Windows 10: Spanned Drive Using USB External Drives

Discus and support Spanned Drive Using USB External Drives in Windows 10 Network and Sharing to solve the problem; Finally updated my system to use 2 8TB external USB drives for nightly backups on my Windows 10 Pro disktop. The new drives replace my old 1.4TB and... Discussion in 'Windows 10 Network and Sharing' started by C177LVR, Dec 15, 2020.

  1. C177LVR
    C177LVR Win User

    Spanned Drive Using USB External Drives


    Finally updated my system to use 2 8TB external USB drives for nightly backups on my Windows 10 Pro disktop. The new drives replace my old 1.4TB and 4.0TB USB drives. I know the Disk Management app does not allow creating a spanned drive for USB drives. Does anyone know of a tool that will let me combine them into a logical drive? TIA

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    C177LVR, Dec 15, 2020
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  2. LAZZER408
    Lazzer408 Win User

    help. USB drive isn't assigned a drive letter.

    Any usb flash drive I plug into my computer isn't assigned a drive letter. The physical drive shows in the "safely remove hardware" but it doesnt show up in disk management. I have tried to populate the volume thru the safely remove hardware properties window and it does pop up in the list but it doesn't stay there. This isn't a format or assign a letter problem. It's more complicated then that. Maybe one of the services needed for usb drive management was disabled? Suggestions needed. btw external usb harddrives work fine.
     
    Lazzer408, Dec 15, 2020
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  3. TWYNOG
    twynog Win User
    External hard drive not recognised

    Thanks for this. I've done what you suggested and been through all the steps mentioned in the article. The hard drive works fine on a Mac computer, and I've managed to copy the information on it. It must be a Surface issue so I'll try to get a chat line tomorrow.
     
    twynog, Dec 15, 2020
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  4. ROMEL RAM
    Romel Ram Win User

    Spanned Drive Using USB External Drives

    Loss of External drives

    Hi,

    For better assistance, kindly verify the queries below:

    • What is the make and model of the external drives?
    • Have you checked if both drivers are recognized on the BIOS settings?
    • Are you connecting the external hard drives via USB?
    • What are the troubleshooting steps have you done so far for this issue?
    Looking forward to your response.

    Regards.
     
    Romel Ram, Dec 15, 2020
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