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How to revert a dynamic disk to basic disk?

April 26, 2017BASIC disk Dynamic revert

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How to revert a dynamic disk to basic disk?

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In Windows 2000/XP/Server 2003/Vista/Server 2008 and Windows 7, it is easy to the conversion of basic disk to dynamic disk, but convert/change a dynamic disk to basic disk very annoying, because in many cases “Revert to Basic Disk” option is greyed out in disk management, and can not revert back to a basic drive. When using DiskPart.exe tool in command line, it’s requisite to clean all of volumes on the dynamic disk for the conversion. This topic is the summary about converting/reverting a dynamic disk to basic disk. There are the three ways to complete this work for you. Links: 1. Convert a dynamic disk to basic disk via deleting all volumes on the dynamic disk. 2. Convert a dynamic disk to basic disk via using Partition Recovery Software. 3. Convert a dynamic disk to basic disk with NO DATA LOSS by using Dynamic Disk Converter. The first way: Convert to basic disk via deleting all volumes on the dynamic disk [Next a way] Tip: This way is the simplest and most commonly, and it most ca