Turning 2 drives to one..

quail · 03-31-04, 08:09 PM

I have two storage drives on my comp, C and D. C has 12 gigs and D has 55 gigs. Im wondering if there is a way to combind them together, so that the C drive has 77 gigs. Any help?

quail · 03-31-04, 10:33 PM

anyone heard of this?

mookbuster · 03-31-04, 10:41 PM

I've never heard of anything like that, but you never know. I think if they were similar sizes you could have done a RAID 0 using the XP software RAID.

Edit: I just realized you mentioned C drive. And there is no way to make software raid bootable. So I doubt there's anyway you can do what you want to.

shadowdr · 03-31-04, 10:41 PM

Thats called Jbod(just a bunch of disks).Many controller cards have this ability.Just look for one that supports it.

mookbuster · 03-31-04, 10:44 PM

And it's bootable? That's cool, good to know.

bchur83 · 03-31-04, 10:52 PM

Are you sure it is 2 drives, or is it just a second partition of a single 80GB hard drive? If it is just a partiton, you can use partition magic to merge the two partitions.

shadowdr · 03-31-04, 11:03 PM

As far as i know it is.I have never tried JBOD.
You will get better performance using the two disks seperately

mookbuster · 03-31-04, 11:06 PM

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Originally posted by bchur83
Are you sure it is 2 drives, or is it just a second partition of a single 80GB hard drive? If it is just a partiton, you can use partition magic to merge the two partitions.

Good call. I can see how a 60GB might format to 55GB, but did they ever make a 12GB drive? I missed that tidbit completely.

Also, I thought of another thing, you wouldn't want a 12Gig working as one with a 55Gig simply because that 12 gig has to be ancient and it would really slow down your system. Would be like ATA 66 or 33.

bchur83 · 03-31-04, 11:17 PM

They do/did make 12GB hard drives, but I am thinking that it is just a partitioned 80GB.

FireMogle · 04-01-04, 08:37 PM

I dont think the convience would be worth the performance drop that you will see.

03-31-04, 08:09 PM	Thread Starter #1
quail Member Join Date: Oct 2003 Location: Eville, MI	Turning 2 drives to one.. I have two storage drives on my comp, C and D. C has 12 gigs and D has 55 gigs. Im wondering if there is a way to combind them together, so that the C drive has 77 gigs. Any help?
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03-31-04, 10:33 PM	Thread Starter #2
quail Member Join Date: Oct 2003 Location: Eville, MI	anyone heard of this?
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03-31-04, 10:41 PM	#3
mookbuster Registered Join Date: Feb 2004 Location: Tampa Bay, FL	I've never heard of anything like that, but you never know. I think if they were similar sizes you could have done a RAID 0 using the XP software RAID. Edit: I just realized you mentioned C drive. And there is no way to make software raid bootable. So I doubt there's anyway you can do what you want to.
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shadowdr Senior Member Join Date: Jan 2001 Location: nashville, tennesse U.S.A.	Thats called Jbod(just a bunch of disks).Many controller cards have this ability.Just look for one that supports it. __________________ Asus M4A89TD Pro USB3 AMD Phenom II x4 975BE @4.1 2x2 gig Patriot 2x4 gig Ripjaws@ 8-8-8-24 2x 128 Crucial M4 SSD for OS and one for Programs 2x 640 WD Blacks for storage Rosewill Blackhawk case and Antec 750 New PS Corsair H100I cooling Asus Aluminum 6950 JVC 32 inch LCD TV Windows 7 Pro X64 Heat
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mookbuster Registered Join Date: Feb 2004 Location: Tampa Bay, FL	And it's bootable? That's cool, good to know.
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shadowdr Senior Member Join Date: Jan 2001 Location: nashville, tennesse U.S.A.	As far as i know it is.I have never tried JBOD. You will get better performance using the two disks seperately __________________ Asus M4A89TD Pro USB3 AMD Phenom II x4 975BE @4.1 2x2 gig Patriot 2x4 gig Ripjaws@ 8-8-8-24 2x 128 Crucial M4 SSD for OS and one for Programs 2x 640 WD Blacks for storage Rosewill Blackhawk case and Antec 750 New PS Corsair H100I cooling Asus Aluminum 6950 JVC 32 inch LCD TV Windows 7 Pro X64 Heat
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bchur83 Member Join Date: Jan 2003 Location: Land of 10,000 Lakes	They do/did make 12GB hard drives, but I am thinking that it is just a partitioned 80GB. __________________ Main Rig: Asus P8Z68 Pro Gen3 * Core i7 2600K @ 4.4Ghz * 8GB (2x 4GB) Mushkin Blackline PC3-1600 * GeForce GTX 560TI 448 1280MB * 6TB Storage * LG BD/RW * Lian-Li PC-V2000B * Dell 24" 2407FPW & Asus 24" VS248H Backup Rig: Gigabyte EP45-UD3P * C2Q Q9400 @ 3.2Ghz * 4GB (2x 2GB) G-Skill PC2-8000 * Sapphire Radeon 4870 512MB * 320GB Storage * Samsung SH-S203N DVD+/-RW * Apex Full Tower Case * 2x Dell 19" LCD HTPC: Abit IP35PRO * C2D E6600 @ Stock * 2GB G-Skill PC6400 * Geforce 8600GT 256MB * 640GB Storage * Lite On 16x DVD-ROM * 55" Samsung 1080p 3D LED LCD via HDMI Media Server: DFI Lanparty UT NF4 Ultra-D * A64 3800+ X2 * 1GB PC3200 * Powercolor X800XL * 14TB Storage * Lite On 16x DVD-RW Heatware
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