To prepare a disk for adding to a storage pool, which state should it be in?

To prepare a disk for adding to a storage pool, which state should it be in?

• A. Blank and Unformatted
• B. Blank and Formatted with NTFS
• C. Formatted with NTFS
• D. Mixed

Answer: (A)

Disks added to a storage pool must be blank and unformatted. Storage Spaces takes control of the disk, initializes it, and formats it as part of the pool’s managed storage. If the disk already has partitions or a file system, those would be erased when it’s prepared for the pool, so you start with a disk that has no data, no partitions, and no file system. The other states imply existing data or structure that can’t be incorporated into the pool without data loss, so they aren’t suitable.

Disks added to a storage pool must be blank and unformatted. Storage Spaces takes control of the disk, initializes it, and formats it as part of the pool’s managed storage. If the disk already has partitions or a file system, those would be erased when it’s prepared for the pool, so you start with a disk that has no data, no partitions, and no file system. The other states imply existing data or structure that can’t be incorporated into the pool without data loss, so they aren’t suitable.