xa0s
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Is there anyway to plug an external HDD into my server and have the space 'added on' to my original HDD?
I'm not sure how to explain it really. I have a certain folder with tons of DVD and Blu-ray rips, and it's nearly full (1tB). I'd like to add a external HDD but use the same folder.
Is there anyway to do this? If not, is there anything even remotely similar I can do? I really don't want just another drive to appear and so on. 
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xa0s
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Just had an idea. Would it be possible to make a folder, and when you open that folder the files from both two different locations appear? Is there a Windows application that allows this at all?
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Balling
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I don't know of any way to do this. As far as I know, it's not possible.
Why do you have more than 1tb of movies, though?
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xa0s
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What kind of question is that?
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Leighton
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when you say server, are you running a server OS ?
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PaulW
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If your using Linux, you can use LVM2 to create an expandable filesystem
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xa0s
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quote:
Originally posted by Leighton
when you say server, are you running a server OS ?
No, just a Windows box in the loft to store everything on. It's also used as a web server too.
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PaulW
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then no. the only way to have it in a folder is go into drive management and then tell it to mount into a folder.
You can't make it extend an existing partition
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John
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There's a way in windows to map folders across different drives, would work in the way you want it.
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Doug
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Can you not just get another 1TB drive and raid them?
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PaulW
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quote:
Originally posted by John
There's a way in windows to map folders across different drives, would work in the way you want it.
from how I read the original post, he wants to span a single folder/partition map over multiple drives. As he said "use the same folder"
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PaulW
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Originally posted by Doug
Can you not just get another 1TB drive and raid them?
where will he put the existing data though for when he sets up the raid...
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oceansoul
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i might be wrong here. but cant you just create a new folder and put shortcuts to your movies in that folder. then you can start filling up your external hard drive, and have a shortcut in your new folder (with shortcuts to the films on your original 1tb drive) to them movies.
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xa0s
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quote:
Originally posted by John
There's a way in windows to map folders across different drives, would work in the way you want it.
Sounds good. Any more info?
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PaulW
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quote:
Originally posted by xa0s
quote:
Originally posted by John
There's a way in windows to map folders across different drives, would work in the way you want it.
Sounds good. Any more info?
You won't be able to extend a single folder though, just create the new drive as a folder inside another...
http://www.mydigitallife.info/2008/02/19/how-to-mount-and-access-new-partition-volume-or-drive-as-folder-path-in-windows/
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Dom
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If you had Windows Server you could use software raid and span across multiple drives (so it'd show up as a single drive) - although i think you'd need to store the data somewhere whilst creating the raid, plus if one dies it takes the whole lot with it.
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xa0s
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Alright, so if I buy 2-4 1tB external USB HDD's, can I plug them all in and map them to:
C:\DVDs\Comedy
C:\DVDs\Horror
C:\DVDs\Action
For this media streaming program I have, they all have to be in the same folder...
Is that possible?
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PaulW
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Yes that is possible
1 drive assigned to each folder
[Edited on 29-03-2009 by PaulW]
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James_DT
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Symbolic links would also work.
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PaulW
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Symbolic links would also work.
Symbolic links (ln -s) are linux only... Windows refers to them as Junctions, and thats what has been mentioned above in regards to mapping a drive to a folder using the disk management console.
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Toby
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to be honest i would just use them as a RAID, so much easier and probably cheaper as a intenral HDD is much cheaper than a External.Ive just bought a 2tb WD green HDD for my media player and its great, slower drive so less heat and noise, cant complain
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James_DT
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quote:
Originally posted by PaulW
quote:
Originally posted by James_DT
Symbolic links would also work.
Symbolic links (ln -s) are linux only... Windows refers to them as Junctions, and thats what has been mentioned above in regards to mapping a drive to a folder using the disk management console.
Not since Vista. Vista brought support for NTFS symbolic links.
Obviously using XP though, Junctions are the only way.
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