reactivate volume gave the same error as reactivate disk- Then in disk mngmt where it showed the disk and the "missing disk" (I assume it was the second disk that belonged to the mirror) , i highlighted the "missing disk" and selected "remove mirror"- upon doing that the disk instantly took the next available drive letter and became fully functioning.
Jean-Paul Natola From: [email protected] To: [email protected] Subject: RE: [NTSysADM] reading dynamic disk Date: Thu, 10 Oct 2013 23:31:48 +0000 Here’s what you’ve said you’ve done: First post: I have a dynamic disk from a win7 machine that was mirrored in windows- the machine crashed so i had them remove the drive and drop it off to me, i'm home right now so all I have access to is a sata to usb adaptor and a laptop running win7, is there anything off the shelf or otherwise, that will allow me access access these files from my latop? Second post: in dsk mgmnt it asking to convert to basic (from what I understand thats a no-no) i'm not making any changes till I image it (which i cant do here at home) and as my P flare-ups have gone out of control i won't be leaving the house for a few days. Third post (after importing foreign disk set) that sort of worked now it says Dynamic disk online- so I have "reactivate disk" which yields the attempted operation cannot be completed the selected volume is offline on the disk itslef , i see the 100mb reserved, 110gb "failed", then 1000mb unallocated" it has given me the option to remove mirror , or reactivate volume So, if you try to reactivate the volume, I don’t see it mentioned. What was the result of trying to reactivate the volume (rather than the disk)? Where did you “remove the mirror”? Did you read: http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/cc771775.aspx and http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/fcab50c4-6e24-4118-a694-811441d4a100.aspx (reactivate a failed volume)? Cheers Ken From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of J- P Sent: Friday, 11 October 2013 10:18 AM To: [email protected] Subject: RE: [NTSysADM] reading dynamic disk I did, reactivating failed, i think i mentioned in my other post- it wasn't till i "removed the mirror" that the disk showed up. thanks again Jean-Paul Natola From: [email protected] To: [email protected] Subject: RE: [NTSysADM] reading dynamic disk Date: Thu, 10 Oct 2013 23:11:23 +0000 Did you even bother to read the link I sent you before? The steps you need to follow (including the steps you need to follow now, after importing the foreign disk set) are either on that page, or are linked from that page. Hint: you need to reactivate the failed volume Cheers Ken From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of J- P Sent: Friday, 11 October 2013 1:22 AM To: [email protected] Subject: RE: [NTSysADM] reading dynamic disk that sort of worked now it says Dynamic disk online- so I have "reactivate disk" which yields the attempted operation cannot be completed the selected volume is offline on the disk itslef , i see the 100mb reserved, 110gb "failed", then 1000mb unallocated" it has given me the option to remove mirror , or reactivate volume Jean-Paul Natola From: [email protected] To: [email protected] Subject: RE: [NTSysADM] reading dynamic disk Date: Thu, 10 Oct 2013 04:48:13 +0000 Why can’t you just import a foreign disk set? Surely that is less risky… Cheers Ken From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of J- P Sent: Thursday, 10 October 2013 3:34 PM To: [email protected] Subject: RE: [NTSysADM] reading dynamic disk Looks like I found the answer- will try it tommorow http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9EZXceqY4hU Jean-Paul Natola From: [email protected] Date: Wed, 9 Oct 2013 20:48:58 -0700 Subject: Re: [NTSysADM] reading dynamic disk To: [email protected] If critical and you have the time, I'd clone it and work off that. If Windows 7 wont recognize it, then you need to look at partition recovery software. If important, I wouldnt bother with anything free. Do not allow the OS to do any data conversions. -- Espi On Wed, Oct 9, 2013 at 4:45 PM, J- P <[email protected]> wrote: Hi all, I have a dynamic disk from a win7 machine that was mirrored in windows- the machine crashed so i had them remove the drive and drop it off to me, i'm home right now so all I have access to is a sata to usb adaptor and a laptop running win7, is there anything off the shelf or otherwise, that will allow me access access these files from my latop? TIA J
