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Hi silk, my commiserations on having to deal with a borked recycle bin! You were close. The syntax of the ignore command is: dpcmd ignore-poolpart pooldriveletterwithcolon poolpartuid The syntax of the unignore command is: dpcmd unignore-poolpart poolpartpath For example, in your case above (assuming T is the letter of your pool drive - not your poolpart disk), to ignore that particular poolpart you would use: dpcmd ignore-poolpart T: 422717a2-17f9-4c2f-b66b-1227cf2442c0 While to reverse that, unignoring it, you could use: dpcmd unignore-poolpart \\?\Volume{c29fdf21-0f4b-41b9-9a1a-c540f54e1c28}\PoolPart.422717a2-17f9-4c2f-b66b-1227cf2442c0 (as for why DrivePool put the poolpart disk back into the pool after it was removed while missing, that's because when a missing disk is removed DrivePool can't make any changes to that disk to mark that poolpart as no longer in use - and normally the expected reason to Remove a Missing disk is because the disk is dead and won't be showing back up!)

Hi, if you've just created a pool by adding disks to it, any files that were already on those disks are not automatically moved into the pool.

New user of CloudDrive, was looking for documentation on the different storage providers. Specially on the limitations regarding OneDrive. Documentation at StableBit - The home of StableBit CloudDrive, StableBit DrivePool and the StableBit Scanner is empty, except for File Share, FTP and Local Storage?

Thanks for the reply. So, what would my options be? If not a USB enclosure, something else?

I am trying to remove a drive that won't remove, which Stablebit Scanner is telling me has no problems. After almost 5 days, I just want to remove it and I will manually move the files over to the pool but DrivePool will not let the drive go! Starting at the top: 1) Tried to remove the drive traditional method and got Error "The directory name is invalid". Looking at the service log, its Recycle bin somehow. A) I did chkdsk B ) Then the reset of the recycle bin (rd /s /q T:\$Recycle.bin), rebooted and that didn't work. C) Let Stablebit scanner force check it again D) Pulled the drive and tried to repair the problem on another PC. DrivePool will NOT remove the drive, same error over and over. If anyone has any ideas on this I'm totally game to try and fix this. Otherwise: 2) I shut the server down. Removed the offending hard drive physically. Rebooted. "Drive is missing" in DrivePool. Chose the remove options. Completed, shut down. Put the drive back, rebooted the server. The drive was re-added to the gosh darned pool! Why does DrivePool do this? It makes no sense, I personally told Drviepool to remove the drive? Anyway: 3) Found dpcmd ignore-poolpart command, yet cannot find any syntax examples. I have tried so many different arguments. Now I assigned it a drive letter and am using this command: LLMs are telling me should work but it does nothing. I am stuck. How the heck can I just remove this drive so I can dump it and replace it? Pool.Part is correct in the command argument. Windows non-mapped path is \\?\Volume{c29fdf21-0f4b-41b9-9a1a-c540f54e1c28}\PoolPart.422717a2-17f9-4c2f-b66b-1227cf2442c0 (tried this didn't work either). Help?

I have a 4 disk DP, Only one drive has files on, the other three have no files. DP shows no files

another note, is that the pool will maintain the NTFS permissions from the old install, too. If you used system specific accounts in the permissions (like "MyUser", "(name)", etc), then you may need to update/replace the permissions on the pool, once it's remounted.

the archive option when removing a disk should also do this. But yeah, simply moving the files out of the poolPart folders will work. Just note that the contents of the pool may be spread out all over the pool

If you create a free StableBit Cloud account you can link your installs/licences to it (in drivepool, look for the cloud icon to the top right of the app) and manage them from there (free allows managing up to eight devices).

It makes adjustments to your Balancing, it doesn't replace it. Its priority will depend on your settings and on how high it is positioned in the list of balancers.

Yes, you could just move your files out of the poolpart folders and then "Remove" the disks, that's correct. If you plan to reinstall DrivePool elsewhere, you should deactivate the license (either cog icon to top right -> Manage license, or cloud icon to top right -> Unlink) before uninstalling it.

It does seem suspicious that the problem affected the other drive only when you put it where the first one was placed, yes.

Hi, I want to delete my pool and then uninstall drivepool. How do I do this? Can I just move my files from the poolpart folders on the disks in my pool to outside of the poolpart folder? I assume then the pool should show as empty. When I then remove the disks this should be a quick operation since there is no data left in the pool. Is that correct? Is there a standard procedure for this? (I can't use "Remove Drive" with the data in the pool because then drivepool would try to move the data frpm the removed drive to another drive in the pool)

UPDATE: This server had two Samsung SSD. The 128gb OS drive that was throwing the occasional SMART warnings and a 256gb that I used as a landing drive. I never received any warnings on the 256gb drive. I pulled the 128gb drive with the issues and replaced it with the 256gb drive. After a couple days I started to get the same SMART warning for the 256gb drive. Could this indicate a problem with the cable or with the actual motherboard? Im going to swap cables for now and if the warning comes back Ill try plugging the drive into a different port on the motherboard.

Does Disk Space Equalizer make necessary adjustments to Balancing rules? Or does it replace it? I was not aware that I may have it and have not looked to see how to implement it/ Thanks

I have 3 licenses foe drivepool and I occasionally lose one by not deactivating or hardware failure and can't deactivate it. Is there a way I can view my licenses and deactiavte the lost one? Or do I always need to send a bothersome email and have someone there do it for me? Many thanks Bruce

Hi! While you should always have a backup of your data (#obligatoryITcomment), DrivePool will automatically recognise a pool plugged in from another machine; note that your pool will retain duplication settings but not performance and balancing/placement settings, so you may wish to record the latter first. If your old server's drivepool license is managed locally rather than through stablebit cloud then you should deactivate it before uninstalling drivepool so that you can reactivate the license on the new install without potentially needing to request support.

Quick question, I'm planning a full hardware upgrade to my 2017 home server. Pretty much the only things I'm keeping are the 2 18tb drives, the PSU and maybe the GPU. looking for the simplest and safest way to accomplish this. 1. Back up the server contents on another machine, then reload? 2. or can I just rebuild the machine without the HDD, load the software then restart with the HDD plugged in ? Thoughts?

Have you tried running a CHKDSK pass on the disks? Sometimes when they appear "RAW" this can work and recover the file system. However, it's kind of a long shot. Aside from that, it would be data recovery, most likely.

Some external enclosures do some funky things with the file system, that make it not portable.... however, this is very rare. In most cases, you shouldn't have any issues moving from SATA to USB. As for a specific enclosure, sorry, no. I .... actively avoid usb enclosures, personally.

I haven't used windows containers specifically, but have used Docker Desktop on Windows, and use volumes on the pool for storage, without any problems (using wsl2)

Did you succeed?

Hi, I've been using StableBit DrivePool for years, but I'll probably replace my Windows PC, and I'll have to rethink my system. Today, my motherboard has 6 SATA ports, where I have my 6 HDDs connected. My new PC will be a mini PC, with only USB-C ports (USB-C 4), and I won't be able to connect all 6 HDDs directly to the motherboard, as of today. So, I'm thinking of moving my HDs to an external enclosure, something like a DAS. I use these HDDs not just as backup, but to work with the files on a daily basis . Nothing too heavy, but I don't want to wait seconds to open a Word document, for example. Can you suggest an enclosure that supports USB-C 3+ with a good transfer rate and that would recognize my drives separately, so I could continue using DrivePool? I've been looking around, and I just can't find a reliable one. I always find reviews saying that the enclosure has damaged the drives and corrupted all the files inside. Thanks!

Hi all, I’ll try to keep it concise. I have two 12 TB NAS HDDs in an Orico 2-bay JBOD enclosure, used as a backup target for StableBit DrivePool. Backup was mostly automatic, and I only checked it occasionally (roughly once a month). Today I discovered that the two drives are not readable. MiniTool Partition Wizard reports the filesystem as OTHER. Here’s what I’ve tried so far: TestDisk 7.3-WIP – I attempted to recover the MBR/boot sector. Before running TestDisk: Backup boot sector: Status OK Sectors are not identical After using TestDisk to copy the backup boot sector over the main boot sector: Boot sector: Status OK Backup boot sector: Status OK Sectors are identical I also changed the partition type to NTFS using TestDisk. MiniTool Partition Wizard now shows the partition type as NTFS. Current behavior: Windows File Explorer assigns a drive letter, but the partition size is not recognized. I cannot browse or access any files. Quick scans in MiniTool Partition Wizard complete successfully with no errors. Other details: I have removed the drive from the Orico enclosure and am now using a different 1-bay enclosure. I initially thought the Orico enclosure might be the problem, but it isn’t. All files and the entire folder structure are visible via recovery software such as EaseUS Data Recovery Wizard. The drives were previously part of a StableBit DrivePool backup setup, so the data may be stored in PoolPart folder structures. The disks are visible in Disk Management, but still appear as unrecognized / RAW. When I try to quickscan using testdisk_win.exe it's stuck at 99% with looks like an extra cylinder count: I’m wondering if anyone has experience with restoring access to DrivePool backup disks that appear as NTFS but are unreadable, or suggestions on what I could try next to regain access to the files without losing data. Thanks in advance for any advice! TestDisk LOG: Tue Nov 4 11:56:36 2025 Command line: TestDisk TestDisk 7.3-WIP, Data Recovery Utility, September 2025 Christophe GRENIER <grenier@cgsecurity.org> https://www.cgsecurity.org OS: Windows 8 (9200) Compiler: GCC 12.4, Cygwin32 3003.3 ext2fs lib: 1.45.3, ntfs lib: available, reiserfs lib: none, ewf lib: 20140608, curses lib: ncurses 6.1 disk_get_size_win32 IOCTL_DISK_GET_LENGTH_INFO(\\.\PhysicalDrive0)=512110190592 disk_get_size_win32 IOCTL_DISK_GET_LENGTH_INFO(\\.\PhysicalDrive1)=512110190592 disk_get_size_win32 IOCTL_DISK_GET_LENGTH_INFO(\\.\PhysicalDrive2)=12000138624512 disk_get_size_win32 IOCTL_DISK_GET_LENGTH_INFO(\\.\C:)=511553044480 disk_get_size_win32 IOCTL_DISK_GET_LENGTH_INFO(\\.\D:)=512108789760 disk_get_size_win32 IOCTL_DISK_GET_LENGTH_INFO(\\.\F:)=12000136527872 Hard disk list Disk \\.\PhysicalDrive0 - 512 GB / 476 GiB - CHS 62260 255 63, sector size=512 - NVMe CL1-3D512-Q11 NVMe SSSTC 512GB, S/N:38F6_0156_30E8_16C0., FW:22321116 Disk \\.\PhysicalDrive1 - 512 GB / 476 GiB - CHS 62260 255 63, sector size=512 - NVMe BM9C1 Samsung 512GB, S/N:0025_3879_41B0_EF6D., FW:67430709 Disk \\.\PhysicalDrive2 - 12 TB / 10 TiB - CHS 1458933 255 63, sector size=512 - Seagate Expansion HDD, S/N:0000000000002HC0, FW:0003 Partition table type (auto): EFI GPT Disk \\.\PhysicalDrive2 - 12 TB / 10 TiB - Seagate Expansion HDD Partition table type: EFI GPT Interface Advanced hdr_size=92 hdr_lba_self=1 hdr_lba_alt=23437770751 (expected 23437770750) hdr_lba_start=34 hdr_lba_end=23437770718 hdr_lba_table=2 hdr_entries=128 hdr_entsz=128 check_part_gpt failed for partition 1 P MS Data 2048 23437768703 23437766656 [Basic data partition] 1 P MS Data 2048 23437768703 23437766656 [Basic data partition] gpt_change_part_type Change partition type: 1 P MS Data 2048 23437768703 23437766656 [Basic data partition] Change partition type: 1 P NTFS 2048 23437768703 23437766656 [Basic data partition] ntfs_boot_sector 1 P MS Data 2048 23437768703 23437766656 [Basic data partition] NTFS at 0/32/33 Info: size boot_sector 1962930145, partition 1962930176 filesystem size 4196945173078214977 23437766625 sectors_per_cluster 133 32 mft_lcn 160618196281190402 5780 mftmirr_lcn 13359365344649591654 1 clusters_per_mft_record 0 -10 clusters_per_index_record 102 -12 Boot sector Status: Bad Backup boot sector Status: OK Sectors are not identical. A valid NTFS Boot sector must be present in order to access any data; even if the partition is not bootable. copy backup boot sector over boot sector ntfs_boot_sector 1 P MS Data 2048 23437768703 23437766656 [Basic data partition] NTFS at 0/32/33 Info: size boot_sector 1962930145, partition 1962930176 NTFS at 0/32/33 Info: size boot_sector 1962930145, partition 1962930176 filesystem size 23437766625 sectors_per_cluster 32 mft_lcn 5780 mftmirr_lcn 1 clusters_per_mft_record -10 clusters_per_index_record -12 Boot sector Status: OK Backup boot sector Status: OK Sectors are identical. A valid NTFS Boot sector must be present in order to access any data; even if the partition is not bootable.

Fixed sized is good. Other than needing to fit on the underlying drives, it should be fine.