Convert Windows 2003 From Dynamic Disk Back to Standard Disk
CAUTION: ONLY DO THIS IF YOU HAVEN'T EXTENDED YOUR DISK YET. DO AT YOUR OWN RISK, YOU MAY LOSE YOUR ENTIRE DRIVE. DON'T TRY ON ENCRYPTED DISKS. I did this so that I could resize a partition using GParted after resizing a VirtualBox disk manually. If you're not using VirtualBox, skip this part: Firstly create a new vdi, under ~/.VirtualBox/HardDisks #VBoxManage createhd -filename new.vdi --size 10000 --remember #VBoxManage clonehd old.vdi new.vdi --existing First, try following Microsoft's Instructions here and immediatley scroll to WORKAROUND section. Service Pack 2 Tools for 2003 can be found here . The tool may behave a little differently than the article suggests. If so, try this: Run "dskprobe.exe" Click the "+" next to physical volumes Right click physical drive 0, Click "Open Handle" Right click physical drive 0, Click "Read Sectors". Starting sector: 0 Number of sectors: 48 Click READ In the e...