Questions tagged [dynamic-disk]

Dynamic disks are a Microsoft technology for allowing special features that normal partitions do not, such as spanning multiple disks and raid.

Dynamic disks are a Microsoft technology for allowing special features that normal partitions do not, such as spanning multiple disks and raid.

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Which software raid modes does each version of Windows 7 support?

Being familiar with the software raid modes and dynamic disks from the server versions, I was wondering if there is a document or even just common crowd knowledge that indicated what software raid support was available for each version of Windows…
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Converting dynamic to basic disk

I converted basic disk to dynamic on my laptop. However, now I cannot install Windows 7 on another partition. I just get message that installing them on dynamic disk is not supported. Is there a way to convert dynamic disk to basic without losing…
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Rebuilding degraded simple mirror volume ("The plex is missing")

I'm interested in rebuilding a basic degraded dynamic volume without resorting to trivially breaking/deleting and re-creating the volume. There is no concern about data loss. I hope to use this as a learning opportunity to better understand Windows…
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Cannot extend drive "There is not enough space available on the disk to complete this operation"

In Windows 10, I want to change my unallocated space by combining it with my 731.17 GB drive. Both are on the same drive. When trying to extend the H: drive it shows a message: There is not enough space available on the disk to complete this…
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Convert existing system to dynamic disk safely

I have a Windows 10 Pro v1803 box with two NVMe SSDs (INTEL SSDPE2MX450G7). The OS is installed on the first disk and boots (only) in UEFI mode. I want to convert to Dynamic Disks and mirror the first drive to the second. Will Windows automatically…
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How do I copy/clone a dynamic disk in Windows 7?

I have some dynamic disks (or "partitions" but they are not really partitions) that I want to copy onto spare hard drives. I tried using gpartd (and fdisk for that matter) from a linux live disc. All it saw was hard drives with only one partition…
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Alignment requirements: converting basic disk to dynamic disk in order to set up software RAID?

On Windows 7 x64 Professional I am struggling to convert a basic disk to a dynamic one. Under Disk Management in the MMC the conversion is supposed to be initiated automatically, but it doesn't. My guess: because of using third-party partitioning…
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Cannot convert basic disk to dynamic disk. Not enough space

I'm trying to convert a disk from basic to dynamic to mirror two volumes on another disk of equal size. I have used the disk before, but it is currently wiped clean, not even partitioned. In disk management I see "465.32 GB - Unallocated" and "450…
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Can't activate dynamic disk

For some reason I can't activate a dynamic disk connected to my PC via a USB hard disk enclosure. It has activated previously without any problems. When I check the event logs, I get this message every time I try to activate the disk: dmio:…
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Does Windows 7 support TRIM for Spanned Dynamic Disks?

Windows 7 supports TRIM for an individual SSD, but does it work with two SSDs merged together as a Spanned Dynamic Disk? "Dynamic Disk" is Microsoft's proprietary version of LVM.The equivalent feature for Linux was added in kernel 2.6.37.
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Virtual Box Virtual Disk not expanding

I have an iMac Core i5 host computer, 1TB Hard drive, 8GB Memory. I have created a Virtual Box VM to run Fedora 14 64bit with a 200 GB Dynamically allocated hard drive. Virtual Box version 4.1.6 r74713 I have tried twice to import a 40+ GB database…
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Is there a way to install Windows onto Dynamic disks?

I like using the Dynamic disks with striping in Windows and was wondering if I could install from a Windows ISO onto a set of striped dynamic disks. So far in my testing, that's not possible. I get that it's a chicken 'n egg problem, but I figured…
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Converting Ext4 Simple/Dynamic drive back to Basic/Partition

So basically i was trying to add a 5th partition and in that process I've converted my whole disk to a dynamic drive, which contains both NTFS and EXT4 with Linux on dual boot. Now the problem is it seems like i can't convert EXT4 volume back to…
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Unable to recover data on a dynamic disk

I had a computer with two 3TB HDDs that were Dynamic Disk mirrors of one another. I'm trying to recover data off of one of them without success. So I plugged one of these 3TB HDDs into a USB3<->SATA adapter and, in Disk Management, see the new disk…
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'Add mirror' greyed out in Windows 10

Added a 5Tb drive and trying to mirror my data drive (1.5Tb). When I add the drive, it shows 2 partitions , one is 2048gb, the other 2609gb. I wish it was 1 fully unallocated partition and am not sure why they're split but they're both unallocated.…
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