Subj : Re: Only Partition Magic can shrink partitions? To : Geo. From : John Beckett Date : Tue Mar 27 2001 12:59 am From: FirstnameSurname@compuserve.com (John Beckett) After my troubles today (sound cards/network cards on 2-year old PCs with NT4), I am not sure of my name.... However, yes, I am sure! If you create a partition/volume on a drive in W2k, you won't see an option to mirror or RAID-5 unless you have suitable space on dynamic disks. John "Geo." wrote in message news:<3abfdbea@w3.nls.net>: > > However, you can't use W2k to create mirrored or RAID-5 drives unless you > > first upgrade the drives concerned to dynamic disks. > > Are you sure? I'm pretty sure I used W2K (not NT4) as a second install so > that I could mirror my main disk volumes in my initial attempts to move my > home machine to new hardware. > > Geo. --- BBBS/NT v4.00 MP * Origin: Barktopia Gating Project http://HarborWebs.com:8081 (1:379/45) .