I think there is a way to import the dynamic disk from the Disk Manager, using XP Pro.  Not sure about XP home.

I have done this on windowS 2000 Server, and Windows 2003 Server.

Paul:

See if this helps:

http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;309044&sd=tech

I have never used Ghost, no idea, I think I have it somewhere, so how could Ghost manage to get the data off the disk when XP can't then?

PS. thanks for you help!!

Sorry, I realized after I posted that I had already posted that answer in the other forum.

I'm a little out of my league here. I'm not familiar with dynamic disks. It would seem the disk should be readable in XP Pro. Have you checked the attributes in disk management to see if anything looks wrong? Another idea would be to use Ghost or some other imaging program to get your data off the disk.

Paul:

Ghost runs under its own OS. Well, at least the older versions do. So it may be capable of reading and getting to your data even though XP doesn't see it. I keep a Ghost 2003 boot disk handy at all times for this very purpose.

are you sure you are not using XP Home Edition ? That would be an explanation..

( right mouse click on "My Computer" and select properties. The XP version will be shown on the General tab )

Microsoft says :

Once converted, a dynamic disk will not contain basic volumes (primary partitions or logical drives), nor can it be accessed by MS-DOS, Windows 95, Windows 98, Windows Me, Windows NT, or Windows XP Home Edition operating systems. Dynamic disks can only be accessed with Windows 2000, Windows XP Professional

My best guess is that Ghost won't help - as it relies on Dos.  

Message Edited by Rijko on 06-08-2005 11:13 AM