autodetecting disks - if disk exist then add to skin... is this possible?

[Yincognito]

...extremely care to always include the name of the group into quotation, whenever are you using them, except the Group=Group Name Here definition of the group name on the appropriate meters...

Yep, forgot to suppress spaces, but as always, I used quotes so it alleviated the (potential) issue. And you're right, I never use spaces in measure, meter or group names either (if needed, I use _ instead), but this time I went on doing that out of a lack of focus and to better emphasize that the OP should replace the text with its actual group name.

[RogerDingo]

There seems to be a great confusion on Rainmeter terminology. According to the first quotation, you've created a new skin for the third disk, but according to the second one, only new meters have been created. The described method works in either case, just that in first case you have to hide the whole skin, while in second one, just the appropriate meters (or as Yincognito suggested the appropriate group of meters).
So in first case:

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[MeasureTotalDiskSpace1]
...
IfCondition=MeasureTotalDiskSpace1=0
IfTrueAction=[!HideFade]
IfFalseAction=[!ShowFade]

In second case on the other hand:

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[MeasureTotalDiskSpace1]
...
IfCondition=MeasureTotalDiskSpace1=0
IfTrueAction=[!HideMeter meterLabelDisk1][!HideMeter meterValueDisk1][!HideMeter meterBarDisk1]
IfFalseAction=[!ShowMeter meterLabelDisk1][!ShowMeter meterValueDisk1][!ShowMeter meterBarDisk1]

Which solution works, depends on how is (are) those skin(s) created. If you have a distinct skin for each disk, you have to use the first method, however if there is only one single skin, containing the meters for each disk, the second one is good for you.
Rereading the previous posts I believe the second case is alright, however I'm not entirely sure.

the second solution is definitely the way to go for us... i dont think we need extra skins per disk.
i feel its easier to keep them all in one skin.

thanks for all your help... starting to get the hang of this
i have another issue but ill start a new thread....


cheers!

[balala]

the second solution is definitely the way to go for us... i dont think we need extra skins per disk.
i feel its easier to keep them all in one skin.

Agree. But not this is what I understood from your initial post:

i added a 3rd disk to the server and the only way to add a new meter was to modify 2 Disk.ini and create a new ini file.. called...

3 Disk.ini

That's why I have added my reply.

[balala]

Yep, forgot to suppress spaces, but as always, I used quotes so it alleviated the (potential) issue. And you're right, I never use spaces in measure, meter or group names either (if needed, I use _ instead), but this time I went on doing that out of a lack of focus and to better emphasize that the OP should replace the text with its actual group name.

As said, all those (meter and measure names, variables, groups and so on) let you to use spaces. Not as if it's not allowed, it's just not a good habbit in my opinion.