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What Is a Simple Volume

A simple volume is a single volume that resides on a dynamie disk. You can

create a simple volume from unallocated space on a dynamie disk. A simple

volume is similar to a partition, except it does not have the size limits that a

partition has, nor is there a restriction on the number of volumes that you can create on a single disk.

A simple volume uses the NTFS, FAT, or FAT32 file system formats.

However, you can extend a simple volume only if it is formatted with the

version of NTFS that is used in Windows 2000 or the Windows Server 2003

family of operating systems. Also, you can add space to, or

extend, a simple

volume after you create it.

You can use a simple volume for all data storage until you need morę space on

your disks. To gain morę space, you can create an extended, spanned, or striped

volume. For other than a simple volume, though, you need morę than one disk.