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right so I should copy my drive to something else beforehand and then move it back once the RAID is set up

 

yeah you could do that.

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So my current setup (in my signature) includes a 120GB samsung 840 evo for my os and a 2TB WD black. 

 

My question is can I buy another 2TB drive and just plug it in and make the two drives run in Raid 0.

Can they just automagically spread the data currently living on one drive between two drives?

I am trying to avoid whiping the data on the drive before setting up RAID.

 

Thoughts?

 

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So my current setup (in my signature) includes a 120GB samsung 840 evo for my os and a 2TB WD black. 

 

My question is can I buy another 2TB drive and just plug it in and make the two drives run in Raid 0.

Can they just automagically spread the data currently living on one drive between two drives?

I am trying to avoid whiping the data on the drive before setting up RAID.

 

Thoughts?

 

Thanks!! ^.^

raid on a 990fx board is not really smart...

PEWDIEPIE DONT CROSS THAT BRIDGE

 

 

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raid on a 990fx board is not really smart...

is it not a quick enough chipset to take advantage of RAID 0? Obvs I have no RAID exp lol

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is it not a quick enough chipset to take advantage of RAID 0? Obvs I have no RAID exp lol

 

Its fine... but to answer your question no not exactly. When you create a RAID array both disks will be formatted (loosing all your data).

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Its fine... but to answer your question no not exactly. When you create a RAID array both disks will be formatted (loosing all your data).

ok that makes sense. soooo copy my drive before hand and then move it back after i set up the raid?

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Both drives will be formatted as they will be put into the same RAID 0 array. 

right so I should copy my drive to something else beforehand and then move it back once the RAID is set up

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