Change Storage Space in Storage Pool on Windows 10

Storage Spaces help protect data from hard drive errors and expand memory over time, when you add a drive to your PC. You can use Storage Spaces to group two or more drives together in a storage pool and then use that pool's capacity to create virtual drives called storage space. archive).

These storage spaces usually store two copies of data, so if one of your drives fails, you still have an intact copy of the data. If you run out of space, just add more drives to the storage pool.

This tutorial will show you how to change the name, drive letter, and size of the storage space in the storage pool on Windows 10.

Note : You must be logged in as an administrator to change storage space.

Here's how:

1. Open Settings , click the System icon, then select Storage on the left and click the Manage Storage Spaces link on the right.

Alternatively, you can also open the Control Panel (icon view) and click on the Storage Spaces icon .

2. Click the Change settings button, select Yes if prompted by UAC and click the Change link for storage space in the storage pool you want to change.

3. Change the name (if you want) for this storage space.

4. Change drive letter (if you want) for this storage space.

5. Change the maximum capacity (if you want) for this storage space.

6. When done, click the Change storage space button at the bottom to apply your changes.