Combine multiple physical drives as a single mount point in Windows 7

Combine multiple physical drives as a single mount point in Windows 7 Is there any support in Windows 7 - or through third-party software - to easily combine multiple physical drives into a single, large virtual drive?
Asked by: Guest \| Views: 239

Total answers/comments: 1

Comments display order:

Guest [Entry]

"I think you are speaking of RAID. And yes, it is possible in Windows 7.

You can do anything from software RAID (screenshots via link) to a hardware raid setup, depending on your system.

You are right, specifying where a file or type will be located on a RAID array is counter intuitive, thats why you would specify separate disks anyway.

If you set up RAID, you can do disk ""spanning"" which will simply merge the disks onto a single mount point. This is actually less reliable that just having the disk attached because if one disk goes you lose all of your data. RAID can also be set up to be mirrored or striped which not only makes it more reliable in case of disk loss, but in most cases will speed up your disks."