My primary purpose for using DrivePool is backup. Being able to grow is also nice, but secondary.
I have a D drive and there are a number of installed applications that rely on it being "D".
I know that when creating a new drivePool it will typically create a new letter. I am looking for a procedure that will allow me to end up with a D drivePool. I thought of the following, but I would like confirmation that it would work:
1) I install two new drives, O and P.
2) In Windows Disk Management I rename D as Q. Now there is no D. I reboot just to be safe.
3) I create a drivePool based on O and P, with backup/mirror turned on. I *HOPE* the drivePool will get the first free drive letter, which is D. Can someone confirm this?
4) I move all the files from Q to the new drivePool D. Then remove Q (the old D drive).
So... if the above is valid I should end up with a pool D based on O and P. I have not tried it yet, because I can't risk losing my data.
Would this work? Is there another way to achieve it? Or am I just dreaming?
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Note: I asked this already as a followup to a support ticket a couple days ago. But it wasn't as clear and I didn't see a way to edit it. This is an attempt to be clearer.
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bmelloni
Hello,
My primary purpose for using DrivePool is backup. Being able to grow is also nice, but secondary.
I have a D drive and there are a number of installed applications that rely on it being "D".
I know that when creating a new drivePool it will typically create a new letter. I am looking for a procedure that will allow me to end up with a D drivePool. I thought of the following, but I would like confirmation that it would work:
1) I install two new drives, O and P.
2) In Windows Disk Management I rename D as Q. Now there is no D. I reboot just to be safe.
3) I create a drivePool based on O and P, with backup/mirror turned on. I *HOPE* the drivePool will get the first free drive letter, which is D. Can someone confirm this?
4) I move all the files from Q to the new drivePool D. Then remove Q (the old D drive).
So... if the above is valid I should end up with a pool D based on O and P. I have not tried it yet, because I can't risk losing my data.
Would this work? Is there another way to achieve it? Or am I just dreaming?
---
Note: I asked this already as a followup to a support ticket a couple days ago. But it wasn't as clear and I didn't see a way to edit it. This is an attempt to be clearer.
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