How do I add a hard drive so the system will see only one drive?

Question

I would like to install a second hard drive and have the system look at both drives as one big drive. Is this possible and if so, how? Thanks
Dell GX260 running Win XP Pro.

Answer 1

Possible under a RAID 0 setup but risky without the proper back up. Better just buy one of the big hard drives.
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Answer 2

Dynamic disks are supported from Windows 2000 onwards. See the link below for an overview. Basically, a dynamic disk has no relation to the partitions or physical disks. You have only one drive letter to worry about.

Yes, RAID works but it may often be overkill. If all you do is storing data/music/videos, the increased throughput of RAID 0 may be overkill, and other forms of RAID (mirrored) may be unnecessary for data that seldom changes.

Answer 3

You are talking about a RAID 0 set-up. SATA drives are really easy to set-up this way. Their drivers typically come with a RAID Controller and a wizard to set it up.

Here's a great link to a RAID explanation and a beginners guide to set one up: http://www.pcstats.com/articleview.cfm?articleID=830

It really is easy.

Answer 4

This is not possible, it will always add a new drive letter.

You would have to go RAID, but I doubt your motherboard has that feature.

Answer 5

You will have to format both drives and set up a RAID array.

Answer 6

Right click my computer and select manage
then select disk configuration (I think that is the name)
then take the drive that is now 'free space' and make it an extended partition of your c:\ drive.

Answer 7

I guess my first question would be why? If it's completely necessary your looking at RAID.

Answer 8

Set it up as RAID.

Answer 9

i dont think u can