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    RAID on M1730

    Discussion in 'Dell XPS and Studio XPS' started by webjeff, Jun 26, 2009.

  1. webjeff

    webjeff Notebook Evangelist

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    Hello,

    Can anyone please tell me if it's possible to setup a RAID 1 from an existing HD and a new HD (same size)?

    I don't want to reformat just to get the RAID setup. I want to keep what I have, but have redundancy.

    Any ideas?!??!?

    Thanks
    Jeff.
     
    webjeff, Jun 26, 2009
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  2. Eambo

    Eambo Notebook Evangelist

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    Hi Jeff. Although I know RAID1 works different, I think it works the same way as RAID0 when setting it up. RAID0 requires a full format of the HDDs - I would say RAID1 works in a similar way. Have you tried to set up RAID1 - it would usually warn you if it'll wipe or not before it does it.
     
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    Any Raid config through bios would wipe both drives! Although there are other softwares out there that would allow you to raid them with out format, but i'm not sure which one! Good luck!
     
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