Cannot Create a Mirrored Volume in Windows 2000 Professional

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SUMMARY

In the Disk Management snap-in, if you right-click a simple volume on a dynamic disk, the Add Mirror option is unavailable; you cannot create a software mirror in Windows 2000 Professional.

Creating a fault-tolerant (FT) sets, such as a mirrored set or a redundant array of independent disks (RAID) Level 5 (also known as striped with parity) volume, is not available on computers running Windows 2000 Professional. This option is available only in Windows 2000 Server products. However, you can use a computer that is running Windows 2000 Professional to create mirrored volumes on a remote computer that is running Windows 2000 Server.
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235264 (http://support.microsoft.com/kb/235264/ ) Imported Volume Is Displayed with Failed Status