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Resolved change raid drives volume type

Discussion in 'Windows 7' started by Wiry, 2012/07/23.

  1. 2012/07/23
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    I just got a new hp computer which I ordered with two raid drives which I want to configure to type 1. They came set up as type 0. Anyone know how to change the volume type from 0 to 1? Volume has already been created before I got it. I want to run mirrored drives.

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    In Raid 0 - files are split in half onto each drive... You'd have to start over with a fresh install of the operating system and everything else on the pc.
     
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    ok. Thanks.
     
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  5. 2012/07/25
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    So what you have to do is enter the RAID setup when the computer boots, and change the RAID configuration. That will lose you all data on the drive(s).
     
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    I know. It's really a bummer. HP sent the computer with the wrong raid setup. I'm just going to keep it as a huge drive and switch to drobo for all my computers. Drobo seems to have solved all the problems, but at a price. Since I have five computers in my network, it's probably better than backing up locally individually. I also back up offline, but I need a raid 1 drive on one of the computers because it really can't be down for a drive problem. Thanks for your help.
     
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    Please mark your thread as 'Resolved'.

     
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