5.6.5 Add Space To Existing Volumes

Question: What are the requirements for creating a mount point?

Answer: A mount point is an empty folder on the existing volume that points to another partition. Data saved to the folder is physically saved on the referenced partition.

Question: Which types of volumes support mount points?

Answer: The volume with the empty folder must be formatted with NTFS.

Question: What are the prerequisites for extending a volume on a basic disk?

Answer: For basic volumes, you can only extend the volume onto the same drive using contiguous unallocated space. Only Disk Management in Windows Vista or higher can extend basic volumes. Many third-party partitioning tools can extend partitions regardless of the operating system.

Question: What advantages do dynamic disks provide when extending volumes?

Answer: To extend the volume onto the same drive using non-contiguous unallocated space, or to extend the volume onto another disk, convert the disk to a dynamic disk, then extend the volume. An extended volume uses disk space on the same disk. A spanned volume uses disk space on a different disk.

Question: What is the difference between an extended volume and a spanned volume?

Answer: An extended volume uses disk space on the same disk. A spanned volume uses disk space on a different disk.