Hi,
I have 2 x 750GB HDD's running Windows 7 x64. One of the HDD's contains data the other is blank.
Do I have to format the drive with data on it to convert both drives to being a Dynamic Disk? I don't have a backup drive to move the data to whilst I create a Dynamic Disk so hopefully the answer is no?
Thanks
Why are you trying to convert them to dynamic disks? Are you trying to create a software RAID array? If so, yes, you'll need to move the data off the drive. Conventional wisdom says if you don't have a way of backing it up, the data isn't that important to you....so this would be a good time to invest in an external drive.
If the answer is yes to the software array, don't bother....nothing to gain.
Do you want to to apply
Striping or Spanning or Mirroring on these two identical dynamic hard disks?
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