is there a way for me to combine my 140gb, 160gb, and 200gb drive into 2 "drives" C: and D:

C: being my Windows system and program files and D: being everything else

5/24/2008 4:57:52 PM

Yeah it's called a spanned volume.

[Edited on May 24, 2008 at 5:16 PM. Reason : http://technet2.microsoft.com/windowsserver/en/library/efdfa6aa-4077-45c7-a24c-894df9102b6a1033.mspx]

5/24/2008 5:16:20 PM

ugh

dynamic disks ftl

if you ever convert your shit to a dynamic disk, kiss it goodbye if anything ever happens to your computer

my advice: go get a cheap IDE raid card. you can get one for like $30 on newegg i think.

5/24/2008 5:22:08 PM

thanks, got it done very quickly

also dont worry evan i have a 750gb external doing backup

5/24/2008 5:34:34 PM

Quote :

"dynamic disks ftl if you ever convert your shit to a dynamic disk, kiss it goodbye if anything ever happens to your computer"

LISTEN TO THE MAN

I JUST ABOUT LOST A FUCKING SHIT TON OF DATA A FEW MONTHS AGO

luckily I had backups but I will never use dynamic disks again

5/24/2008 6:14:18 PM

You guys know there are recovery tools for dynamic discs too right?

5/24/2008 7:47:30 PM

oh yes, believe me, i know

if they worked, they'd be great

5/24/2008 7:53:27 PM

you're better off just not using them, period

5/24/2008 8:40:48 PM

i didnt convert them to dynamic disks btw, i just mapped the drive onto another drive (idk?)

either way, Drives F: and G: are now just folders inside Drive H:

5/24/2008 9:47:58 PM

^well yeah, that works.. you're not technically "combining" space, however.<!---

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5/24/2008 9:54:53 PM

JBOD

5/25/2008 12:38:55 AM

using dynamic disks is about as smart a move as using the motherboard's onboard raid controller.

5/25/2008 1:21:27 AM

^Truth ... sadly. Great idea, poor implementation.

I understand the complexities involved, but just seems like it shouldn't be so difficult to make a proper standard for a universal RAID and/or Dynamic Disk system regardless of hardware or OS.

But what do I know.

5/25/2008 3:41:21 AM

you don't need to use dynamic disks. you can mount one drive as a dir inside the one of the other drives

5/25/2008 12:14:57 PM