The first problem I had when I went to install, was that I did not have a basic disk on my second PC to be able to install, and for the life of me I could not remember how to convert a dynamic disk to a basic disk, a quick google search led me to the microsoft page which explains how to do it.  I followed those instructions, but it did not work, I kept getting the message “The operation is not allowed because the requested object is in active use“.

To get around this you can do the following.

Start > Run > Cmd Press enter.

In the Command Prompt window type

Diskpart

list disk

Make a note of the dynamic disk that you wish to convert

select disk x

clean

The disk is now uninitialised, and you can use Disk Management utility to convert and format as a basic disk