Windows 10 RAID 1 Migration

u123935

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Jan 13, 2017
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I have a Windows 10 Home system with one 500MB hard drive. I have purchased two-drive USB 3.0 drive enclosure and two 500MB WD Black drives. The idea I have in mind is to make the enclosure a RAID 1 array, and migrate onto it purely the data from the original drive. The original drive would just have the OS on it. Later, once that is all working, I’ll move the OS to an SSD. I take regular backups of both the system and data; the RAID 1 is just to ensure no drop in service if a hard drive fails.
Can anyone give me step-by-step instructions?
 
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1. You can't migrate only the OS to the new SSD
2. You can't migrate just the 'data' to the RAID 1

You'd basically have to start over, reinstalling everything.

3. RAID 1 is not a backup. It helps only in the event of a physical drive fail. It does nothing for all the other, far more common, fail modes.
Accidental deletion, virus, corruption, etc, etc.

In a home situation, there are better ways to safeguard your data and OS.

USAFRet

Titan
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1. You can't migrate only the OS to the new SSD
2. You can't migrate just the 'data' to the RAID 1

You'd basically have to start over, reinstalling everything.

3. RAID 1 is not a backup. It helps only in the event of a physical drive fail. It does nothing for all the other, far more common, fail modes.
Accidental deletion, virus, corruption, etc, etc.

In a home situation, there are better ways to safeguard your data and OS.
 
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