By default, when we install Windows on a hard drive, the app sets up as the default. However, for advanced users it may be necessary Turn the disk into dynamic power with the best rendering this mode offers. You might have a flexible disk and want to convert it to a base because you no longer need those functions, and yet you need the benefits of having a basic disk. Whatever your situation, below we teach you how to do it.
Ways to convert disk
To accomplish this process we have two methods, the simplest and the shortest.
With the disk manager
Windows has a powerful tool called Disk Manager that will help us execute this process by clicking a few buttons. To access this tool, we just have to right-click and type "Disk Management", or press the mouse button where you will start to find the option.
To switch from basic to dynamic disk, we simply have to click on the disk, and select «Convert to hard disk …». A simple helper will appear and we will have to follow only to complete the process, which takes a few seconds. In this process from basic to dynamic no data was lost.
VERY IMPORTANT: performing the dynamic process is done the same but selecting "Convert to basic disk …». The difference is that in this case we will have to first remove the fragments of the previously enabled disk. In other words, we will lose all the data on the disk.
With the command line
The second way to perform this procedure is through the command line. It is necessary to open the cmd window as an administrator, and in this case the best way is to click on Start and select «Command Prompt (host)».
In the open window, we'll write "Dispart»Without quotes and press ENTER to install the tool.
Now we write «Disk list»Without quotes and press ENTER to make a list of discs we have in the system. It will show us information about them, and we have to identify which disk we want to convert. When we can, we write "select disk X" without the dimensions, where X is the disk number.
If we want to make sure we have selected the right disk, we can write «disk information»Exceptions for access to all information, including its label, mode, etc.
Now when we go from basic to variable, we should just write «Turn on the power»Then press ENTER. The conversion process, which takes a few seconds, will begin.
When moving from a variable to a basic we must first delete the partition, and for this we must write «select volume X»Exceptions, where X has a volume number (if you've made a data disk before you see the volumes there), and then we have to delete it with the command«delete the volume»(And we warn you again that doing this will lose all the data on the disk).
Once everything is removed, it is simply «Change the basics»We will make it a foundation again.