In the window that appears next, TestDisk should display the current partition structure.

In the window that appears next, Select Analyse and press Enter.

In the window that appears next, Select the partition type for the drive and press Enter (TestDisk might detect the partition type and display the info as Hint).

Select the faulty disk / drive you intend to fix, select 'proceed' and press Enter. In the window that appears next, TestDisk should detects all the drives connected to your computer (hard drives, flash drives as well as SD cards).Extract the contents of the TestDisk zip file and Run TestDisk as admin (TestDisk would open using CMD prompt window, use the navigation and enter keys to select options within the windows).

How to Convert Dynamic Drive to Basic Driveįollow the steps below to convert dynamic hard drive to basic hard drive The guide will show how to convert a dynamic hard disk drive to basic hard disk drive without loss of data / files. If ever you've come across this problem before then you'd have noticed that in most cases, you won't even be able to work on, format or even install windows on the drive.

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