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The thread discusses the challenge of booting Windows from Storage Spaces virtual disks, with the original poster attempting this on a Windows 11 system similar to a Surface Pro 2017 setup. Contributors clarify that booting from Storage Spaces is generally not feasible because firmware cannot recognize the software-level abstraction, though Microsoft Surface devices might have firmware capable of doing so. The conversation also explores the possibility of examining EFI firmware to understand this capability, but overall, it suggests that booting directly from Storage Spaces is limited and not supported on most systems.
The thread discusses the challenge of booting Windows from Storage Spaces virtual disks, with the original poster attempting this on a Windows 11 system similar to a Surface Pro 2017 setup. Contributors clarify that booting from Storage Spaces is generally not feasible because firmware cannot recognize the software-level abstraction, though Microsoft Surface devices might have firmware capable of doing so. The conversation also explores the possibility of examining EFI firmware to understand this capability, but overall, it suggests that booting directly from Storage Spaces is limited and not supported on most systems.
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The link clearly states they were not successful which is true. You can not boot from a storage space. That is a software level disk abstraction layer only available from within Windows. The computer firmware would not understand SS nor how to boot from it. It would simply see X number of disks
true but if you notice same thing was achieved in surface pro 2017 [surface pro 5] couldn't find much documentation about this booting concept in surface pro other than this link Boot from Storage Spaces Virtual Disk in Windows 10
i am trying to achieve the same thing in windows 10 system
i am trying to achieve the same thing in windows 10 system
true ,
So as you said boot would be unable to recognise my storage space, ok we can't keep the entire C drive in storage space but i can keep parts of it like Users,Packages,program files and once loaded it would be able to recognise the storage pool i am thinking somewhere around these lines would this help out or am I going in a wrong direction
So as you said boot would be unable to recognise my storage space, ok we can't keep the entire C drive in storage space but i can keep parts of it like Users,Packages,program files and once loaded it would be able to recognise the storage pool i am thinking somewhere around these lines would this help out or am I going in a wrong direction
I have never heard of this before and would be shocked if its possible. AFAIK, there is no commercial device that you can even buy that can do this. It is a good idea for hardware or even software that does not exist.
