dynamic disk problem

[flashassassin]

i have just put together my new system after old motherboard died.

i was on xp pro before but have installed vista home premium on the new setup.

the problem is the hard drive with all my data on was originaly formatted as a dynamic disk. vista hp dosent support it.

other than finding someone with an xp pc and copying it all to dvd`s somehow is there any way i can do it with vista? i assume getting a usb external disk holder wouldnt work? it still wouldnt read it?.
thanks

 

[flashassassin]

thanks for the reply.
if i do that there may be a chance i would lose the data?
although i could copy it first.
vista does give me the option of converting to basic disk but warns that the data will be lost.

 

[flashassassin]

i have installed xp now, but to do this i set AHCI to IDE so it would recognise the sata drives, i know i could have put the drivers on a floppy but ive never had any luck doing that.
so i thought after installation i could just set it back but if i do it wont load. so does it matter that its now set to IDE instead of RAID(default) or AHCI?
thanks

 

[flashassassin]

thanks for your advice, i will leave it as it is.