XPsp2 "Add Mirror" grayed out

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I just built a new system, installed XP Pro then added sp2.

I have 2 74 GB drives and I put everything on the C drive.

When I right click on C(it's a Dynamic Disk), the Add Mirror
is grayed out.

I have tried the other drive as:
1) Dynamic and basic
2) Unallocated
3) Allocated, but, not formatted

What can I look for?

Wouldn't it be nice to be able to right click on
a disallowed option and get a reason!!!!!

thanks,

 

[Guest]

As far as I know, you can only create a mirror on Server (NT4, Win2000,
Win2003) versions of windows, not on workstations. And I think that there is
an additional limitation on creating a mirror for the system or boot drive.
The same probably applies to other fault-tolerant RAID sets.

There used to be tricks in NT4 Workstation to get it to create fault-tolerant
volumes, but those probably don't work with WinXP (which doesn't support the
same types as NT4).

|I just built a new system, installed XP Pro then added sp2.
|
|I have 2 74 GB drives and I put everything on the C drive.
|
|When I right click on C(it's a Dynamic Disk), the Add Mirror
|is grayed out.
|
|I have tried the other drive as:
|1) Dynamic and basic
|2) Unallocated
|3) Allocated, but, not formatted
|
|What can I look for?
|
|Wouldn't it be nice to be able to right click on
|a disallowed option and get a reason!!!!!
|
|thanks,
|
|