VMware GSX Server 2.5.2

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Windows 2000 and Windows Server 2003 support dynamic disks. Dynamic disks use a proprietary Microsoft format for recording partition information. This format is not publicly documented and thus is not supported for use in raw disk configurations under GSX Server.

Windows 2000 and Windows Server 2003 also support the older type of partition table, on what are designated as basic disks.

You can use the disk management tool to check the type of disk used on your Windows 2000 or Windows Server 2003 host and, if it is a dynamic disk, change it to basic.

Caution: If you change a dynamic disk to a basic disk, you lose all data on the disk.

Use this procedure to convert a dynamic disk to a basic disk.

1. Open the disk management tool.

   Start > Settings > Control Panel > Administrative Tools > Computer Management > Disk Management

2. Delete all logical volumes on the disk. This destroys all data on the disk.

3. Right-click the disk icon and select Revert to Basic Disk.

4. Create the partitions you want on the disk.