The Pool setup wizard will guide you through the process of creating a new pooled drive, or adding a drive to an existing pool. If there are no Drive Bender pooled drives, the following three options are displayed :-
Create a new Drive Bender pooled drive.
This option will allow you to create a new pooled drive, with the option of importing any existing files on the drive being added to the pool. This option adds a new drive letter to your system that gives you access to the pooled drive.
Convert an existing Windows drive to a Drive Bender pooled drive, while keeping the existing files intact.
This option takes and existing Windows hard drive, and convert this drive into a pooled drive. This means all information on the drive is retained, and the drive letter remains the same. For the most part there should be no perceivable difference in the drive. Additional drives can be added to the pool at a later time using the Add drive option.
This is the recommended method of pool creation when using Drive Bender with WHS 2011. By converting the default "D", all the existing server folders and permissions are retained (including the "Client Computer Backups" folder).
Take Drive Bender for a test drive. This option will create an empty pooled drive without modifying your system.
This option simply creates an empty pooled drive, without modifying any files currently on the drive. This option is idea if you are testing Drive Bender as any pooled drive created using this option can be easily cleaned up by simply deleting the configuration files from the drive (see here for more information). In addition the drives existing drive letter is retain (regardless of the state of the Drive letter management option), along with the existing drive volume name.
If there are existing Drive Bender pooled drives, the wizard options change to :-
Add a new drive to an existing pool.
This option will allow you to add a new drive, with the option of importing any existing files on the drive being added to the pool. If you select merge existing files, you will be prompted for the target pooled drive where the merged file will be placed.
Convert an existing Windows drive to a Drive Bender pooled drive, while keeping the existing files intact.
Option remains the same as specified above
Take Drive Bender for a test drive. This option will add a new drive to an existing pool without modifying your system.
This option adds a drive to an existing pool, without modifying any files currently on the drive. This option is idea if you are testing Drive Bender as any drives add to a pool using this option can be easily cleaned up by simply deleting the configuration files from the drive (see here for more information). In addition the drives existing drive letter is retain (regardless of the state of the Drive letter management option), along with the existing drive volume name.
