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Need help with raid 1 hhd failure

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  • NAS / RAID
  • Hard Drives
  • help with hdd
  • raid 1
  • Memory
  • raid help
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March 7, 2014 9:53:42 AM

Hi there i have built my own pc with 2 hdd in raid now i set it up all fine. was fine for ages used it as my main storage and for things i did not want filling up[ my ssd. i have my os on the ssd. after a few weeks one hdd played up i thought i was going to have to send it back but then i got it back in raid and it was ok until now. SMART keeps flagging it up, so i don't know whether i should send it back and get a replace meant and when i get the new one how do i put it in raid 1 with the existing hdd with out loosing data as i got my steam account on there so it not as simple as backing it up as if you move that you have to start again and re down load it all and that. i want to know how to re install this hdd into raid 1 and give it another chance as its saying its offline as the signature clashes. it shows up in the smart menu as non raid along with the other one now its really starting to annoy me. any advice will be a great help hope i have explained myself thanks

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a b } Memory
March 7, 2014 10:00:26 AM

If a drive in raid 1 fails, simply replace the drive and it will rebuild itself. Raid 1 is a mirror raid.
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March 7, 2014 10:39:07 AM

its not doing that its put them back in non raid and ive lost some data of it some how
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a b } Memory
March 7, 2014 11:44:37 AM

I'm not to well versed on raid 1, having never used it before. My understanding of it is that shouldn't happen.

You aren't trying to use a dieing hard drive in the raid, right?
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March 7, 2014 12:30:50 PM

i had two brand new hdd. it kept playing up i have now installed intel rapid storage technology as this was not installed before i am now migrating my files form the main one that was not playing up to the one that was goign to give it one more try with this and if it plays up still i ll send it back
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