Storage pool

Question

I need help. I'm not sure how does the storage pool works. Will my external drive be formatted? Will I lose everything in it?

When I connect my hard drives this is what it shows:

FORMATTED DRIVES

-The following drives might contain files. If you use a formatted drive with a storage pool, Windows permanently deletes all the files on that drive.  You can't recover the files by using the Recycle Bin.

Answer 1

Hello,

Storage Spaces is a technology in Windows and Windows Server that can help protect your data from drive failures. It is conceptually similar to RAID, implemented in software. You can use Storage Spaces to group three or more drives together into a storage pool and then use capacity from that pool to create Storage Spaces. These typically store extra copies of your data so if one of your drives fails, you still have an intact copy of your data. If you run low on capacity, just add more drives to the storage pool.

In setting up a storage space, it's recommended that you use a hard drive that doesn't contain important files as the drive will be formatted to mirror the host drive.

For more information regarding Storage Spaces, read this FAQ page.

Hope the information I provided helps.

Answer 2

Thank you so much.