Difference between basic disk and dynamic disk??

what is the difference between a basic disk and dynamic disk?? there is a difference when we are using multiple hard disks, dynamic disks supports disk striping and mirroring in some of the OS, whereas basic disk doesn't. But what when we are using a single disk only?? Are there any major differences in that case?? We can convert a basic disk into dynamic disk, but why not vice-versa??

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  • Nayan Goenka
    Nayan Goenka
    Well you can convert Basic disks into dynamic disks from the storage management utility itself. Apart from that, dynamic disks support better performance and service handling. But there is a drawback, You cannot multi boot from Dynamic disks. So there are pros and cons of both of them. Basic disk can be easily differentiated as a simple pool of memory, do whatever you want. Dynamic is highly responsive.

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