How to Convert Dynamic (Invalid) Disks into Basic Disk without Loss of Data
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- čas přidán 22. 08. 2024
- Here is a step by step process on how to convert Dynamic Disks which are invalid into Basic disks without any loss of data in the volumes. You can also recover these data from the disk.
The tool used is open source TestDisk- www.cgsecurity....
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Ignore the offensive comments. This just helped me save very important data at work. Thanks!
Works as advertised, even in 2021. Saved the nearly decade-old data on a HDD I thought I'd lost a long time ago.
2019! THIS IS THE ONLY METHOD WORKED FOR MY CORRUPTED HARD DRIVE! THANKS A LOT BRO!
I don't normally comment on videos, but I wanted to thank you. The process in this video still works in 2020 and helped me save the contents of drives I've had floating around for a decade.
he said copy...but paste to where?
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THANK YOU!!!! I was able to follow your instructions...the results - a fully operational disk drive with all 500 GBs of data intact. Went from invalid to working great!!!!
Helped alot, for those who didn't understand try reading the comments in 5:46 as u can see u can use the left/right arrow keys to change partitions put the disk/partition you want as primary by using your arrow keys(in my opinion change all of them just not the ones with root in it it will say structure not good or something like that then if u don't want a partition just delete whats inside it and use that free space for something else) u don't have to copy anything copying works but it will take a lot of time i mean a lot its better to put all the disks/partition as primary and press enter choose write and enter again it will say you have to reboot so press enter again wait 2 sec it will take u back after that close the Program and restart your PC and its done.
Ps: if u have any Qs ask away.
I was hopeless and after watches this video it helped me out to recover my important data. thanks a bundle.
this works like a charm even in 2022, you just saved my data from being lost.
This was insanely helpful, I recovered a whole hard disk of stuff I typed when I was a kid that I thought was lost forever.
You just saved me from losing 7 months worth of Quickbooks data. Can't thank you enough.
+Bryan Beaton Glad that it was helpful
I used a program that allowed me to turn from Dynamic to Basic without warning for data loss so i assumed it would be ok as it was from Basic to Dynamic... Then it made sure to fail even in that and freeze in the middle of conversion so my disk got all messed up and recovery programs wouldn't help at all. Thanks to you and TestDisk I'm now recovering my files with my original folder structure! Thank you!!!
Bro this is 2019 and this steps still allows me to recover my files. Thanks a lot!
:D
how i tried and couldnt
@@ELAFULLOFLIFE ._.
Bro this is 2020, same here
Thank you so so so much. I just cant thank you enough dear. I had a old hard drive which crashed, had a lot of data. the only data i was concerned with was the photographs of my parents.... i was able to recover them and i must say that i had tears in my eyes. those photographs were invaluable and i will make wall hangings out of them and trust me , i will thank you everytime i see them on my walls. GOD bless. from a fellow indian to an exceptional Indian who posted this video.
It is convenient to convert with aomei partition assistant and it will not cause any data loss.
This video was a life saver. Helped me retrieve data from an invalid dynamic partition which my local technician said was gone and cannot be retrieved.
2020 and this just helped me recover 5 years worth of my stuff in from a hard drive!
dude U just made my day..i recovered all the data including my photos and videos which i did not wish to loose.once again cheers to u brother..long way to go..
Thanks for the tutorial, it's 2022 and still helpfull.
Still a Valid Knowledge applicable today, after 9 years. Thank you.
You can use aomei partition assistant to convert directly, it is more convenient.
Great tutorial!! still valid for 2024. Thanks so much! You've just earned a new subscriber.
The exact process was little different for me but thanks for letting me know about testdisk. I followed the on screen instructions, used my brain a little and now I have access to all my files again. Thanks a lot.
Thank you. Made much more sense to me than the Testdisk documentation. Probably because videos are just much easier to follow.
Hey bro, Thank you for this video it worked. My all datas are safe. I want to thank you from bottom of my heart. Love from Assam, India ♥️.
I am not understanding completely what you did to change the drive from Dynamic to Basic? All I saw was you created backups of files and then when you went back and checked in Disk Manager it showed as Basic :( what step did I miss :(
+Craig Peterson
From looking at this, the program (testdisk) is doing the work. It recovered the partitions that it could (which makes those available) but there were some that he was not able to recover (quick repair) so he used testdisk to get the files he needed. The main thing is that the partitions that he was not able to recover are now part of an un-allocated space so it can be reused.
IT WORKS !!!
Thank you a million times for this golden video. Even in 2024 it saves my day. I searched and watched so many videos on CZcams but I didn't find a solution. But this tutorial works as a miracle ❤🔥 I recovered everything in hard drive and this works as fire tho. Thank you again for helping me to bring my old memos back 💖
Thank you! I thought the failing drive was lost, but I was able to recover all my info using the TestDisk utility. My case was a simple one, just 3 partitions (1 of interest + 2 system ones), so I was able to get the updated partition table fixed with the utility and get my data off that drive.
This worked for me. Didn't have to buy any partition software life every other article told me to do. Big thanks to you and AudiS below in the comments.
every time i stuggle with something in my computer its always an indian guy who fix it ❤
thx man
Worked for me, everything recoverable.
Was a bit wary of navigating the basic command line interface but followed these instructions and it worked like a charm - plus I didn't have to spend any money!
You are a Genius, Just recover a server that crash with no backup they have a windows mirror took one of the drive connected to another PC and retrieved all the data. Thanks
Thanks sir, today this video help me to recover my data....there are lots of videos on CZcams for yellow signal dynamic disk problem but There is no video other than your for red sign dynamic partition ...thnk sir
Hatts off bro
even in 2024 this method works
Had a RAID controller die, i was able to get some e-mail archive off one of the mirrors thanks to this. Thank you.
THIS WORKS
Allows you to choose the files you wish to recover!
You just helped me save my art work that I thought was lost. THANK YOU! It took a long time to copy them from my invalid disk but it worked great!
Bro. You are the best. Even after years you are saving lives. Its unbelievable how this is a free tutorial. Liked and subbed, the least I could do. TYSM 🤝
Thank you very much, just had the problem now and waiting to recover all the data from 1 tera hdd, and then to convert it back to basic disk. Thanks a lot for the explains.
Thanku so much for this video..i went to every pc repair center they said it costs like 7 to 10k.to recover my data .but thanks for ur video i have recovered all my data becouse of uu..❤️❤️ thanku bro..thanks alot
THANK YOU VERYMUCH; I was able to follow your instructions the results - a fully operational disk drive with all 1TBs of data intact.
It's a tough call, but if the software doesn't help you out give us a ring. We've been doing data recoveries since 2003 and we can get pretty much anything back on its feet!
Thank you so much Christophe, this tool is amazing and easy to use. I had previously mirrored 2x1TB drives via the same disk management you showed in your video. My OS went awry when I changed the hardware so I had to reinstall it. Inserted one of the drives in an external dock connected via USB 3, and voila! My precious photographs are safely copied to another drive. Donated ;)
this video is excellent. it worked for me 100% I managed to fully re-store 976GB of music and video files using testdisk 7.0 and this walk through. the only problem with this video is that he doesn't explain in the beginning that you need the same amount of free space or more when you run the program. I recovered nearly 1TB worth of data by literally transferring it from the Dynamic disc (which was from an old machine and now in a USB external case) directly onto my C drive on my new PC. once all the data had been lifted of the drive I was able to convert the drive back to a basic drive and carry on using it. worth noting before you proceed. other than that, this video help me recover years worth of MP3s. so for that i can't thank you enough 😉😊👍
Thanks for the help. Your comments gave some good explanation of the situation going on in every step. A little bit too elaborate to be honest, but still acceptable.
Top top method. Works in 2021 as well (well it should because it is basic command prompt). Hardly complex as many of the mentioned comments. Thanks a lot
I followed the video carefully ---but at what point did you change the dynamic disk into a basic disk?? I see the end result shows that but when did that happen??? I have the software and I'm copying files but where is the option to change the disk's attributes ?? Is it where it says geometry ? Anyone ?
even I'm not clear with that
When you list the partitions, use the T key to change the type to primary. Then hit enter and follow prompts to save the changes. This is indeed missing from the video +Techniqued
if i select one Partition and press T, I get a long confusing list of formats. It's already NTFS, so I can't chose that. What should I do instead?
and what did you find out? How is it done
It's been some time ago, but for what I remember, just do as empuraeu says and then select the format you want (NTFS) and proceed. I think this was what I did (if I remember correctly) and it worked for me.
This worded flawlessly and didn't sell me software I didn't need.
Thank you !!! this worked great, I have recovered all my business files !!! Backing all this up this time.
Thank you so much, I am now able to recover so many of memories that i thought were lost. This made me happy😄
THANK YOU!! It worked!! I already used ubuntu before to fully backup everything first, but I managed to simple recover it with this software and your guide! I recovered 750gb disk!!
Really nice video. This helped me a lot..
I faced a little problem after copying my .exe files from dynamic hard drive. The .exe files were giving me error (The file path is incorrect or you have insufficient rights to run this, even i run it as administrator)
To solve this:
Right click the exe -> properties ->security -> click Edit -> Select ur current account(The windows account u are currently logged in) -> Full Control -> Apply -> ok -> ok
And here you go... No errors
Have a nice day
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This is an excellent walk-through of a huge problem. This method will recover data if the disk if viable.
Thanks, but your instructions are terrible... you totally SKIPPED the part of how to convert Dynamic to Basic. Here are the steps:
1. Select your disk
2. Pick "Intel" (for Windows)
3. Select "Analyse"
4.a. Click "Quick Search"
4.b. You will see a list of partitions, pick one
5. Enter "T" for Change Type
6. Select "07" or NTFS (or any other file system)
7. ENTER
8. Select "Write"
9. Reboot
This will write a new NTFS partition and puts your file there, it will also change the drive from Dynamic to Basic and makes it Valid.
Hope this helps others...
Thanks you my friend , I am from India , today 06/09/2019 I used this technique to recover my personal data from the external device , all technician of near my place is said to me it's impossible to recover your data without format this hard-disk , but today I recover all of my data , it's process taking my so much time , but now i am not feel bad , am happy now 🤗😁✌️🙏🇮🇳🇮🇳🇮🇳
Tell them to hire you if they can't do this kind of work... :P :P
Thank you ever SO MUCH for this tool, I was almost in panic mode but this is saving me!
It's working. Looks like it's gonna be a long night. Thank you very much for this.
Huge thanks for this vid, I'd give it 60,000 thumbs up if possible as that's how many files I've recovered from an "invalid" drive using it.
This is the best free and simple tool for exactly as the title says. Holy crap. This saved all my shit, and for free. Legit, thank you so much.
Very helpful, even in 2024...
Thanks Mr. Narmal.
This video was a great help to recover all my files from my dead laptop.
ThankYou it works for me even in 2024 thanks
Great job man! Really appreciated. you save many people precious data. Ignore bad comments and dislike.
Great ...awesome simply great ... i was ready to pay for my data from my old laptop because of disk showing dynamic invalid in device manager really heartily Thanks to this video test disk.... thank you so much
thank you so much brother. i'm able to recover my precious old photos and video memories
Thank you for this helpful videos it made me recover one of the most important data i have and i am truly thankful for this
THAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAANK YOU! Your video is still helpful in 2019
oh my goodness , normally i dont commend video, this is i wanted to thank u , ths is helped me save my data. i come from hopeless.
Saved me a lot of trouble and important memories, thank you so much for showing this!
thank you for this - had already tried a few things and was thinking of giving up (getting someone who know's what they're doing to do it, with the inevitable cost and unknown outcome) but was able to follow these steps and copy data (irreplaceable photos) off the invalid disk (all thanks to a dodgy windows 10 update that frazzled my pc and microsoft support that were pretty unsupportive)
Supper bro working 👌 good thanks am a IT technician it helps me to lot
Dude thank you so much. This works like a charm. Obv you need to be a little comfortable with the cmd line but this tool is free and works great.
You saved me from losing a lot of data I couldn’t read after a hdd swap.
Brilliant vid bro, got me exactly where I needed top be. Very nice, clean, relaxed lucid style that covered every step perfectly.
Thanks a million for this, I was a bit stuck and getting nowhere fast until I watched.
Great stuff - many thanks for posting it.
Dave
thanks for the info, helped me out a ton! Still dont know how putting my drive in an external enclosure actually got it to be invalid. Backing up now! :)
This tool is great, it saved my HP laptop disk. Seems it's common problem with HP file system.
Thank You very much brother! You just saved me and my entire life files! I've even tried with linux and it didn't worked.
100% SOLVED AND WOKING!
NOTE: Actually there's another version of TestDisk and is different but I've downloaded the same version You used (6.14) on softonic, and I had no problem at all...
Thank you so much for this tutorial
I managed to recover my disk thanks to you
Thanks Nirmal, this has been very useful. You saved me time and money.
Just lost 1TB of data week ago due to this .. :( .. Thanks for video .. There are no clear tutorials out there in internet
Everything worked great as i mentioned before, but it didn't change the dynamic to simple. did i miss a step someplace?
Worked for me!, you save me!!!. Thank you
i have a problem, i can recover my drive data but could not convert from dynamic to basic (its still not showing up in disk management).
It worked perfectly for recovering my data! Thanks.
Regardless of what others say this video still helped me recover my files so thank you!
Great Job Man , nice tool , I didn't get how you make the partitions from a dynamic drive to partitions on a basic drive but I was able to copy all my work files . Thanks ! Oh and please ignore haters in this world .
Thank you! this helped a great ton! I was able to recover all the files I had lost! :)
Did this recovered 100% of the files?
@@mahdi-hasan not sure, but it recovered everything I wanted it to recover
Thanks for making this video.I saved my data.
Thank you very much! You definitely helped me recover some files here.
Thanks!! this helped me to recover all my photos/vidoes from childhood and other!
you missed the part where you changed the disk from dynamic to basic ? I can recover and copy data from my disks. but they are never converted?
i had really important data... thank you so much!
Thank you so much. I've already recovered all of my files from old disk.
You are my favorite Indian ( I know lots of Indians)
Thank you so much.
This worked on Windows 10 and I was able to recover all files.
Definitely helped me. What I want to know is how the external HDD I was using became a Dynamic and "Invalid" drive. All I did was connect it to one computer, copy files over, disconnected it, and reconnected it to another computer. Any ideas how it happened?
maybe if you add partition and accidentally click yes "if you want to convert the disk into dynamic"
thank you so much!!! worked like magic :-) data recovery in our city is a bit expensive
Awesome video, one question tho, maybe a stupid one: Does it tend to take a really long time on larger files, or did i break something? Been about 5 mins and it says 'Copying please wait..." in red letters.
EDIT: I wanted you to know i got all this data off the HDD. It included pictures a father took of a son thats no longer with us. Without this video, that would've never happened due to his income. I am able to give this information, and phots to him now, largely thanks to you.
177 Dislikes ?? WHY ?? ... Hey man thank you so much for this video
Thank you, worked 100% for me. Love your voice!
just wow!!! really appreciated...Infinite likes to this video. Thanks a lot
you helped a lot.....great info....recovered the most important data......thanks