Multiple drives as 1 c:

[CSaenz]

Can anyone recommend a program that will see 4 (say 200 Gig) hard drives as 1 (800 Gig) drive?

 

[Ice Czar]

W2K \ XP Pro


http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;309044&sd=tech
http://www.hardforum.com/showthread.php?s=&threadid=485217


Dynamic Disks
Description of Disk Groups in Windows Disk Management
Dynamic vs. Basic Storage in Windows 2000
Basic and Dynamic Disks @ Windows & .net Magazine
HOW TO: Recover an Accidentally Deleted NTFS or FAT32 Dynamic Volume
Dynamic Disk Hardware Limitations (No firewire, USB, removable or laptop)
HOW TO: Set Up Fault-Tolerant Sets on Dynamic Disks in Windows 2000
Dynamic Disk Numbering and the DmDiag.exe Tool
HOW TO: Regenerate a Dynamic Mirrored Volume in Windows 2000
Restrictions on Extending or Spanning Simple Volumes on Dynamic Disks


now as to why youd want to do that.....
there are really very few legitimate reasons to employ dynamic disks
also be advised, once you convert a basic disk to a dynamic
you cant revert back without data loss or paying $$$$


what do you want to accomplish?
there may well be a better way to do it like
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;307889&sd=tech

 

[CSaenz]

Thank you for the quick response; it will be a file server of sorts. Just a single location to store MP3's, Power points, sermon notes, and videos.
I can create shared folders that can grow beyond the limits of the drive itself.
Say PP takes up 20 gig of a 200 gig drive but there are 220 gig of MP3s (just an example).