To extend a simple or spanned volume, perform the following steps: You can extend a spanned volume onto a maximum of 32 Dynamic disks. You need at least two Dynamic disks to create a spanned volume. You can create spanned volumes on Dynamic disks only. Using the New Volume Wizard, click Next, click Spanned, and then follow the instructions on your screen. Right-click the unallocated space on one of the Dynamic disks where you want to create the spanned volume and then click New Volume. To create a spanned volume, perform the following steps: You can add more space to a spanned volume by extending it at any time. Using the New Volume Wizard for Dynamic disks to create different types of dynamic volumes.Ī spanned volume consists of disk space from more than one physical disk. Using the New Volume Wizard, shown in Figure 3.8, click Next, click Simple, and then provide the volume's size and formatting details. Right-click the unallocated space on the Dynamic disk where you want to create the simple volume and then click New Volume. To create a simple volume, perform the following steps: It can consist of a single area on a disk or multiple areas on the same disk that are linked together. Simple VolumesĪ simple volume consists of disk space on a single physical disk. You must be an administrator or a member of the Administrators group to create, modify, or delete dynamic volumes. Table 3.2 Colors Used by Disk Management to Represent Drives Table 3.2 lists the colors Disk Management uses by default. Simple (E, G) spanned (F) and striped (H) dynamic volumes displayed in Disk Management.īy default, Disk Management uses solid colors to represent the five different types of dynamic volumes.

Windows XP Professional supports only simple, spanned, and striped dynamic volumes, shown in Figure 3.7. The five types of dynamic volumes are simple, spanned, mirrored, striped, and RAID-5. Only computers running Windows XP Professional, Windows 2000, or Windows Server 2003 can access dynamic volumes. You cannot install Windows XP onto dynamic volumes that were created under Windows 2000, Windows XP, or Windows Server 2003 from unallocated space.

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