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I read that you can use Windows XP Pro to join 2 hard drives together
as one logical drive. I have two 15 GB hard drives that I would like to
combine in a 30 GB. I am planning on doing a new installation, and I
would appreciate any advice for the correct procedure.
Ideally, I would like just one logical drive, but from what I've read,
it seems that the system volume cannot be part of spanned volume. So
I'll need to partition Drive 1, and span the second partition of Drive
1 with Drive 2. Is this correct?
Here is what I am about to do, please make any corrections:
1. Partition Drive 1 into 1GB/14GB. Partition Drive 2 as one partition.
This gives me a total of 3 partitions.
2. Install Windows XP onto Drive 1 Partition 1. This is the system
volume.
3. Convert the other two partitions into dynamic disks.
4. Span the other two partitions.
5. Now I should have a C: drive, which is a 1GB drive with system
volume. D: drive should be 29GB.
I read that you can use Windows XP Pro to join 2 hard drives together
as one logical drive. I have two 15 GB hard drives that I would like to
combine in a 30 GB. I am planning on doing a new installation, and I
would appreciate any advice for the correct procedure.
Ideally, I would like just one logical drive, but from what I've read,
it seems that the system volume cannot be part of spanned volume. So
I'll need to partition Drive 1, and span the second partition of Drive
1 with Drive 2. Is this correct?
Here is what I am about to do, please make any corrections:
1. Partition Drive 1 into 1GB/14GB. Partition Drive 2 as one partition.
This gives me a total of 3 partitions.
2. Install Windows XP onto Drive 1 Partition 1. This is the system
volume.
3. Convert the other two partitions into dynamic disks.
4. Span the other two partitions.
5. Now I should have a C: drive, which is a 1GB drive with system
volume. D: drive should be 29GB.