I have a "normal" SATA 7200 RPM 1 TB hard drive that I used in my desktop PC with Windows Server 2012 installed on it. I ran that for a while but I just bought an actual server and I want to transfer that disk to the new server hardware. I believe that a raid configuration must be setup before the server will read the disk and boot from it. Is that true?
It is a dell poweredge r710. I booted into it and hit "Control" + "R" to enter the raid config. My question is, if I configure a raid 0 for example and just use the 1 disk, will it erase my data? I would prefer to keep the OS and everything as it is.
Note: It is a perc h700 raid card if that matters.
Note 2: I plan on adding 3-5 more disks to the server (as a D drive or another drive letter) and maybe even swapping out the 1 TB hdd (C drive) for some smaller disks (like 2 64 gig ssds I have laying around) but for now I'd like to go ahead and get this thing running with the one disk.
Thanks for the help.
It is a dell poweredge r710. I booted into it and hit "Control" + "R" to enter the raid config. My question is, if I configure a raid 0 for example and just use the 1 disk, will it erase my data? I would prefer to keep the OS and everything as it is.
Note: It is a perc h700 raid card if that matters.
Note 2: I plan on adding 3-5 more disks to the server (as a D drive or another drive letter) and maybe even swapping out the 1 TB hdd (C drive) for some smaller disks (like 2 64 gig ssds I have laying around) but for now I'd like to go ahead and get this thing running with the one disk.
Thanks for the help.
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