Just an update if anyone (i.e. no one) cares...
After letting data recovery software successfully retrieve about 80% of my data (and thankfully all the non replacible stuff (pictues, past homeworks, etc), I began running all my windows update. I decided to goto SP2 too see how it would work for me.
Lo and behold the drive is back. No where in my searching did it say dynamic disks must be at least sp1 or better (an assumption based on the beginning, middle, and current state of my pc) to be seen and usable.
I hate MS and
I hate myself for not researching better.
Off to swear some more as one of my 2k boxes just crapped out on me, but at least I can still see the other 2 partitions.
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