How to Create a Simple Dynamic and Striped Volume

Dynamic Volume:

A simple dynamic volume contains space on a single disk. Although similar to a primary basic volume, there are no limits to how many simple volumes you can create on a single disk.

Steps :

1. In Disk Management, right-click unallocated space desire to create the simple volume, and
                then select New Volume.

2. On the New Volume Wizard click Next.

3. On Select Volume page, click Simple and then click Next.

4. On Select Disks page, enter the desired size in MB and then click Next.

5. On Assign A Drive Letter Or Path page, select a drive letter or enter a path for a mounted
                volume, and then click Next.

6. On Format Volume page, select the file system and enter a volume label and Click Next.

7. Click Finish to create the volume.

 Striped Dynamic Volume

Striped volumes can contain from 2 to 32 disks. Data is written to and read from multiple disks   
simultaneously, increasing disk performance. Data is written (striped) in 64 KB blocks. Striped volumes do not provide any fault tolerance. If one or more of the disks in a striped volume fails, all data on the entire volume is lost. Striped volumes are also known as RAID 0.

Steps:

1. In Disk Management, right-click desire unallocated space and then select New Volume.

2. On the New Volume Wizard page, click Next.

3. Click Striped, then click Next. (note that there is multiple dynamic disks with unallocated
                space for Striped to be an option).

4. Select the disks to be included in the striped volume. Adjust the size of the striped volume
                accordingly, and then click Next.

5. Select a drive letter or enter a path for a mounted volume, and then click Next.

6. Select the file system and enter a volume label. Click Next.

7. Click Finish to create the volume.

Note the amount of disk space that is consumed on each disk in the striped volume must be equal. The disk with the smallest amount of available space limits the maximum amount of space available on a striped volume.