Vista Ultimate to Win7 Home Edition, it did not recognize these disks and it becomes invalid disk. Currently, no the best ways could solve the issue. One available way is you have to convert the invalid dynamic hard disk back to basic. It will lead to data loss if you directly use Windows disk manager to convert back. The 3rd party tool like Dynamic Disk Converter is needed for repairing invalid dynamic disk without data loss.

Fix Invalid Dynamic Disk via Dynamic Disk Converter.

Dynamic Disk Converter is specifically planned to convert to basic disk on the basis of ensuring data integrity and it also repair invalid dynamic disk. It supports all Microsoft systems including Win XP, 7, Vista and Windows Server OS.

* Run Dynamic disk converter and skip welcome screen.

* Choose and invalid dynamic disk which you wish to repair and click Next button.

* Confirm the operation that will be processed by click “Proceed” button.

* Start work; please wait 10 seconds until it is completed.

After completing, the program asks you to restart the computer to take effect. Ok, you will find the drive will become readable and valid status after reboot. You could press WIN + R, type DISKMGMT.MSC in the RUN dialog to start the Disk Management Console. This console can allow you to view all hard disk configurations.

This console can allow you to view all disk configurations. You could learn or practice how to partition dynamic disk and resize dynamic disk through the Console.