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## Using Disk Management to Manage Hard Drives (17 of 19) To set up a system to use Storage Spaces, do the following: * Attach any drives to the computer you intend to use for your storage pool * In Classic view of Control Panel, click **Storage Spaces**, click **Create a new pool and storage spa...

## Using Disk Management to Manage Hard Drives (17 of 19) To set up a system to use Storage Spaces, do the following: * Attach any drives to the computer you intend to use for your storage pool * In Classic view of Control Panel, click **Storage Spaces**, click **Create a new pool and storage space**, respond to the UAC box * Any drives that are compatible with Storage Spaces will be listed * Select the drives to format, click **Create pool** to prepare the drives * After the drives are ready, use the Create a storage space window to assign a name and drive letter for the storage space and select a file system * Select a resiliency type, adjust the maximum size of the storage pool (if you plan to use thin provisioning), click **Create storage space** * After the storage space is created, you can return to the Storage Spaces window to change the name, drive letter, and size of an existing storage space