I have a HDD with a fully functioning OS on it.If I purchase an identical HDD, can I enter it into a mirrored array with the first?The original HDD has no raid history, but my motherboard supports it. I just needed to know if it was possible to get this drive into a RAID 1 (mirror) array without losing info.[Edited on March 21, 2006 at 1:56 PM. Reason : mkay]
3/21/2006 1:51:48 PM
i thought for sure the creator of this thread was raige...but i was wrong the answer to your question, is yes, you can
3/21/2006 1:55:30 PM
3/21/2006 1:56:00 PM
the good ones doI can only speak for Adaptec, but we do support "array migration" where you can make a single drive into an array of whatever type/size you wantyou can go from a single disk, to RAID-1 mirroring, raid-5, etc...
3/21/2006 2:12:37 PM
yeah every raid utility ive seen allows you to copy a drive with existing data, i would think thats the most common option anyway
3/21/2006 2:16:41 PM
Let me extend this question... I have 2 sata drives in RAID 0 on an Asus nForce4 SLI motherboard. Can I purchase 2 more identical drives and convert the RAID 0 array to a 0+1 array? Does anyone know of anyone who has done this successfully?
3/21/2006 3:07:33 PM
THE EASIEST WAY TO DO THIS IS TO BURN YOUR WINDOWS.INI TO A BLANK DVD+RWONCE YOU HAVE DONE THIS, YOU WILL BE EASILY ABLE TO ACCESS YOUR DATAS WITHOUT FAIL, EVERY TIME
3/27/2006 4:44:00 PM