I want to keep my system as it is, but add a second hard drive of the same capacity as the one I have and set up a hardware RAID1 (mirror) array for data security reasons. Has anyone done this ? (my mobo does have a raid controller)
2007-02-20 03:06:56 · 3 answers · asked by William B 2 in Computers & Internet ➔ Hardware ➔ Other - Hardware
Yes, of course - that's the whole idea of RAID = when one drive breaks you replace it with a new one, so plainly it must always be possible to copy the (remaining) 'good' drive to the new 'empty' one.
HOWEVER be extremely careful !
Most RAID controllers will 'see' drives by 'channel' number (eg. Channel 0 & Channel 1).
It is quite possible that your existing drive is plugged into Ch 1 - (in wich case the new one will be on Ch 0). If so, you need to copy 1 to 0.
If existing is Ch 0 (normal) then you need to copy 0 to 1.....
Get it wrong & you end up copying 'blank' over your existing drive !
2007-02-23 05:21:45 · answer #1 · answered by Steve B 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Wouldn't work like that because both drives would need to be in a RAID set-up so that your computer knows to write to both at the same time, you'd need to reformat the lot not just copy across what you have.
Recommend getting an external hard drive to store your stuff on then copy across once its all set-up.
2007-02-20 03:11:32 · answer #2 · answered by agius1520 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
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2016-12-04 10:17:08 · answer #3 · answered by ? 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋