The main purpose of this manual is to guide you through the process of creating a spanned volume in Windows using the build-in Disk manager. Although I have used Windows XP for the following example, you can perform this process in Windows 7 with the same success as the steps are almost identical.
The conversion of basic disks to dynamic disks can be performed easily in just a few steps without the need for special software. For this purpose, simply open the built-in Windows disk manager and follow the instructions below.
When referring to storage types, Microsoft Windows offers two types of disk storage: basic and dynamic. Note that the storage type is a concept which is different from the physical disk as physical disk refers mainly to the hardware part of the disk system. Storage types are also independent of the file system type which [...]
Today I will try to show you how to create a logical drive within an extended partition in Windows 7. Unlike Xp, the type of partition you create in Windows 7 is automatically selected by the operating system as the first three partitions are always created as a primary while the fourth is extended. In [...]
The partitioning process in Windows 7 is similar to that in Windows Xp with the exception of a few minor differences which are described below. Unlike XP, when creating a new partition in Windows 7 you don’t have the opportunity to choose whether it will be primary or logical, as this task is performed automatically [...]
