Storage Spaces feature on Windows 11/10, allows PC users to store two copies of their data, so if one of your drives fails, you still have an accessible copy of your data. Essentially, Storage Spaces help protect your data from drive failures and extend storage over time as you add drives to your PC as a data redundancy measure. In this post, we will show you how to change Storage Spaces in Storage Pool in Windows 11/10.
Change Storage Spaces in Storage Pool
You can change Storage Spaces in Storage Pool on Windows 11/10 via the Control Panel. The steps to do this are as follows:
- Press Windows key + R to invoke the Run dialog.
- In the Run dialog box, type control and hit Enter to open the Control Panel.
- From the top right corner of the window, set the View by option to Large icons or Small icons.
- Click Storage Spaces.
- Click the Change settings button, and click on Yes if prompted by UAC.
- Click the Change link for the storage space in the storage pool you want to make changes to.
- In the Change a storage space page, type the new name you want for this storage space.
- Next, select another available drive letter.
- Next, specify the new maximum storage space size
- Click the Change storage space button to apply changes.
- Exit Control Panel.
That’s it on the quick and easy way to change Storage Spaces in Storage Pool in Windows 11/10! I hope this helps.
Read: How to Add Drives to Storage Pool for Storage Spaces
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Yes, SSDs are faster than HDDs. SSD stands for Solid State Drive and HDD stands for Hard Disk Drive. Both of these hard drives are storage devices. HDDs have moving parts, whereas SSDs have no such moving parts. SSDs also have better data transfer speed than HDDs. Therefore, installing an operating system on an SSD results in better system performance.
How do I add more storage?
If you want to add more storage to your computer, you can do this in different ways. You can install different Cloud Storage Spaces on your system, like OneDrive, Google Drive, etc. If your motherboard has extra space for the installation of a hard drive, you can install a hard drive to extend storage on your system.
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