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Anonymous   06-21-2004 at 02:07:11 PM

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I have a new server with 2 HDD's.

I would like to mirror (Raid?) the C drive to the second drive.

In Disk Management I have the following showing:

Left Column:
Disk 0 Dynamic 76.33
Disk 1 Dynamic 74.53

Right Column:
C is shown as a 'Simple Volume' 76.32 Gb and there is 8Mb Unallocated
the other drive is shown as 74.53 unallocated

If I right click on Disk 0, and try to Create Volume, if I use Disk 0
and 1 it only shows 8Mb as available

Am I doing something wrong? Perhaps I need C to be not 'simple' How do
I do that?

Any help appreciated on the best way to have 'D' drive (Disk 1) to be
a mirror of C (Disk 0)
If it means starting over, thats OK

Regards
Neil

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Anonymous   06-22-2004 at 02:39:58 AM
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Neil

You will need free unallocated space that is at least as large as the
volume you are trying to mirror. Your volume C is 76.32 GB, and disk1 is
only 74.53 GB, so this one will not be large enough.

This MS Knowledge Base article is a step by step guide how to set up a
software mirror (RAID1):

http://support.microsoft.com/?id=302969

If you, when you install your operating system, select to create a volume
that is less than what your second disk is, you will be able to mirror it.

Best regards

Bjorn
--
Bjorn Landemoo - mvp2@landemoo.com - http://landemoo.com/
Microsoft MVP (Windows Server - File System)

neil40@btinternet.com (Neil Grantham) wrote:

>I have a new server with 2 HDD's.
>
>I would like to mirror (Raid?) the C drive to the second drive.
>
>In Disk Management I have the following showing:
>
>Left Column:
>Disk 0 Dynamic 76.33
>Disk 1 Dynamic 74.53
>
>Right Column:
>C is shown as a 'Simple Volume' 76.32 Gb and there is 8Mb Unallocated
>the other drive is shown as 74.53 unallocated
>
>If I right click on Disk 0, and try to Create Volume, if I use Disk 0
>and 1 it only shows 8Mb as available
>
>Am I doing something wrong? Perhaps I need C to be not 'simple' How do
>I do that?
>
>Any help appreciated on the best way to have 'D' drive (Disk 1) to be
>a mirror of C (Disk 0)
>If it means starting over, thats OK
>
>Regards
>Neil

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Anonymous   06-23-2004 at 05:18:01 PM
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"Neil Grantham" wrote:

> I have a new server with 2 HDD's.
>
> I would like to mirror (Raid?) the C drive to the second drive.
>
> In Disk Management I have the following showing:
>
> Left Column:
> Disk 0 Dynamic 76.33
> Disk 1 Dynamic 74.53
>
> Right Column:
> C is shown as a 'Simple Volume' 76.32 Gb and there is 8Mb Unallocated
> the other drive is shown as 74.53 unallocated
>
> If I right click on Disk 0, and try to Create Volume, if I use Disk 0
> and 1 it only shows 8Mb as available
>
> Am I doing something wrong? Perhaps I need C to be not 'simple' How do
> I do that?
>
> Any help appreciated on the best way to have 'D' drive (Disk 1) to be
> a mirror of C (Disk 0)
> If it means starting over, thats OK
>
> Regards
> Neil
>

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