Symptom
When restoring a dynamic disk to an existing virtual machine (target virtual machine), the dynamic disk is restored as a foreign disk.
Resolution
After the restore completes, perform the following steps on the target virtual machine:
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Open the Computer Management Console on the virtual machine.
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Click Disk Management in the left pane.
All the disks are displayed in the right pane.
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Right click the foreign disk and click Import Foreign Disk...
Drive Letters are not assigned automatically
When you restore a disk to a Windows 2003 virtual machine, the drive letters are not assigned automatically to the partitions on the disk. After the restore completes, assign the drive letters manually.
If you restore a disk to its original location on the Windows 2003 virtual machine, the drive letters are assigned automatically.
Volumes are not mounted automatically
When you restore disks of a Linux virtual machine, the volumes are not mounted automatically. After the restore completes, mount the volumes manually.