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

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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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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/
 
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fzabkar said:
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/
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No, it needs to be done the correct way, as in the post above yours.
 
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SkyNetRising said:
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.
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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?)
 
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ex_bubblehead said:
Then again, when all you have in your toolbag is a hammer (DMDE), everything looks like a nail.
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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/
 
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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.
 
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Hello
The drive in question was not a boot drive. My laptop was running Windows 7 Ultimate and the computer I am using now is also running the same operating system. I understand it is no longer supported, main reason I installed was for compatibility reasons such as what I am dealing with now when transferring data from the drives on my laptop. The boot drive did not have the same problem, I can access it normally. Both drives are the Western Digital (Black) variant. Please advise
 
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I don't have an enclosure to connect 2.5" drive internally. I will try to maybe just place it on top of the computer if the cables are long enough. so it doesnt matter that it is showing up as RAW and online? will try to connect internally now
 
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nvmsuze said:
I don't have an enclosure to connect 2.5" drive internally. I will try to maybe just place it on top of the computer if the cables are long enough. so it doesnt matter that it is showing up as RAW and online? will try to connect internally now
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You don't use an enclosure to connect internally, you remove the drive from any enclosure and connect it directly to the motherboard with the appropriate cables (NO adapters or enclosures of any kind)
 
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