Windows 10: I cannot use any new Storage Spaces I create from my Storage Pool

Discus and support I cannot use any new Storage Spaces I create from my Storage Pool in Windows 10 Support to solve the problem; Several years ago I purchased 2 refurbished Hitachi drives, installed them in my PC and used Windows Storage Space feature to configure them as a... Discussion in 'Windows 10 Support' started by yu gnomi, Jul 17, 2019.

  1. yu gnomi Win User

    I cannot use any new Storage Spaces I create from my Storage Pool


    Several years ago I purchased 2 refurbished Hitachi drives, installed them in my PC and used Windows Storage Space feature to configure them as a Storage Pool with 1 Simple Space and 1 Mirrored Space like so:
    I cannot use any new Storage Spaces I create from my Storage Pool [​IMG]

    This set-up remained the same, even though I removed the drives from inside my PC and put them in a dual HDD enclosure, and also when I upgraded from Windows 8.1 to Windows 10. I am able to write to and read from these existing Storage Spaces, without problems.

    Now, however, I want to make a third storage space from same pool, to experiment with BitLocker - mainly to see how badly it hurts performance:
    I cannot use any new Storage Spaces I create from my Storage Pool [​IMG]


    After it finishes creating the new Storage Space, it gives me an error:
    I cannot use any new Storage Spaces I create from my Storage Pool [​IMG]


    The new Storage Space appears in Storage Space UI (from Control Panel):
    I cannot use any new Storage Spaces I create from my Storage Pool [​IMG]


    But not in File Explorer:
    I cannot use any new Storage Spaces I create from my Storage Pool [​IMG]


    Which makes it completely useless, as far as I can tell.

    Attempting to delete the new Storage Space repeats the same error given when the space was created, attempting to change the Storage Space gives a different error:
    I cannot use any new Storage Spaces I create from my Storage Pool [​IMG]


    I am able to delete these useless spaces via Powershell method found in one of Brink's tutorials, but I would rather be able to make a functional new Storage Space. Anyone know how to fix this?

    :)
     
    yu gnomi, Jul 17, 2019
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  2. create a new pool and storage space in the manage storage spaces

    Dear all,

    I have connected two USB storage drives, each one of them is 16 GB. I tried to create a new virtual pool but it did not work out.

    I thought the size is not enough and it may need extra storage spaces. I connected 64 GB then opened the storage space but I am still unable to create storage space.


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    nightearth, Jul 17, 2019
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  3. MikeBar Win User
    When adding a journal for storage spaces, is the journal added to the storage pool or a the storage space?

    I'm planning to create 2 storage spaces, 1 for backup and 1 for my main data. I was going to add 1 journal to each storage space, but it looks like the journal applies to the storage pool, not the storage space. Is that the case? if it is, is the better
    approach to add 2 SSD drives to the storage pool as journals? If I add 2 drives as journals, how do I change the friendly name of the drives? Both of my drives that I want to use as journals have the same exact name.

    Thanks,

    Mike
     
    MikeBar, Jul 17, 2019
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  4. Ferdz Amp Win User

    I cannot use any new Storage Spaces I create from my Storage Pool

    Storage pool

    Hello,

    Storage Spaces is a technology in Windows and Windows Server that can help protect your data from drive failures. It is conceptually similar to RAID, implemented in software. You can use Storage Spaces to group three or more drives together into a storage pool
    and then use capacity from that pool to create Storage Spaces. These typically store extra copies of your data so if one of your drives fails, you still have an intact copy of your data. If you run low on capacity, just add more drives to the storage pool.

    In setting up a storage space, it's recommended that you use a hard drive that doesn't contain important files as the drive will be formatted to mirror the host drive.

    For more information regarding Storage Spaces, read this
    FAQ page
    .

    Hope the information I provided helps.
     
    Ferdz Amp, Jul 17, 2019
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