Dynamic disks in Windows Vista

Hi all

I am using Windows Vista home premium I would like to convert my c:\to a
dynamic disk is this possible on this version of Vista or does it need to be
business or ultimate? I know with Windows XP it had to be the professional
version and not the home version.

I would appreciate any help in give me

hello out of curiosity why do you want dynamic disks?



"mark p" <> wrote in message
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> Hi all
>
> I am using Windows Vista home premium I would like to convert my c:\to a
> dynamic disk is this possible on this version of Vista or does it need to
> be
> business or ultimate? I know with Windows XP it had to be the
> professional
> version and not the home version.
>
> I would appreciate any help in give me

Hi tiberius

i am think of extening one drive into another,in windows xp you can only do
this with a dynamic drive so i think this would be the same for vista.I know
in windows xp you can only have a dynamic drive in the pro verson so i didnt
know if i would be able to do this with vista home premium.In the disk
manaagement snap-in on the MMC i right click the drive (not the volume) and
there is no option to convert the drive to a dynamic drive.



"Tiberius" wrote:

> hello out of curiosity why do you want dynamic disks?
>
>
>
> "mark p" <> wrote in message
> news:0BE51D1F-0614-4FAF-8B68-...
> > Hi all
> >
> > I am using Windows Vista home I would like to convert my c:\to a
> > dynamic disk is this possible on this version of Vista or does it need to
> > be
> > business or ultimate? I know with Windows XP it had to be the
> > professional
> > version and not the home version.
> >
> > I would appreciate any help in give me
>
>
>

dynamic disks are not supported in Vista Home (Basic and Premium)

http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx/kb/232463


"mark p" <> wrote in message
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> Hi tiberius
>
> i am think of extening one drive into another,in windows xp you can only
> do
> this with a dynamic drive so i think this would be the same for vista.I
> know
> in windows xp you can only have a dynamic drive in the pro verson so i
> didnt
> know if i would be able to do this with vista home premium.In the disk
> manaagement snap-in on the MMC i right click the drive (not the volume)
> and
> there is no option to convert the drive to a dynamic drive.
>
>
>
> "Tiberius" wrote:
>
>> hello out of curiosity why do you want dynamic disks?
>>
>>
>>
>> "mark p" <> wrote in message
>> news:0BE51D1F-0614-4FAF-8B68-...
>> > Hi all
>> >
>> > I am using Windows Vista home I would like to convert my c:\to a
>> > dynamic disk is this possible on this version of Vista or does it need
>> > to
>> > be
>> > business or ultimate? I know with Windows XP it had to be the
>> > professional
>> > version and not the home version.
>> >
>> > I would appreciate any help in give me
>>
>>
>>

Hello Mark,

Home Premium and Home Basic do not support dynamic disks.

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"mark p" <> wrote in message
news:0BE51D1F-0614-4FAF-8B68-...
> Hi all
>
> I am using Windows Vista home premium I would like to convert my c:\to a
> dynamic disk is this possible on this version of Vista or does it need to
> be
> business or ultimate? I know with Windows XP it had to be the
> professional
> version and not the home version.
>
> I would appreciate any help in give me

mark p wrote:
> Hi all
>
> I am using Windows Vista home premium I would like to convert my c:\to a
> dynamic disk is this possible on this version of Vista or does it need to be
> business or ultimate? I know with Windows XP it had to be the professional
> version and not the home version.

The way to do it is by running diskpart from an elevated command prompt.
Once diskpart is running you will need to use the 'list' 'select' and
'convert' commands. Just type those commands with no arguments to see
what you can do with each of them.

I've never actually done anything with diskpart, so don't blame me if
your machine and your life goes up in flames.

Oh, just three more things before you try diskpart:
1. Backup
2. Backup
3. Backup again, but really do it this time!

Thanks for the replies

"Don" wrote:

> mark p wrote:
> > Hi all
> >
> > I am using Windows Vista home premium I would like to convert my c:\to a
> > dynamic disk is this possible on this version of Vista or does it need to be
> > business or ultimate? I know with Windows XP it had to be the professional
> > version and not the home version.
>
> The way to do it is by running diskpart from an elevated command prompt.
> Once diskpart is running you will need to use the 'list' 'select' and
> 'convert' commands. Just type those commands with no arguments to see
> what you can do with each of them.
>
> I've never actually done anything with diskpart, so don't blame me if
> your machine and your life goes up in flames.
>
> Oh, just three more things before you try diskpart:
> 1. Backup
> 2. Backup
> 3. Backup again, but really do it this time!
>
>
>
>