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Can I create a RAID 1 array with a drive that already has data?
I am moving an IDE drive from a customer's old desktop into his new one. I want backup the old drive (drive 1) to a new drive (drive 2) before moving it to the new computer. Afterwards, I want to ...
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NTFS RAID partition plus Linux and Windows
Periodically I find one of my old photos or other files has become 0Kb and lost. By the time I have found this the backup is the same. So I am considering using RAID 5 or perhaps RAID 1 to ...
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RAID 5 with SSDs; how many and what class of SSDs to use?
I have a 850 EVO 250gb as win/programs/games disk and I am thinking buying more SSDs to go with RAID 5 in order to gain more speed. I know the pros and cons of RAID 5.
The question is:
5 cheap 120gb ...
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Why Windows 7 will not install when using Marvell MST644R HyperDuo?
I recently wanted to upgrade my desktop by adding a VANTEC (Marvell) UGT-MST644R (2mSATA + 2SATA) Raid card with HyperDuo capability. I also purchased two 240Gb SSD cards that fit directly on the ...
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Increase RAID 1 volume size with Intel RST on system drive
I need to increase RAID 1 volume size over Intel RapidStorageTechnology on system drive - question is will it delete any data??
RST itself didnt show any warning or confirmation on this, I need to ...
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What to do to be able to switch from SATA mode AHIC -> RAID RST in Linux and Windows?
I have the following MOBO https://www.asus.com/us/Motherboards/RAMPAGE_IV_EXTREME/ and the hardware configuration:
Main SSD disk #1 with Ubuntu 18.04 x64 on 6G SATA connector.
Main SSD disk #2 with ...
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Recovering NTFS after erroneous mount as Software RAID
I did something very stupid because I did not back up before performing such operations, but I am trying to restore what I can restore.
We had a server which has malfunctioning motherboard. It had ...
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Two of my four HDDs in my RAID10 array aren't being recognized as part of the array. How do I get them back into the array?
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I have a Windows 7 PC with 4 x 4TB HDDs in RAID10, managed by Intel RST, which lists all of the drives as Status: Normal (and big green checks) but two of the drives aren't ...
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The volume you have selected may not be mirrored
We have been running a mirrored 2-drive setup happily since installing windows 7. However now that a sale has allowed us to add a third disk we are unable to locate an instruction manual or obvious ...
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How to Switch from RAID to IDE/SATA without BIOS acces
At the company we have a Laptop HP Elitebook 8770w which has some problems with booting. We had an SSD to boot from and a 2nd HDD. The Windows 7 OS is installed on the SSD. Now we have removed the SSD ...
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Installing Windows 7 on RAID 0 created in Intel Rapid Storage Technology
I ordered a ThinkPad T70 from 51nb and upon arrival I fitted 2x Samsung 960 250GB NVMe drives. As per instructions provided to me by 51nb I setup a RAID with the following configuration using Intel ...
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What is my RAID configuration?
I inherited the task of IT-guy in our small company from a guy who left recently. I'm trying to understand the configuration of hard drives on one of our machines.
It looks like we have RAID0, which ...
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Change SATA mode to AHCI before reinstalling Windows on new drive - possible lose of data on non raid drive?
Currently I've got 5 HDD connected to my PC: 1 is the OS drive, 2 are connected into raid0 volume0, 2 are connected into raid0 volume1 (the volume numbers might be wrong, I'm writing this from memory, ...
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See disk disk information Windows Server 2012
This should not be this difficult, but I can not figure out how to see what/how many drives are being used for the server, and how they are configured (RAID ?).
I THINK I have 7 physical drives (all ...
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How to copy RAID 0 array with failing drive to single drive
I'm using the Intel SATA RAID Controller built into my motherboard.
I'm using it in RAID 0 mode with two 1TB Samsung HD103SJ drives.
One of the Samsung drives is reporting an error.
On the same ...
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