And I forgot to mention, that this is the method to recover data if you have a dynamic disk that gets a corrupted partition database and becomes unusable.

You can use NIUBI Partition Editor Free Edition to convert Dynamic Disk to Basic without losing data on Windows 11/10. All features discussed.

i have a dynamic disk that needs to be converted back to a basic disk. i can right click it in disk manager, but revert to basic disk is greyed out. how do i convert it?

If you want to convert a VirtualBox Fixed Disk to a Dynamic Disk or vice versa, follow the instructions mentioned in this guide.

Windows 2000 introduced the concepts of basic disks and dynamic disks and added them to the Windows system administrator's arsenal of tools. What's the difference between the two?