Windows 10: Storage Spaces - remove/add drive

Discus and support Storage Spaces - remove/add drive in Windows 10 Network and Sharing to solve the problem; Hi,I currently have a Windows 10 PC running Enterprise edition. The PC has a storage spaces set up on it consisting of 6 x 2TB drives. It also has a... Discussion in 'Windows 10 Network and Sharing' started by Warren_734, Jun 6, 2023.

  1. WARREN_734
    Warren_734 Win User

    Storage Spaces - remove/add drive


    Hi,I currently have a Windows 10 PC running Enterprise edition. The PC has a storage spaces set up on it consisting of 6 x 2TB drives. It also has a m.2 with the Windows install on it.We needed to re-image the PC which we use PIXE boot for. when doing this, all the storage drives apart from 1 was unplugged. We did not realise the last one was in the PC until after the re-image. Unfortunately the re-image saw the drive for the storage spaces as disc 0 so put the new Windows image on it.What we have done so far is to clear the drive zeroed it and we want to try to remove and then re-add the dr

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    Warren_734, Jun 6, 2023
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  2. 333T
    333t Win User

    How to remove a bad drive in Windows 10 storage spaces pool

    Could someone list the steps involved in replacing a bad drive from a Windows 10 storage spaces pool? I cannot find any info on the Microsoft support site that is specific to Windows 10. Also, could you list the steps to remove a 'good' drive and replace
    it with another drive if the process is different?
     
    333t, Jun 6, 2023
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  3. JASON GEREND_MSFT
    Jason Gerend_MSFT Win User
    Cannot remove a "Retired" drive in Windows 10 Storage Spaces

    We just released a couple of new Storage Spaces features with the
    Windows 10 November update     that should help deal with removing and adding drives:

    • Optimize drive usage to make the best use of all of your drives after adding drives
    • Safely remove a drive from a pool by automatically moving data off the drive and onto other drives in the pool.
    To make use of these features you'll have to install the
    Windows 10 November update.     Our latest Help content briefly covers the new Storage Spaces functionality:

    Storage Spaces in Windows 10.

    Cheers!

    Jason Gerend - Senior Content Developer for Storage Spaces
     
    Jason Gerend_MSFT, Jun 6, 2023
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  4. MIKEDOMBROWSKI
    MikeDombrowski Win User

    Storage Spaces - remove/add drive

    Storage Spaces Drive Removal Error

    Hello,

    I have been having issues with my storage space for the last 2 weeks. After getting some new drives and moving tons of data around I thought it had fixed the problem.

    Unfortunately it was not completely fixed and now I have a 2tb drive that is retired but cannot be removed. It says that not all data could be reallocated, but the storage space is a 2-way mirror, so it shouldn't matter.

    I tried removing it with powershell, but that failed too.

    I really need help, thanks for any suggestions.

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    MikeDombrowski, Jun 6, 2023
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