Well, that's a completely different issue! These links might
help:
http://support.microsoft.com/?id=236086
http://support.microsoft.com/?id=320283

If they don't then you might have to use a suitable partition
recovery tool. Use Google to scan for these words:
partition recovery "dynamic disk"


"xfile" <cou-cou@remove.nospam.com> wrote in message
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> Hi,
>
> Thanks for the tips. However, the problem is that I can't "start" the
disk
> in disk management, and thus cannot see the drive and copy data from the
> drive.
>
> Is there a workaround for start the drive and copy the data?
>
> Many thanks.
> "Pegasus (MVP)" <I.can@fly.com> wrote in message
> news:ONywW6bEGHA.1180@TK2MSFTNGP09.phx.gbl...
> >
> > "xfile" <cou-cou@remove.nospam.com> wrote in message
> > news:era%23W4bEGHA.3728@tk2msftngp13.phx.gbl...
> >> Hi,
> >>
> >> Can anyone help me on the following:
> >>
> >> Got a Seagate HDD for some unknown reason now is in the "Dynamic"
state.
> >>
> >> Check with the authorized dealer and had been told the HDD itself is
ok.
> >>
> >> My question is, is there a way that I can rescue the data from the HDD
> > using
> >> any tools?
> >>
> >> The dealer told me that I can change the state of the HDD and it can be
> > used
> >> again.
> >>
> >> However, if I changed the state and it will loss all data.
> >>
> >> So my little wish is to get out of the data before changing the state.
> >>
> >> Many thanks in advance.
> >
> > WinXP can read data equally easily from dynamic disks
> > as from basic disks. Just copy your files to a basic disk
> > before repartitioning the dynamic disk.
> >
> >
>
>