Hello,
I did not install RAID drivers when I first installed Windows 7 Pro 64-bit (at least I am pretty sure I did not do so) and I want to create a RAID1 setup. I read that in order to prepare the HDDs for RAID, I need to allow them to be formatted. However, I have over 100 pieces of software and cannot even think about reinstalling all the software and moving back into place all the data in the various places it needs to go.
Is there a way to non-destructively create a new RAID 1 array with a HDD which has already been installed?
Are there any registry changes which could be made to allow for such a possibility?
If I do need to reinstall the OS, is it possible to image the HDD before setting up the RAID drivers, then after setting up the RAID1 array, restore the image to the original HDD and have that somehow mirrored on the 2nd drive in the array?
Any other ideas?
Thank you,
edsager
I did not install RAID drivers when I first installed Windows 7 Pro 64-bit (at least I am pretty sure I did not do so) and I want to create a RAID1 setup. I read that in order to prepare the HDDs for RAID, I need to allow them to be formatted. However, I have over 100 pieces of software and cannot even think about reinstalling all the software and moving back into place all the data in the various places it needs to go.
Is there a way to non-destructively create a new RAID 1 array with a HDD which has already been installed?
Are there any registry changes which could be made to allow for such a possibility?
If I do need to reinstall the OS, is it possible to image the HDD before setting up the RAID drivers, then after setting up the RAID1 array, restore the image to the original HDD and have that somehow mirrored on the 2nd drive in the array?
Any other ideas?
Thank you,
edsager
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