Extend Partition with another Hard Disk Drive

[alcatraz99]

Hi, everyone! I have a Partition labelled Z and I use it specifically for games (Steam). It is 750 GB and I feel that I require some extra space. Without formatting my PC, can I extend an already existing partition with another HDD (A new one) and use it as unallocated space to extend the existing partition? Can I do that?

 

[USAFRet]

Extending a partition across physical drives? No.

Just designate that new drive as another install location for Steam games. You can have more than one.

 

[Someone Somewhere]

Not that I know of., at least not without deleting all the content in Z and building a software RAID.

Just create a single partition on your new drive and put some games on it and leave the existing ones on the old partition.

 

[alcatraz99]

Extending a partition across physical drives? No.

Just designate that new drive as another install location for Steam games. You can have more than one.

So, will there be any problem with steam while accessing two different hard drives (an existing partition of a hard disk (obviously) and the new hard disk)? I will use the HDD ONLY for Steam Games

 

[ronintexas]

If you have Windows 8.1 - there is the storage spaces option.

 

[alcatraz99]

If you have Windows 8.1 - there is the storage spaces option.

Yes I have Windows 8.1 but is it fine to combine multiple HDDs to one combined storage pool. I mean to say, that this is a new feature. Are there any chances of it not working as expected and corrupting my data? And do I have to Format my data on the partition prior to this?

 

[ronintexas]

Prior to making any changes - I would backup the data just to be safe. According to Microsoft, it pools the data across multiple drives....more information here: http://windows.microsoft.com/en-us/windows-8/storage-spaces-pools

 

[USAFRet]

Extending a partition across physical drives? No.

Just designate that new drive as another install location for Steam games. You can have more than one.

So, will there be any problem with steam while accessing two different hard drives (an existing partition of a hard disk (obviously) and the new hard disk)? I will use the HDD ONLY for Steam Games

No problem whatsoever. I have 4 locations, spread across 3 drives.

 

[Witt]

Extending a partition across physical drives? No.

Just designate that new drive as another install location for Steam games. You can have more than one.

So, will there be any problem with steam while accessing two different hard drives (an existing partition of a hard disk (obviously) and the new hard disk)? I will use the HDD ONLY for Steam Games

No problem whatsoever. I have 4 locations, spread across 3 drives.

Yup. When you install Game X and it asks you where to put it. The drop down box will contain the old 750 GB drive as the default selection. But you can open the drop box, and select a new Drive/Folder.

Give it a try, it will work fine for ya.

 

[alcatraz99]

Extending a partition across physical drives? No.

Just designate that new drive as another install location for Steam games. You can have more than one.

So, will there be any problem with steam while accessing two different hard drives (an existing partition of a hard disk (obviously) and the new hard disk)? I will use the HDD ONLY for Steam Games

No problem whatsoever. I have 4 locations, spread across 3 drives.

Thanks for the help Witt! 😀

 

[alcatraz99]

Not that I know of., at least not without deleting all the content in Z and building a software RAID.

Just create a single partition on your new drive and put some games on it and leave the existing ones on the old partition.

Thanks for trying to help me out! 😉

 

[alcatraz99]

Prior to making any changes - I would backup the data just to be safe. According to Microsoft, it pools the data across multiple drives....more information here: http://windows.microsoft.com/en-us/windows-8/storage-spaces-pools

Thanks for trying to help me too! 😉

 

[alcatraz99]

Extending a partition across physical drives? No.

Just designate that new drive as another install location for Steam games. You can have more than one.

So, will there be any problem with steam while accessing two different hard drives (an existing partition of a hard disk (obviously) and the new hard disk)? I will use the HDD ONLY for Steam Games

No problem whatsoever. I have 4 locations, spread across 3 drives.

Sir, you are awesome! Thanks for helping me, man! 😀