Can't add unallocated 2nd drive to C: in either striped or spanned volume
I was playing with getting rid of my BIOS RAID 0 and using AHCI. This would destroy the RAID 0 meaning I'd have to create a software RAID with Windows.
After converting to AHCI and doing a clean install of Windows, however, I was unable to do so in Disk Management.Both drives are identical, except the C: had the OS on it. It shows the other drive as unallocated space. The option for creating a striped or spanned volume is not available.
I shrunk the C: to have more unallocated space on the drive with the OS. This presented a few issues:
- Right-clicking the unallocated space on either drive, the striped volume was no clickable. However, the Window that comes up didn't allow me to select the other drive's unallocated space.
- Spanned volume was now also clickable, but same thing: couldn't select the unallocated space on the other drive.
Is what I was trying to do even possible (shrinking the C: and combing that unallocated space with a 2nd unallocaed drive)? If so, what am I doing wrong?
Would it make any difference if unallocated the space on the C: during install of the OS as opposed to using Disk Manager after the install?
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I was playing with getting rid of my BIOS RAID 0 and using AHCI. This would destroy the RAID 0 meaning I'd have to create a software RAID with Windows.
After converting to AHCI and doing a clean install of Windows, however, I was unable to do so in Disk Management.Both drives are identical, except the C: had the OS on it. It shows the other drive as unallocated space. The option for creating a striped or spanned volume is not available.
I shrunk the C: to have more unallocated space on the drive with the OS. This presented a few issues:
- Right-clicking the unallocated space on either drive, the striped volume was no clickable. However, the Window that comes up didn't allow me to select the other drive's unallocated space.
- Spanned volume was now also clickable, but same thing: couldn't select the unallocated space on the other drive.
Is what I was trying to do even possible (shrinking the C: and combing that unallocated space with a 2nd unallocaed drive)? If so, what am I doing wrong?
Would it make any difference if unallocated the space on the C: during install of the OS as opposed to using Disk Manager after the install?
windows-10 partitioning ssd raid software-raid
asked Dec 30 '18 at 14:22
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I was playing with getting rid of my BIOS RAID 0 and using AHCI. This would destroy the RAID 0 meaning I'd have to create a software RAID with Windows.
After converting to AHCI and doing a clean install of Windows, however, I was unable to do so in Disk Management.Both drives are identical, except the C: had the OS on it. It shows the other drive as unallocated space. The option for creating a striped or spanned volume is not available.
I shrunk the C: to have more unallocated space on the drive with the OS. This presented a few issues:
- Right-clicking the unallocated space on either drive, the striped volume was no clickable. However, the Window that comes up didn't allow me to select the other drive's unallocated space.
- Spanned volume was now also clickable, but same thing: couldn't select the unallocated space on the other drive.
Is what I was trying to do even possible (shrinking the C: and combing that unallocated space with a 2nd unallocaed drive)? If so, what am I doing wrong?
Would it make any difference if unallocated the space on the C: during install of the OS as opposed to using Disk Manager after the install?
windows-10 partitioning ssd raid software-raid
asked Dec 30 '18 at 14:22
sockpuppetsockpuppet
1154
I was playing with getting rid of my BIOS RAID 0 and using AHCI. This would destroy the RAID 0 meaning I'd have to create a software RAID with Windows.
After converting to AHCI and doing a clean install of Windows, however, I was unable to do so in Disk Management.Both drives are identical, except the C: had the OS on it. It shows the other drive as unallocated space. The option for creating a striped or spanned volume is not available.
I shrunk the C: to have more unallocated space on the drive with the OS. This presented a few issues:
- Right-clicking the unallocated space on either drive, the striped volume was no clickable. However, the Window that comes up didn't allow me to select the other drive's unallocated space.
- Spanned volume was now also clickable, but same thing: couldn't select the unallocated space on the other drive.
Is what I was trying to do even possible (shrinking the C: and combing that unallocated space with a 2nd unallocaed drive)? If so, what am I doing wrong?
Would it make any difference if unallocated the space on the C: during install of the OS as opposed to using Disk Manager after the install?
windows-10 partitioning ssd raid software-raid
windows-10 partitioning ssd raid software-raid
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From what I’ve read, striped volumes have to be created from two or more, equally sized, unused portions of your disks.
https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/previous-versions/windows/it-pro/windows-server-2003/cc758035(v=ws.10)#types-of-raid-volumes
You can’t use it for a boot volume with Windows on it, because you have to create the striped volume after Windows is running and you can’t use allocated space in a striped volume.
RAID at the hardware level (configured in BIOS or motherboard RAID manager) is usually preferable to using Windows software RAID anyways.
answered Dec 30 '18 at 16:47
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Ok, figured it out.
In Windows, in Disk Management > View > Top > Disk List.
Right clicked both discs and converted to "Dynamic". (Thought it was screw up the OS, but it converts that partition to Simple).
Then I could span or stripe the two unallocated spaces on the different physical drives by right-clicking on them and selecting what I wanted to do.
Then just add the other volume to the new volume.
In my case, I had to do span because it would have resulted in more unallocated space given that stripe has to be the same size.
answered Dec 30 '18 at 16:48
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From what I’ve read, striped volumes have to be created from two or more, equally sized, unused portions of your disks.
https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/previous-versions/windows/it-pro/windows-server-2003/cc758035(v=ws.10)#types-of-raid-volumes
You can’t use it for a boot volume with Windows on it, because you have to create the striped volume after Windows is running and you can’t use allocated space in a striped volume.
RAID at the hardware level (configured in BIOS or motherboard RAID manager) is usually preferable to using Windows software RAID anyways.
answered Dec 30 '18 at 16:47
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From what I’ve read, striped volumes have to be created from two or more, equally sized, unused portions of your disks.
https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/previous-versions/windows/it-pro/windows-server-2003/cc758035(v=ws.10)#types-of-raid-volumes
You can’t use it for a boot volume with Windows on it, because you have to create the striped volume after Windows is running and you can’t use allocated space in a striped volume.
RAID at the hardware level (configured in BIOS or motherboard RAID manager) is usually preferable to using Windows software RAID anyways.
answered Dec 30 '18 at 16:47
AppleoddityAppleoddity
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From what I’ve read, striped volumes have to be created from two or more, equally sized, unused portions of your disks.
https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/previous-versions/windows/it-pro/windows-server-2003/cc758035(v=ws.10)#types-of-raid-volumes
You can’t use it for a boot volume with Windows on it, because you have to create the striped volume after Windows is running and you can’t use allocated space in a striped volume.
RAID at the hardware level (configured in BIOS or motherboard RAID manager) is usually preferable to using Windows software RAID anyways.
answered Dec 30 '18 at 16:47
AppleoddityAppleoddity
7,21521124
From what I’ve read, striped volumes have to be created from two or more, equally sized, unused portions of your disks.
https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/previous-versions/windows/it-pro/windows-server-2003/cc758035(v=ws.10)#types-of-raid-volumes
You can’t use it for a boot volume with Windows on it, because you have to create the striped volume after Windows is running and you can’t use allocated space in a striped volume.
RAID at the hardware level (configured in BIOS or motherboard RAID manager) is usually preferable to using Windows software RAID anyways.
answered Dec 30 '18 at 16:47
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answered Dec 30 '18 at 16:47
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Ok, figured it out.
In Windows, in Disk Management > View > Top > Disk List.
Right clicked both discs and converted to "Dynamic". (Thought it was screw up the OS, but it converts that partition to Simple).
Then I could span or stripe the two unallocated spaces on the different physical drives by right-clicking on them and selecting what I wanted to do.
Then just add the other volume to the new volume.
In my case, I had to do span because it would have resulted in more unallocated space given that stripe has to be the same size.
answered Dec 30 '18 at 16:48
sockpuppetsockpuppet
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Ok, figured it out.
In Windows, in Disk Management > View > Top > Disk List.
Right clicked both discs and converted to "Dynamic". (Thought it was screw up the OS, but it converts that partition to Simple).
Then I could span or stripe the two unallocated spaces on the different physical drives by right-clicking on them and selecting what I wanted to do.
Then just add the other volume to the new volume.
In my case, I had to do span because it would have resulted in more unallocated space given that stripe has to be the same size.
answered Dec 30 '18 at 16:48
sockpuppetsockpuppet
1154
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Ok, figured it out.
In Windows, in Disk Management > View > Top > Disk List.
Right clicked both discs and converted to "Dynamic". (Thought it was screw up the OS, but it converts that partition to Simple).
Then I could span or stripe the two unallocated spaces on the different physical drives by right-clicking on them and selecting what I wanted to do.
Then just add the other volume to the new volume.
In my case, I had to do span because it would have resulted in more unallocated space given that stripe has to be the same size.
answered Dec 30 '18 at 16:48
sockpuppetsockpuppet
1154
Ok, figured it out.
In Windows, in Disk Management > View > Top > Disk List.
Right clicked both discs and converted to "Dynamic". (Thought it was screw up the OS, but it converts that partition to Simple).
Then I could span or stripe the two unallocated spaces on the different physical drives by right-clicking on them and selecting what I wanted to do.
Then just add the other volume to the new volume.
In my case, I had to do span because it would have resulted in more unallocated space given that stripe has to be the same size.
answered Dec 30 '18 at 16:48
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answered Dec 30 '18 at 16:48
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