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Please help with HDD drives , urgent

3 posts · originally from https://geek.digit.in/community/threads/please-help-with-hdd-drives-urgent.121063/

rohan_mhtr
rohan_mhtr Original post #1
Sep 15, 2009 at 6:45 PM
Ok , my old p4 gave up on me and i have to build a new desktop . I have installed xp pro on new pc which has a 320 gb hdd . My old p4 had a 40 gb pata and 250 gb sata disks installed in it . On the 250 gb hdd i had all my data wort about 200 gb .
When i installed the 250 gb hdd on the new pc Xp says that it is unreadable since it is a dynamic disk . In computer management there is an option to convert dynamic disk to basic but it would erase all my data . Is there a way to convert it to basic without loosing any of my data . I have about 200 gb movies and ahem.. all those private stuff which i dont want to loose , please help .
di9it
di9it #2
Sep 15, 2009 at 7:31 PM
Try Acronis Disk Director...
Its a nice disk management tool.

It is fully functional for a 30 days trial.
rohan_mhtr
Sep 15, 2009 at 10:08 PM
Ok , just downloaded testdisk after trying about half a dozen diff softwares but this free utility saved my day , anyway thanks for the comment .