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how to make a disk drive as foreign in windows 10 ?

Anonymous
2021-06-27T02:29:52+00:00

i justt need to the process of making the a disk as foreign when i reset the pc it comes as foreign how does it come and is there anyway to know theat

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  1. Anonymous
    2021-07-08T09:45:00+00:00

    yeah when i reset the laptop or recover the operating system using a drive after that process I get the error why will I get like that means we cant do it via any cmd process

    I just want to know if there is any process or steps to make a disk as foreign

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  2. DYARI BARHAM 34,436 Reputation points Independent Advisor
    2021-06-27T06:24:51+00:00

    Dear SrujanSai

    Thanks for reaching out! I'm an Independent Advisor and a Microsoft user like you. I will be happy to assist you in this regard.

    The Foreign status occurs when you move a dynamic disk to the local computer from another computer PC. A warning icon appears on disks that display the Foreign status.

    1-On the new computer, open Disk Management.

    2-Click Action and then click Rescan Disks.

    3-Right-click any disk marked Foreign.

    4-Click Import Foreign Disks and then follow the on-screen instructions.

    5-Any existing volumes on the foreign disk become visible and accessible when you import the disk.

    Additional considerations:

    -Dynamic volumes retain the drive letter they had on the previous computer. If a dynamic volume did not have a drive letter on the previous computer, it will not receive a drive letter when moved to another computer. If the drive letter is already used on the computer where a volume is moved, the volume receives the next available drive letter.

    -If you are moving spanned, striped, mirrored, or RAID-5 volumes, it is highly recommended that you move all disks containing the volume together. Otherwise, the volumes on the disks cannot be brought online and will not be accessible except to delete them.

    -If you move a GUID Partition Table (GPT) disk containing the Windows operating system to an x86-based or x64-based computer, you can access the data, but you cannot boot from that operating system.

    Please let me know if you need further assistance and keep me updated.

    Sources + More information in this regards:

    https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/windows-server...

    https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/windows-server...

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  3. DYARI BARHAM 34,436 Reputation points Independent Advisor
    2021-06-27T14:58:13+00:00

    Dear SrujanSai,

    Thanks for getting back to this thread and updating me.

    When you move a dynamic disk from a computer to another computer PC and the new pc does not support dynamic disk, a warning icon appears on disk that display the Foreign status. That is how a normal disk change to foreign disk.

    If you have more question, do not hesitate to ask. I will be more than happy to assist you.

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  4. Anonymous
    2021-06-27T14:50:14+00:00

    yeah i knew how to import disks that are in foreign but i want to know how the normal disk is made as foreign

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