Lab Objective:
Learn how to partition a hard drive in Windows.
Lab Purpose:
Partitioning your hard drive is a great way to organize your files, folders, and applications into multiple virtual drives.
Lab Tool:
Windows 10 Pro
Lab Topology:
Use a single PC. Note that if you use a virtual machine, you may not always be able to see some the same options.
Lab Walkthrough:
Task 1:
Add a second hard drive in either VirtualBox or VMware. Here is mine in VirtualBox. There are a number of ‘how to videos’ on this on YouTube.
Task 2:
Type ‘storage spaces’ into the search bar and click on the result.
Then click on ‘Create a new pool and storage space’.
If you see a notification, click on ‘Yes’.
Task 3:
Click on ‘Create Pool’.
Check the available options but note that we only have two hard drives so many will not be available to us.
Task 4:
Choose ‘Parity’ and select the maximum size.
You have created a Simple Resiliency.
Notes:
Add more virtual hard disks for more options.
