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Mirroring Boot and System Volumes on an MBR Disk using Disk Management
== Mirroring Boot and System Volumes on an MBR Disk using Disk Management ==
The process of mirroring boot and system volumes on Windows Server 2008 MBR disks is considerably more straight forward straightforward than on GPT disks. For the purposes of this chapter we will be working with a system containing 2 disk drives. Disk 0 is the system disk and disk 1 is an unallocated disk installed for the purpose of mirroring the system disk. This process can be performed using either the Disk Management interface or from the command prompt using the '''diskpart''' tool (covered in the next section). The Disk Management interface can be accessed either from the Server Manager or Computer Management tools. To launch the Server Manager, open the Start menu and click on the Server Manager option, or click on the Server Manager icon in the task bar. Alternatively launch Computer Management from Start -> All Programs -> Administration Tools -> Computer Management or run '''compmgmt.csc''' at the command prompt or in a Run dialog.
Before the system disk can be mirrored it must first be converted to a dynamic disk. To achieve this right click on the system drive in the Disk Management graphical view, select ''Convert to Dynamic Disk...'' from the popup menu and follow the instructions in the resulting dialog to perform the conversion.

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