Raid 1 Set Up

[l_zheng101]

I currently have two WD Blue 1TB hard drives in my computer for mass storage, but I would like to set them up in a raid 1 array. Since both drives have data on them, would one of the drives be wiped when I set up raid 1 in disk management in Windows 10? Thanks!

[Electronics Wizardy]

Id use storage spaces in windows for raid, its better than disk management.

 

Setting up raid 1 will wipe both drives.

[l_zheng101]

Just now, Electronics Wizardy said:

Id use storage spaces in windows for raid, its better than disk management.

 

Setting up raid 1 will wipe both drives.

What would you suggest I do so I don't lose the data on both drives?

[Electronics Wizardy]

Just now, l_zheng101 said:

What would you suggest I do so I don't lose the data on both drives?

Do you have backups of the data?

 

Id setup backups first, then make the raid.

 

raid is not a backup, so don't setup raid as the only way to prevent data loss. Lots of things can happend to cause the whole raid array to be lost.

[l_zheng101]

1 minute ago, Electronics Wizardy said:

Do you have backups of the data?

 

Id setup backups first, then make the raid.

 

raid is not a backup, so don't setup raid as the only way to prevent data loss. Lots of things can happend to cause the whole raid array to be lost.

I have some files backed up online (eg. photos, videos, school work, etc.), but I also have a bunch other data (eg. special applications and the files in them) that isn't backed up.

[Electronics Wizardy]

5 minutes ago, l_zheng101 said:

I have some files backed up online (eg. photos, videos, school work, etc.), but I also have a bunch other data (eg. special applications and the files in them) that isn't backed up.

Then Id backup all of those files first. Something like a external hdd is good backups.

[l_zheng101]

2 minutes ago, Electronics Wizardy said:

Then Id backup all of those files first. Something like a external hdd is good backups.

Got it. Thanks!

[IcarusLSC]

Why Raid 1? Its not for backups fwiw...

 

[Chiyawa]

On 4/1/2020 at 3:51 PM, IcarusLSC said:

Why Raid 1? Its not for backups fwiw...

 

Maybe he just wanted to boost the read speed, or it could be that at least if one drive fail, he can still use the system.

[l_zheng101]

On 4/1/2020 at 3:51 AM, IcarusLSC said:

Why Raid 1? Its not for backups fwiw...

 

It's just for another layer of redundancy that's all.

[IcarusLSC]

k, many people think its for backup. Looks like it was covered by others above sorry.