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Dynamic Drive vs. NTFS, etc
I was going to partition my drives, as I've always done before, but failed because these are now "dynamic". Apparently I've got a choice, though (i.e., NTFS, etc.).
Oddly, Google & I haven't been able to find anything meaningful about which choice to make as to this new (to me) format. It sounds like I can create "volumes" which will act like partitions but really aren't. Or, maybe I can & should set the drives up as "mirrors" so unless they both fail at the same time, when one fails the other will have everything ready to go.
I do not want a "dual boot" system. This is my home computer, with a wide range of software & uses incl. MS Office, EasyCD, Paperport, games. The only disadvantage I can find for dynamic formatting is that other OS's can't access the drive. What I've not found is what that will really mean to me. For example, are older games more likely to fail on a dynamic drive?
So -- points available here for
[a] direct answers that help me choose which drive formatting to use (I've not installed much software yet, so won't be too unhappy starting over if there's a good reason), and
URL's for articles that help me choose.
Thanks.