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How can I upgrade an IEEE 1394 (FireWire)-connected disk to a dynamic disk under Windows XP?
John Savill
October 21, 2002
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A. By default, XP doesn't let you convert a FireWire-connected disk to a dynamic disk. However, you can make a simple registry change to accomplish such an upgrade. To convert a FireWire-connected disk to a dynamic disk, perform the following steps:
Start a registry editor (e.g., regedit.exe).
Navigate to the HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINESYSTEMCurrentControlSetServicesdmadminParameters registry subkey.
Double-click EnableDynamicConversionFor1394, set this value to 1, then click OK.
Close the registry editor.
Reboot the machine for the change to take effect.
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