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We have an HP Z4 G4 Tower Workstation we purchased in 2018 that we just upgraded to Windows 11. We have a Thunderbolt card in it from HP and 2 OWC Thunderbay 6 Drive Enclosures plugged into it. The OWC Drive enclosures are set up as Storage Spaces/Pools and worked great with Windows 10. On upgrade to Windows 11 nothing.
I open Storage Spaces and the storage pool shows. It stated I needed to update the storage pool which I did. The pool now shows in File Explorer but has nothing where it would normally indicate size and room available.
The drives in the Thunderbay are formatted Refs.
I found with searching that Windows 11 Pro is incompatible with Refs and I would need to upgrade the computer to Windows 11 for Workstations.
Checked and I am running Pro for Workspaces (didn't realize)
Any help appreciated and TIA! :)
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Update: Went down to the shop and guess what, the computer is running Pro for Workspaces. Storage spaces show the pool and says it is OK, the pool shows as a drive in file explorer. But I cannot open the drive to see the contents like one normally would. The drive enclosure lights are blinking, and I can hear the drives really thinking... I left it running overnight and will poke at it tomorrow.
