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On Thu, 23 Oct 2003 14:35:20 +0300, "Ivailo Tanusheff"
<i.tanusheff@procreditbank.bg> said:
[snip]
> But still you can revert dynamic disk to basic from Disk administration
> utility in Windows 2000/XP.

You will want to take an image of the drive(s) or otherwise backup
desired apps and data beforehand.  In Win2K, reversion from dynamic to
basic disks is a data-destructive process.  Has that changed in XP?

Jud