Just added 2nd hdd

[komani]

I just added an Old 80gb IDE drive to my system which is running off of a 320gb SATA connection. Windows is asking me to setup a dynamic disk through it's "Initialize and Convert Disk Wizard" for the added 80gb IDE drive. I was just going to go in and format it through the Admin Tools - computer management. What is this dynamic disk thing? and should I do it to the drive? if not, then how should I go about formatting this thing? I want to use it for pagefiling and archive/backup.

 

[PCcashCow]

KEEP THE DISK BASIC!

If you format the disk to Dynamic, you may have issues adding the disk back into an XP environment if you primary system dies. Your can just format the disk via command line, letter the drive, then bring it online via dsk mgt console.

 

[fredgiblet]

I don't remember exactly what dynamic disks are for (A+ class was a while ago) but what I do remember is that if you don't know what it is you don't need it, all of the dynamic disk functions are for advanced purposes.