Question Invalid Dynamic Disk after setting up a new computer DMDE novice

[nvmsuze]

Hello, ​

Among the ranks of this forum, there are members who are well versed with respect to DMDE; it is your particular assistance I so graciously seek. My laptop crashed (gpu) so I had to migrate to a different computer (tower). One of the two internal drives from my laptop is inaccessible (Invalid Dynamic Disk) when used as an external drive on the computer I am using now. I think I have found a copy of the volume that has my data on it (I can see the folders when I click on the volume) but I am not sure how to fix the file system. Please see the attached partition table from DMDE. I thank you for your time.

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[SkyNetRising]

One of the two internal drives from my laptop is inaccessible (Invalid Dynamic Disk) when used as an external drive on the computer I am using now.

Connect the drive internally - with sata cables (not usb adapter).
Then Open Disk Management and choose Import foreign disk.

https://www.easeus.com/partition-ma...s-foreign-dynamic-disk-and-how-to-fix-it.html

 

[fzabkar]

It looks like the drive was initialised in your USB enclosure, probably by Windows XP or some other legacy OS. This has deleted the original NTFS partition (BxF Indicators).

If you d-click the BxF volume and expand the $Root, do you see your file/folder tree? If so, then you need to delete the Exx partition and insert the BxF partition.

https://www.reddit.com/r/datarecoverysoftware/wiki/index/dmde_insert_partition_guide/

 

[ex_bubblehead]

It looks like the drive was initialised in your USB enclosure, probably by Windows XP or some other legacy OS. This has deleted the original NTFS partition (BxF Indicators).

If you d-click the BxF volume and expand the $Root, do you see your file/folder tree? If so, then you need to delete the Exx partition and insert the BxF partition.

https://www.reddit.com/r/datarecoverysoftware/wiki/index/dmde_insert_partition_guide/

No, it needs to be done the correct way, as in the post above yours.

 

[fzabkar]

No, it needs to be done the correct way, as in the post above yours.

No, the OP said that the OS complains of an "invalid" disc, not a valid "foreign" one. Obviously, there would be no point in attempting to import an invalid disc.

 

[SkyNetRising]

No, the OP said that the OS complains of an "invalid" disc, not a valid "foreign" one.
Obviously, there would be no point in attempting to import an invalid disc.

Could be - it is considered invalid, because external USB adapter is used.
Then by connecting it internally it's not invalid anymore and can be imported properly.

 

[fzabkar]

Could be - it is considered invalid, because external USB adapter is used.
Then by connecting it internally it's not invalid anymore and can be imported properly.

DMDE can convert the volume to a basic partition, as I have described. It's probably a better scenario than a dynamic volume, anyway. (Why would anyone set up a boot drive in a laptop as a dynamic volume?)

 

[ex_bubblehead]

Then again, when all you have in your toolbag is a hammer (DMDE), everything looks like a nail.

 

[fzabkar]

Then again, when all you have in your toolbag is a hammer (DMDE), everything looks like a nail.

DMDE is a great tool. It is not only a data recovery tool, it is a disc editor. If you have ever used Norton's Diskedit, you'll appreciate just how powerful and versatile it is. EaseUS, as a data recovery tool, is a pile of garbage.

This thread shows you just how bad EaseUS is:

https://forums.tomshardware.com/thr...e-my-external-hdd-instead-of-sd-card.3819579/

 

[SkyNetRising]

Why would anyone set up a boot drive in a laptop as a dynamic volume?

It probably wasn't a boot drive.
OP said - it was one of two internal drives.

 

[fzabkar]

It would help to clarify things if the OP were to tell us which OS-es were running on the laptop and tower.

Older dynamic volumes appear to have a partition ID of 0x42. Current dynamic volumes appear to use LDM partitions. I don't see either metadata in the DMDE screenshot.