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| Thread ID: 87889 | 2008-03-08 01:35:00 | need hel on how to combine two hardrives into one big one ppplease help!! | bjw90 (13029) | Press F1 |
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| 647238 | 2008-03-08 01:35:00 | hi i have got 2 hardrives connected to my computer one is a seagate 60gb on the other is a WD 80 gb hardrive. I am currently running off the 60gb as C drive in my computer. and the other just pops up in my computer as a spare drive. i have heard there are ways of combining them but i thought i better ask the experts (speedy). Is there any way of combining them so they come up in my computer as one big drive? please help!!!! |
bjw90 (13029) | ||
| 647239 | 2008-03-08 01:42:00 | I dont think you can, maybe if they were in RAID or something. But, I'm pretty sure they have to be the same brand and size for RAID to work. |
Speedy Gonzales (78) | ||
| 647240 | 2008-03-08 01:49:00 | windows can turn them into a JBOD "just a bunch of disks", but it will slow it down. Or you could raid, but you will only get double the capacity of the smallest hdd, unless you have intel matrix raid at which the last 20gb could be used as a normal partition | dirtbag (6060) | ||
| 647241 | 2008-03-08 01:56:00 | You can have the pair appearing as one big drive but why bother with the complexity? Instead of having the 2nd drive just spare why not have it as "D" and use it? |
PaulD (232) | ||
| 647242 | 2008-03-08 02:07:00 | I assume you're on XP Pro? (Why don't people ever say) | sal (67) | ||
| 647243 | 2008-03-08 02:29:00 | On Windows NT & above, you can mount a drive in an empty folder, instead of (actually, in addition to, if you want) giving it a drive letter. That might be simpler for you. Go to the Disk Manager Service (run "diskmgmt.msc" as a shortcut, otherwise use Administrative Tools from Control Panel). You can then right-click the drive properties & select "Change drive letters and paths". If you don't like where you've put it you can reassign it to another folder, or go back to a drive letter later on. You might consider making multiple partitions & assigning each to a folder as needed. |
MushHead (10626) | ||
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