Merging HD's in W7

audiobliss
audiobliss Posts: 12,518
edited June 2010 in The Clubhouse
I have two 250GB Seagates in my computer, as well as a 1TB Samsung Spinpoint F3. I use one 250GB for my OS and programs, and the 1TB for everything else. Didn't even bother formatting the other 250GB, though it's still connected. Well, I just checked, and I only have 24GB left free on my 250GB HD. I'm thinking this isn't so good.

Is there a way I can "merge" my two 250GB HD's into one? Create one logical drive from the two physical drives? And preferably from within W7? I know W7 has some pretty useful partition management options.

And if I indeed can do something like this, is it advisable? I know that it's bad to have a HD almost maxed out - which is where I'm at at the moment. So if I merge these two, would it behoove me somehow to 'unload' my current 250GB a bit onto the other one? And if so, how?

I'd really really appreciate any input you could give on the matter!

Thanks!!
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  • Sami
    Sami Posts: 4,634
    edited June 2010
    Right click on 'Computer' and select 'Manage'. Go into 'Storage->Disk Management'. From the extra 250GB create a 'spanned volume'.
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  • audiobliss
    audiobliss Posts: 12,518
    edited June 2010
    Sami, I hope you know you're awesome!!

    It seems as though you can't make a spanned volume with your boot hard drive, though. :(

    Guess I'll have to think of another solution.
    George Grand wrote: »
    Jstas wrote: »
    Simple question. If you had a cool million bucks, what would you do with it?
    Wonder WTF happened to the rest of my money.
    In Use
    PS3, Yamaha CDR-HD1300, Plex, Amazon Fire TV Gen 2
    Pioneer Elite VSX-52, Parasound HCA-1000A
    Klipsch RF-82ii, RC-62ii, RS-42ii, RW-10d
    Epson 8700UB
    In Storage
    [Home Audio]
    Rotel RCD-02, Yamaha KX-W900U, Sony ST-S500ES, Denon DP-7F
    Pro-Ject Phono Box MKII, Parasound P/HP-850, ASL Wave 20 monoblocks
    Klipsch RF-35, RB-51ii
    [Car Audio]
    Pioneer Premier DEH-P860MP, Memphis 16-MCA3004, Boston Acoustic RC520
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  • Sami
    Sami Posts: 4,634
    edited June 2010
    Try this: http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/cc753321.aspx
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  • audiobliss
    audiobliss Posts: 12,518
    edited June 2010
    Thanks for the info. The reason I was wanting to do this is because my Steam folder is nearing 200GB, if it's not there already. I ended up just keeping the two drives as separate, but moved my Steam folder to the other HD. Should work for a while at least.

    Thanks again!
    George Grand wrote: »
    Jstas wrote: »
    Simple question. If you had a cool million bucks, what would you do with it?
    Wonder WTF happened to the rest of my money.
    In Use
    PS3, Yamaha CDR-HD1300, Plex, Amazon Fire TV Gen 2
    Pioneer Elite VSX-52, Parasound HCA-1000A
    Klipsch RF-82ii, RC-62ii, RS-42ii, RW-10d
    Epson 8700UB
    In Storage
    [Home Audio]
    Rotel RCD-02, Yamaha KX-W900U, Sony ST-S500ES, Denon DP-7F
    Pro-Ject Phono Box MKII, Parasound P/HP-850, ASL Wave 20 monoblocks
    Klipsch RF-35, RB-51ii
    [Car Audio]
    Pioneer Premier DEH-P860MP, Memphis 16-MCA3004, Boston Acoustic RC520
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