How can I delete a wrongly created dynamic volume

[samiagee]

I added a second hard 2TB drive in XP SP3. A wizard popup asked me to create a dynamic volume. This was created as Drive D:\ and NTFS.
I now find I can not partition it using partioning software (partition commander 11) unless it is converted to a Simple Volume.
All options in Disk Management in Windows are greyed out. I cant delete this volume or convert to basic disk.
The procedure Convert a Dynamic Disk to a Basic Disk on Microsoft Support pages assumes you can do it through Disk Management but as I said they are greyed out and not available.
I am now stuck...can anyone advise please

[NJPride]

As long as you are CERTAIN you have all of your data backed up, there is an open source linux program called PARTD that you can download from http://www.distrowatch.com . Download the file and burn it to a DVD and then boot off of that DVD. It is very powerful, so just remember to make sure you verify that you can take the chance with it.

[samiagee]

cant seem to find "partd"

[gen2]

NJP seemes to have mistyped the filename.
I think you should be looking for PARTED

[samiagee]

thank you got it now

[samiagee]

Thanks to both of you. Crossed my fingers and did it and success....!!!
Burnt the ISO file to a CD. Booted up into Linux and did it.
Much less daunting than doing a Hex Editor approach.

[society]

This has just given me an idea. Thanks!

[tellboy]

I wonder what the idea was ?