I didn't *want* to use a dynamic disk, but I didn't want to make use of the 10 GB from the partition that I deleted. The basic disk got converted to a dynamic disk when I expanded the size of the backup partition to include the 10 GB. I just assumed that dynamic disks function properly.
I...
I was unable to determine a solution to this. However, I discovered that I could access the volumes by booting a standalone system containing Norton Ghost. From there I was able to go to a command line prompt and copy the backup files to another drive. I then deleted all of the partitions and...
I have a 2 TB eSATA drive that contains my backups. This drive has been working well for years and isn't accumulating errors. It was a basic disk until I deleted a partition that I wasn't using any more and expanded the size of the backup partition. That worked fine until yesterday when I was...