Having issues backing up my PC

[NiftyMist]

Hi everyone, first time poster on this forum.  I having issues backing up my 256GB Samsung 840 Pro SDD to my 1TB WD Green HDD.  The windows back up gets about 80ish % complete then it just stops backing up and says the backup could not be complete.  What can I do to fix this issue?  Do I need to reformat my HDD?

 

Thanks,

 

~Dylan

[Tmh85]

Specs?

Welcome to the Forum

[dylandylandylan]

Hey, and welcome to the forum!

I used this ; http://www.macrium.com/reflectfree.aspx

I was the free version and it hasn't failed me yet, easy, intuitive and helpful,

 

I haven't had much luck with the inbuilt windows backup software, whatsoever, so I choose to use third-party apps. 

 

Hope I've been of some help!

[NiftyMist]

Specs?

Welcome to the Forum

 Spec of my PC?  

 

Asus Maximus Gene V 

i7 3770k @ 4.6

EVGA 670 FTW Graphics Card

Corsair Vengence Memory (16 GB)

H100i

Corsiair AX 850 Power Supply

Samsung 840 Pro SSD (256 GB)

WD Green HDD (1 TB)

[NiftyMist]

Hey, and welcome to the forum!

I used this ; http://www.macrium.com/reflectfree.aspx

I was the free version and it hasn't failed me yet, easy, intuitive and helpful,

 

I haven't had much luck with the inbuilt windows backup software, whatsoever, so I choose to use third-party apps. 

 

Hope I've been of some help!

Thanks!  I'll read up and my give it a try!

[Turkatron]

Don't format the drive until the data has been fully backed up or else you will lose data.

[NiftyMist]

Ok. The drive is fully backed up now. Here is my new question. I want to add another Samsung 840 pro. What steps do I need to take to put it in a raid 0 with my current 840 without loosing data? I only have 13 gb left on my ssd.