[Pc_Support] Windows qns: dynamic disks reimage, dynamic software RAID?

[Bryan J. Smith]

On Tue, 2005-12-06 at 07:57 -0500, Damien McKenna wrote:
> I've got two quick Windows (XP) questions for the experts:
> * Is it possible to create a dynamic disc on a clean drive then copy an 
> existing partition onto it?

Er, maybe.  If the geometry matches, you might be able to use dd in
Linux to do such.  Linux kernels can read LDM Disk Labels.

Otherwise, a 3rd party disk manager might be able to.

It gets interesting because LDM disk labels store extra info outside the
partition.

> * Is it possible to add mirroring to an existing drive or does it have 
> to be set up when the drive is first partitioned?

I think if it's already a LDM Disk Label, you can create a mirror set
from a standalone partition.  Don't quote me.


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