To create a striped volume
Using the Windows interface
1. | Open Computer Management (Local) |
2. | In the console tree, click Disk Management. Where? Computer Management (Local) > Storage > Disk Management |
3. | Right-click unallocated space on one of the dynamic disks on which you want to create the striped volume, and then click New Volume. |
4. | In the New Volume Wizard, click Next, click Striped, and then follow the instructions on your screen. |
Note
| • | To open Computer Management, click Start, and then click Control Panel. Click Performance and Maintenance, click Administrative Tools, and then double-click Computer Management. |
| • | You must be logged on as an administrator or a member of the Administrators group in order to complete this procedure. If your computer is connected to a network, network policy settings may also prevent you from completing this procedure. |
| • | You need at least two dynamic disks to create a striped volume. You can create a striped volume onto a maximum of 32 disks. |
| • | Striped volumes are not fault tolerant and cannot be extended or mirrored. |
Using a command line
1. | Open Command Prompt |
2. | Type: diskpart |
3. | At the DISKPART prompt, type: list disk Make note of the disk number of the disk on which you want to create a striped volume. |
4. | At the DISKPART prompt, type: create volume stripe [size=n] [disk=n[,[n,]] |
| Value | Description |
list disk | Displays a list of disks and information about them, such as their size, amount of available free space, whether the disk is a basic or dynamic disk, and whether the disk uses the master boot record (MBR) or GUID partition table (GPT) partition style. The disk marked with an asterisk (*) has focus. |
create volume stripe | Creates a striped volume on the specified disks. After you create the volume, the focus automatically shifts to the new volume. |
size=n | The amount of disk space, in megabytes (MB), that the volume will occupy on each disk. If no size is given, the new volume takes up the remaining free space on the smallest disk and an equal amount of space on each subsequent disk. |
disk=n | The dynamic disks on which to create the volume. An amount of space equal to size=n is allocated on each disk. |
Note
| • | To open command prompt, click Start, point to All Programs, point to Accessories, and then click Command Prompt. |
| • | You must be logged on as an administrator or a member of the Administrators group in order to complete this procedure. If your computer is connected to a network, network policy settings may also prevent you from completing this procedure. |
| • | You need at least two dynamic disks to create a striped volume. You can create a striped volume onto a maximum of 32 disks. |
| • | Striped volumes are not fault tolerant and cannot be extended or mirrored. |
| • | For more information about DiskPart, see Related Topics. |
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