Dynamic Disk vs Basic Disk

[dumpav]

I have a dying drive (it have a ! on the drive, when i go to manage drive), which i format in Dynamic disk, it is a WD 160G.

Now i want to clone the drive to another new 160G, i try both Arconic True image and ghost, they both said cannot operate this disk structure?

So what is the benefit or dynamic disk? if i cannot run a backup or clone it?

When you format a drive into dynamic and when u should format as basic?

I have couple drive in my pc i think 5, i think 3 of them is dynamic and 2 of them is basic?

I also sometime pull it out and put it into my firewire external box too.

 

[Bozo Galora]

http://www.petri.co.il/difference_betwe...amic_disks_in_windows_xp_2000_2003.htm

!=drive in use

 

[SuperFreaky]

I've ghosted a number dymnic drives fine. I booted from a Ghost CD to do it...