How to convert Dynamic Disk to Basic Disk?

[The Day Dreamer]

Tried EaseUS, not working.

Tried CMD, it says "Drive is not empty"

What to do?

 

[Ketchup]

Back up everything on the drive, go to Disk Management, then select Delete Volume. Then you can Convert to Basic.

 

[The Day Dreamer]

No option. See for yourself.

Direct IMAGE link - http://imgur.com/FvHe747

I am on Windows 7 32bit.

 

[ignatzatsonic]

Partition Wizard bootable disc version 4.22 will supposedly do the conversion without data loss.

PW422 at this link:

https://onedrive.live.com/?cid=b0a22789320e3247&id=B0A22789320E3247!215

But you'd be a fool to assume it's foolproof. I'd back up data before trying it.

Or boot from installation media, hit Shift F10 at the first screen to get to a command prompt and then run Diskpart from the command line to delete the dynamic partitions and make new basic partitions. After backing up all data.

 

[Ketchup]

No option. See for yourself.

Direct IMAGE link - http://imgur.com/FvHe747

I am on Windows 7 32bit.

Look at your own picture. That is one partition. Not the whole drive (you need the whole drive to be clear). Delete all partitions, then you will have the option.

 

[sbpromania]

According to the help article on the Microsoft website (https://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/cc755238.aspx) you need to:

To change a dynamic disk back to a basic disk using the Windows interface
Back up all volumes on the disk you want to convert from dynamic to basic.
In Disk Management, right-click each volume on the dynamic disk you want to convert to a basic disk, and then click Delete Volume for each volume on the disk.
When all volumes on the disk have been deleted, right-click the disk, and then click Convert to Basic Disk.

 

[The Day Dreamer]

Look at your own picture. That is one partition. Not the whole drive (you need the whole drive to be clear). Delete all partitions, then you will have the option.

I cannot do that due to living in remote location( a village) with no external HDD or anything. I only want the partition to be converted to basic for installing another version of Windows.

 

[Ketchup]

Gotcha. You may just have to live with it for the time being then.