How to add Storage space to a Storage pool in Windows 11

This article explains how to add a Storage space to a Storage pool on Windows 11.

Storage Spaces is a feature in Windows that allows you to combine multiple hard drives into a single virtual drive, also known as a storage pool. This feature enables you to create a more flexible and scalable storage solution for your computer.

With Storage spaces, you can create a Storage pool, rename a Storage pool, add physical disk drives to a Storage pool, and more.

This feature allows you to add new “Storage space” to an existing “Storage pool” on Windows 11.

Adding storage space to a Windows storage pool increases your available storage capacity. Combining multiple physical drives into a single virtual drive allows you to create a more flexible and scalable storage solution for your computer.

This can be especially useful if you have limited physical space for additional hard drives or want to simplify your storage management by consolidating your data onto a single drive.

Additionally, adding storage space to a storage pool on Windows can help improve your data redundancy and resiliency, as you can configure your storage pool to mirror your data across multiple physical drives automatically.

Add Storage space to a Storage pool on Windows 11

As mentioned, users can add “Storage space” to an existing “Storage pool” on Windows 11.

Here’s how to do it.

First, open the Windows Settings app.

You can do that by clicking on the Start menu and selecting Settings. Or press the keyboard shortcut (Windows key + I) to launch the Settings app.

When the Setting app opens, click the System button on the left.

Select the Storage tile on the right to expand it.

On the System -> Storage settings page, select and expand the “Advanced storage settings tile, and click the “Storage Spaces” tile to expand it.

Next, select the “Storage pool” tile to expand it.

Next, select the “Storage space” tile, then click the “Add a space” button to add a storage space to the pool.

In the next window, type in the storage space name, choose a size and resiliency option and click Create.

Size & Resiliency:

• Simple – requires at least two drives and provides no data protection.
• Two-way mirror – requires at least two drives, and there is data protection when a drive fails.
• Three-way mirror – requires at least five drives and provides data protection. It will withstand two drive failures.
• Parity – requires three drives with data protection and performance.
• Dual parity – requires at least seven drives and provides data protection and performance. It will withstand two drive failures.

Then click Create to create a new storage space.

Next, in the new volume window, provide a label name and drive letter and format the new volume using NTFS or FAT32.

When done, click Format to create a new volume.

Once done, a new drive or volume for the “Storage pool” should be created and accessible via File Explorer.

That should do it!

You can close the Settings app when you are done.

Conclusion:

This post showed you how to create and add storage space to an existing storage pool on Windows 11. Please use the comments form below if you find errors or need to add something.