Posted March 8, 2023 Hello, I've had some issues with my data drive (2 TB HDD) and it got me thinking: I have no real protection for drive failure. So, the question is: how would I go about adding a drive, making it Raid 1? Do I just add drives in Raid and it will automatically copy current data to new disk? Will it format the disk? How would I do this? I have MSI A-pro B550 motherboard and would just use the built in SATA raid controller. Also, fyi I don't know much about raid (never done it before). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Posted March 8, 2023 Both drives have to be formatted when you put them in raid, so no that wouldn’t work. Copy the data to another disk, convert your SATA MODE to RAID and when you restart you should be able to get into a disk management interface of sorts, there you can put your disks into raid1. Once you booted to your operating system you will have to create a new partition. mY sYsTeM iS Not pErfoRmInG aS gOOd As I sAW oN yOuTuBe. WhA t IS a GoOd FaN CuRVe??!!? wHat aRe tEh GoOd OvERclok SeTTinGS FoR My CaRd?? HoW CaN I foRcE my GpU to uSe 1o0%? BuT WiLL i HaVE Bo0tllEnEcKs? RyZEN dOeS NoT peRfORm BetTer wItH HiGhER sPEED RaM!!! dId i WiN teH SiLiCON LotTerrY? yOu ShoUlD dEsHrOuD uR GPU. my SYstEm iS UNDerPerforMiNg iN WarzONE. can mY Pc Run WiNdOwS 11 ?? woUld BaKInG MY GRaPHics card fIX it? MultimETeR TeSTiNG!! aMd'S GpU DrIvErS aRe as goOD aS NviDia's YOU SHoUlD oVERCloCk yOUR ramS To 5000C18 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Posted March 8, 2023 Note that RAID1 will only protect you against outright failure of a drive, which is a pretty poor level of protection compared to an actual separate backup. F@H Desktop: i9-13900K, ASUS Z790-E, 64GB DDR5-6000 CL36, RTX3080, 2TB MP600 Pro XT, 2TB SX8200Pro, 2x16TB Ironwolf RAID0, Corsair HX1200, Antec Vortex 360 AIO, Thermaltake Versa H25 TG, Samsung 4K curved 49" TV, 23" secondary, Mountain Everest Max Mobile SFF rig: i9-9900K, Noctua NH-L9i, Asrock Z390 Phantom ITX-AC, 32GB, GTX1070, 2x1TB SX8200Pro RAID0, 2x5TB 2.5" HDD RAID0, Athena 500W Flex (Noctua fan), Custom 4.7l 3D printed case Asus Zenbook UM325UA, Ryzen 7 5700u, 16GB, 1TB, OLED GPD Win 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Posted March 8, 2023 Both drives would need to be formatted during the creation of the RAID array. I'd recommend using the drive as a backup (not just copying data across to it, use an actual backup software, even the built in Windows backup is fine). I'd advise putting it in an external caddy (or just buying an external drive) and then backup to it frequently. RAID protects only against a drive failure, while an actual backup protects against much more. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Posted March 8, 2023 Author 58 minutes ago, Levent said: Both drives have to be formatted when you put them in raid, so no that wouldn’t work. Copy the data to another disk, convert your SATA MODE to RAID and when you restart you should be able to get into a disk management interface of sorts, there you can put your disks into raid1. Once you booted to your operating system you will have to create a new partition. Ok got it, I guess I'll get an external disk and duplicate all data there then configure raid and duplicate back. Should be doable. Thank you for info! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Posted March 8, 2023 Author 24 minutes ago, Oshino Shinobu said: ... RAID protects only against a drive failure, while an actual backup protects against much more. 41 minutes ago, Kilrah said: Note that RAID1 will only protect you against outright failure of a drive, which is a pretty poor level of protection compared to an actual separate backup. Thank you both but I am aiming specifically at disk failure. All my critical data is backed-up, but I still don't want to go through the hassle of a dead drive cause all non-critical data will take ages to reacquire. Thank you nontheless. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Posted March 8, 2023 9 minutes ago, Cris.py said: Thank you both but I am aiming specifically at disk failure. All my critical data is backed-up, but I still don't want to go through the hassle of a dead drive cause all non-critical data will take ages to reacquire Would still use that 2nd drive as a backup instead of RAID. If e.g. your filesystem gets corrupted RAID won't help you, a separate backup will. F@H Desktop: i9-13900K, ASUS Z790-E, 64GB DDR5-6000 CL36, RTX3080, 2TB MP600 Pro XT, 2TB SX8200Pro, 2x16TB Ironwolf RAID0, Corsair HX1200, Antec Vortex 360 AIO, Thermaltake Versa H25 TG, Samsung 4K curved 49" TV, 23" secondary, Mountain Everest Max Mobile SFF rig: i9-9900K, Noctua NH-L9i, Asrock Z390 Phantom ITX-AC, 32GB, GTX1070, 2x1TB SX8200Pro RAID0, 2x5TB 2.5" HDD RAID0, Athena 500W Flex (Noctua fan), Custom 4.7l 3D printed case Asus Zenbook UM325UA, Ryzen 7 5700u, 16GB, 1TB, OLED GPD Win 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Posted March 8, 2023 3 hours ago, Cris.py said: Thank you both but I am aiming specifically at disk failure. All my critical data is backed-up, but I still don't want to go through the hassle of a dead drive cause all non-critical data will take ages to reacquire. Thank you nontheless. Then use the drive to backup your non-critical data as well? If you're worried about the hassle of a dead drive leading to having to re-aquire non-backed up data then it makes sense to use another drive as a full backup to protect against drive failure and data corruption, ransomware etc. RAID is really for high availability, where if a drive dies the system doesn't go down. For anything other than server systems, it really doesn't make much sense. But either way, the answer to the original question is still that for RAID 1 both drives would be wiped when the array was created. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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