dynamic disk

[bigscale]

i am trying to delete dynamic disk in windows xp disk management. if i right click the options to delete or any other option that i need is grayed out. i have tried diskpart and it wont let me delete the volume , it says there are files it needs so i cant delete. man dynamic disk owns my drive now, i just want it off so i can go back to basic disk. i need some help, i cant even use iolo diskwasher to clean the drive , it wont let me access the drive either. i had dynamic drive before and was able to get rid of it.

[Steevo]

Your C: or some other drive? Or have you moved system files such as pagefile or hiberfil to the drive?

[bigscale]

yes it is drive c, with system files. it is one single drive with no partitions. even when i try to reinstall the operating system it wont let me change from a dynamic drive. i dont care if i lose all my files i have them backed up, and i dont care if i have to reinstall the os. all i want is to get this dynamic disk off my drive, how can something be so difficult? i am stumped.

[DanTheBanjoman]

How can it be drive C when it has no partitions?

Just insert your Windows CD and let it partition the drive.

[FOXCONN1115]

once you convert you cant convert back unless you repartition/ reformat the drive...

[bigscale]

finally my computer cooperated and let me delete the drive and reformat it when trying to reinstall xp. i dont know what was wrong and why i couldnt do it , but it gave in and let me delete and reformat. but that is the way to do it and i had done it before when my pc didnt have a mind of its own. i looked everywhere for help and this is the only place that offered any answers or suggestions. this is a great site, thanks for all the help.