How to Repair Dynmaic Invalid Disk In Win7
Windows disk manager is part of the Computer Management Console in Administrative Tools. There has a problem about Dynamic Disk is that it cannot be supported by all versions of Windows. For this instance, Windows XP, Vista and Win7 Home Edition do not support dynamic drive, so you probably cost more for advanced Windows edition (like Windows 7 Ultimate Edition) in order to use the function. Google the related keyword, you will find many topics of people who upgraded OS to Vista and then the disk appears as invalid dynamic disk. The main reason is that dynamic disks are only usable in Windows Ultimate, Enterprise, Business and Server Edition.
User Examples:
- I added 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 make 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 drives. After I upgrade my Vista Ultimate to Win7 Home Edition, it did not recognize these disks and it becomes invalid disk.
Now, no ways} could solve the issue. One available way is you have to convert the invalid dynamic HDD back to basic. It will lead to data loss if you directly use System disk management tool to convert back. The third party tool like Dynamic Disk Converter is needed for fixing invalid dynamic diskwithout data loss.
Fix Invalid Dynamic Disk via Dynamic Disk Converter.
Dynamic Disk Converter is specifically planned to convert dynamic disk to basic disk on the basis of ensuring data integrity and it also fix invalid dynamic disk. It supports all Microsoft systems including Windows 7/XP/2000/Vista/2003/2008.
- 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 3 seconds until it is completed.
- After completing, the program prompts you to reboot the computer to take effect. Ok, you will find the disk will become readable and valid status after restart.
You could press WIN + R, enter DISKMGMT.MSC in the RUN window to run the Disk Management Console. This console can allow you to view all hard drive configurations. You could learn or practice how to partition dynamic drive and resize dynamic disk through the Console.