Solved Can't add drive to Storage Space

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Arun985

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I'm creating a new Storage Space with two internal drives, a Toshiba 2TB and a Toshiba 3TB. The 2TB drive was successfully added to the storage space. However, adding the 3TB drive results in the following error:

"Can't add drives. Check the drive connectionis and then try again. Incorrect function. (0x00000001)"

Does Storage Space have a known issue with 3TB drives? I ask because I've run into this problem with Windows Server Backup in Windows Server 2008. I thought Microsoft would have rectified this issue with their latest OS release...

Any help / advice will be appreciated.
 

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I've seen similar reports, but the issues were caused by the disk controller. The drives had the same Unique ID, and that's what had Storage Spaces confused.

Check it in PowerShell and post results:
Code: 
Get-PhysicalDisk | ft FriendlyName, UniqueId -auto
 

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  • OS
    Windows 8 Pro x64
    Computer type
    Laptop
    System Manufacturer/Model
    HP Pavilion dv7t (17.3'', i7-2630QM, HD 6770M 1Gb, 8Gb RAM, 2 SSD@120Gb + 1 HDD@750Gb)
Following is the output from the powershell command:

FriendlyName Unique ID
___________ _________
PhysicalDisk0 50014EE25D814916
PhysicalDisk2 5000C50045516214
PhysicalDisk3 5000039FF4C40B1C
TOSHIBA DT01ACA200 5000039FF3C914B6

The Toshiba drive is the only drive in my current storage space. PhysicalDisk3 is the 2nd drive I'm trying to add to it and, as you can see, both drives have different unique ID's. What else could be causing this issue? Should I replace the drive with another 2TB drive?
 
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Make sure both drives were partitioned using the GPT partitioning scheme - it's required for the 3TB drive to have a partition larger than 2TB (and Windows would have defaulted to doing so when presenting the option to partition/format it when first attached), but it's *not* required for the 2TB drive and Windows may have defaulted to MBR partitioning for it. It's technically possible to mix and match such drives in storage spaces, but I find in my experience that doing so can cause issues (especially in a mirror configuration). Just a suggestion to make sure both drives are GPT partitioned before continuing to avoid any issues there.
 

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Thanks for the suggestion, cluberti. However, the drive in question (3TB) is partitioned using the GPT partitioning scheme.
 

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And the 2TB drive?
 

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    PC/Desktop
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    CPU
    Intel Core i7 4790K @ 4.5GHz
    Motherboard
    Asus Maximus Hero VII
    Memory
    32GB DDR3
    Graphics Card(s)
    Nvidia GeForce GTX970
    Sound Card
    Realtek HD Audio
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    1x Samsung 250GB SSD
    4x WD RE 2TB (RAIDZ)
    PSU
    Corsair AX760i
    Case
    Fractal Design Define R4
    Cooling
    Noctua NH-D15
As a side note, even if you manage to add 3TB, you'll have just 4TB of space. The way it works is: (the size of the smallest drive) multiplied by (the number of drives). Here's a good blog post highlighting SS shortcomings.

So it's a good idea to consider advantages of losing 1TB :)
 

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System One

  • OS
    Windows 8 Pro x64
    Computer type
    Laptop
    System Manufacturer/Model
    HP Pavilion dv7t (17.3'', i7-2630QM, HD 6770M 1Gb, 8Gb RAM, 2 SSD@120Gb + 1 HDD@750Gb)
Thanks for the info, Vadikan. I replaced the 3TB drive with a 2TB drive and was able to successfully create a new storage space that includes both drives.
 

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I have the same issue. I have the OS on a small 160GB HD on the motherboard controller and a 2TB drive on a StarTech 2 Port PCI Express Internal SATA II Controller Card. The drive works fine when it's not in a pool, but as soon as I add it to a pool I get the error reportable above and the drive becomes unformatted.

I must add that natively, the motherboard only supports 500GB drives (thats why I bought the controller card)


Help is needed please.
 

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  • OS
    Windows 8 64-Bit
Hi there
Another way - especially if you have smaller drives but want to create large storage spaces is to use SPANNED Drives.

Convert the relevant volumes first to DYNAMIC disks and then simply span the volumes together -- Windows will then see each set of spanned volumes as a SINGLE volume -- so if you have 4 X 500GB drives that you want to Span windows will show these as 1 X 2TB.

In the administrative tools ==> disk management you'll see disk 1, 2, 3 with the same VOLUME letter.

The only drawback is that if one fails then you lose all the data but if you backup regularly should not be a problem -- when backing up spanned volumes do it by Directories (folders) rather than try and back the whole kybosh up.

I use spanned volumes a lot on my older computers as I have some large multi-media files and I need some directories / Databases to be larger than a single 500 GB volume.

Incidentally as the 500GB drives are so cheap these days I reckon this is a good cheap way for implementing HUGE DB's -- if used basically for DATA like audio / photos etc. you don't need expensive HDD's -- don't use this method though for things like page files, and things like photoshop scratch files --you need FAST disks for this stuff (SSD's for instance).

Cheers
jimbo
 

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jimbo45 said:
Hi there
Another way - especially if you have smaller drives but want to create large storage spaces is to use SPANNED Drives.

Convert the relevant volumes first to DYNAMIC disks and then simply span the volumes together -- Windows will then see each set of spanned volumes as a SINGLE volume -- so if you have 4 X 500GB drives that you want to Span windows will show these as 1 X 2TB.

In the administrative tools ==> disk management you'll see disk 1, 2, 3 with the same VOLUME letter.

The only drawback is that if one fails then you lose all the data but if you backup regularly should not be a problem -- when backing up spanned volumes do it by Directories (folders) rather than try and back the whole kybosh up.

I use spanned volumes a lot on my older computers as I have some large multi-media files and I need some directories / Databases to be larger than a single 500 GB volume.

Incidentally as the 500GB drives are so cheap these days I reckon this is a good cheap way for implementing HUGE DB's -- if used basically for DATA like audio / photos etc. you don't need expensive HDD's -- don't use this method though for things like page files, and things like photoshop scratch files --you need FAST disks for this stuff (SSD's for instance).

Cheers
jimbo
Click to expand...

I'm after using the new product 'storage spaces' which is a new tech that replaces disk management for many functions, not storage spaces as a generic term. Thanks though.
 

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System One

  • OS
    Windows 8 64-Bit
After email ping pong for about 2 weeks with the tech department I've finally got them to admit that their card does not fully support Windows 8 and storage spaces even though it's advertised as doing so.

"It is possible that our card does not to support this feature."
 

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System One

  • OS
    Windows 8 64-Bit
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