Microsoft KB Archive/254105

= Dynamic Disk Hardware Limitations =

Article ID: 254105

Article Last Modified on 3/1/2007

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APPLIES TO


 * Microsoft Windows 2000 Server
 * Microsoft Windows 2000 Advanced Server
 * Microsoft Windows 2000 Professional Edition
 * Microsoft Windows 2000 Datacenter Server

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This article was previously published under Q254105



SUMMARY
This article lists the hardware that does not support dynamic disks.



MORE INFORMATION
Dynamic disks are not supported on the following hardware:
 * Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) 1394 serial bus
 * Universal Serial Bus (USB)
 * Removable disks
 * Disks in laptop computers or laptop docking stations

A dynamic disk is a physical disk that contains dynamic volumes created by using Disk Management. Dynamic disks do not use traditional partition tables like primary and extended partitions (logical drives); therefore, dynamic disks cannot be accessed by MS-DOS, Windows 95, Windows 98, Windows Millennium Edition (Me) or Windows NT operating systems.

For additional information, click the article numbers below to view the articles in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:

222189 Description of Disk Groups in Windows 2000 Disk Management

232463 Option to Upgrade Basic Disk to Dynamic on Laptop Not Available

Additional query words: win2krelnotes

Keywords: kbinfo KB254105

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