Windows7 mirroring problem

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skillerkid

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Hi all,
I have noticed lately that i have 2 partition named the same with 2 different letters (E and G). When i took a closer look the partitions are infact the single mirrored partition that i have created to store my pictures.
This are the detalies of the partions from the Disk Management:
Volume Layout Type File system Status Capacity Free Space
Poze (E:) Simple Dynamic NTFS Healthy 465.76 GB 47.37 GB
Poze (G:) Simple Dynamic NTFS Healthy 465.76 GB 62.77GB

The questions are:
Is the mirrored partition ok?
Why are they seened like two partitions in stead of one?
Why do they have different free space?
Are they syncked?
And if there is a problem how can i fix it?

Thak you for your help.
 
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hang-the-9
So you should be seeing the same drive letter on both disks, that is a bit strange. You may want to break the mirror, format the second drive and set up the mirror again. It may be a good idea to have a backup of whatever data is on the drives to another drive just in case you have issues with both drives when doing this.
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hang-the-9

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No way to know what those are without seeing your setup. Post a picture of your Disk Manager screen. You said you created a mirrored partition, what do you mean by that exactly? Did you do a RAID setup? Did you link the two partitions or disks with some other software?
 
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skillerkid

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To create the mirror volume i have used the Windows7 option from Disk Management. To create the mirror volume I have used 2 HDD of 500GB each. In the Disk Management tool I have clicked RightClik on a Disk and choose New Mirrored Volume..., after wich i have choose the second disk in the windows that opened. And from what i remembered in the Windows Explorer window I saw only one partition (G: ), now i can see 2 partition one to Disk 2 and another to Disk 3, with diffrenet amount of unsed disk space, and i don't know if everything is ok.
I have uploaded a PS of the Disk Management screen.
https://ibb.co/fv9ZGa
fv9ZGa

(Hope i have uploaded the image correct, it is found at ImgBB)

 
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hang-the-9

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So you should be seeing the same drive letter on both disks, that is a bit strange. You may want to break the mirror, format the second drive and set up the mirror again. It may be a good idea to have a backup of whatever data is on the drives to another drive just in case you have issues with both drives when doing this.
 
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skillerkid

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The strange part was my idea also. I am in the process of setting up a bigger mirror partition so I will do what you said. I did not know for sure if the way it is now was ok or not, but now I know it is not. Thank you for the answer.
 
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