Adding HD using raid span: can I keep the installed windows?
This is a discussion about Adding HD using raid span: can I keep the installed windows? in the Windows Hardware category; Wondering if I can add space to my existing System drive without reinstalling windows. Can I just configure the new drive as part of a span of the c drive, or is this not possible without a reformat/OS install?.
Wondering if I can add space to my existing System drive without reinstalling windows. Can I just configure the new drive as part of a span of the c drive, or is this not possible without a reformat/OS install?
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don't think you can span the system drive.
Let me check i'll get back on that
You can however move the pagefile to the raid drive
Let me check i'll get back on that
You can however move the pagefile to the raid drive
You can also mount a drive to an empty ntfs folder in disk management. You can then put my documents or whatever is taking a lot of space there.
If you have a raid capable motherboard or a raid capable controller.
You could ghost it to another drive and then do a span and ghost it back. It would require a total of 3 drives or you could save the ghost partition to a cd (or to more cd's)
If you're using a new raid card make sure you install drivers first, before ghost, otherwise it may not boot.
If you have a raid capable motherboard or a raid capable controller.
You could ghost it to another drive and then do a span and ghost it back. It would require a total of 3 drives or you could save the ghost partition to a cd (or to more cd's)
If you're using a new raid card make sure you install drivers first, before ghost, otherwise it may not boot.
Quote:You can also mount a drive to an empty ntfs folder in disk management. You can then put my documents or whatever is taking a lot of space there.
If you have a raid capable motherboard or a raid capable controller.
You could ghost it to another drive and then do a span and ghost it back. It would require a total of 3 drives or you could save the ghost partition to a cd (or to more cd's)
If you're using a new raid card make sure you install drivers first, before ghost, otherwise it may not boot.
Thats a good point
I run my docs off my server. Saves lots of space
If you have a raid capable motherboard or a raid capable controller.
You could ghost it to another drive and then do a span and ghost it back. It would require a total of 3 drives or you could save the ghost partition to a cd (or to more cd's)
If you're using a new raid card make sure you install drivers first, before ghost, otherwise it may not boot.
Thats a good point
I run my docs off my server. Saves lots of space
