I did some reading and it seems that the Windows 7 machine will only read it as a Basic disk. So is there anyway to change it to a basic disk without me losing the data on it? Eva01 ...

As dynamic disks provide more superiorities than basic, it is a justification that dynamic volumes are widely used. But the disk management under Windows is limited, such as users are not able to ...

Basic Disk vs Dynamic Disk. Post shows how to convert basic disk to dynamic disk OR dynamic disk to basic disk using UI, Diskpart, CMD without losing data.