Windows 10: Adding drives to existing spanned volume

Discus and support Adding drives to existing spanned volume in Windows 10 Network and Sharing to solve the problem; I have 2 14tb drives spanned. I did have 4 additional 1tb drives but had one of them going bad. I removed all 4 of those and installed 2 5tb drive. I... Discussion in 'Windows 10 Network and Sharing' started by Chippsetter, Jul 3, 2021.

  1. Adding drives to existing spanned volume


    I have 2 14tb drives spanned. I did have 4 additional 1tb drives but had one of them going bad. I removed all 4 of those and installed 2 5tb drive. I go to extend onto them and I get maximum cluster size exceeded error. Windows 10 Pro - 64 bit. What am I doing wrong?

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    Chippsetter, Jul 3, 2021
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  2. Kursah Win User

    Combine HDD into one? {alternative to spanned volume}

    I believe both drives need to be setup as dynamic to allow for a spanned volume to be configured across both of them. Here's some links on some info for spanned volumes and the other types that Disk Management in Windows can do for you.

    Create a Spanned Volume

    http://www.techotopia.com/index.php...le_and_Spanned_Volumes_on_Windows_Server_2008

    https://www.howtogeek.com/school/using-windows-admin-tools-like-a-pro/lesson4/
     
    Kursah, Jul 3, 2021
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  3. Artas1984 Win User
    Combine HDD into one? {alternative to spanned volume}

    Can someone answer if one can combine two totally different hard drives into one by using spanned volume feature? Like combining a Seagate 320 GB 7200 RPM HDD with Toshiba 500 GB 5400 RPM HDD?
     
    Artas1984, Jul 3, 2021
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  4. werty Win User

    Adding drives to existing spanned volume

    Simple/spanned volume

    Hi,
    I have two physical drives in my PC -SSD (using it as bootable drive and old HDD (for storing files). On the second drive which is the HDD there were 3 partitions - system reserved, C drive and D (use it for files). Since the operating system is starting from the SSD i decided to delete System reserved and C drive and extend the D partition. Now in Acronis disk director there are 3 partitions combined in one and it shows simple/spanned on the 3 of them and the only option is to delete the volume. Is there a problem?
    Thanks!
     
    werty, Jul 3, 2021
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