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I've got a machine running 2x1TB HDDs in RAID1, which are the only drives on the system. Therefore, they're the boot drives running Windows 10. Lots of data and programs on them. I would like to install a 500GB SSD as the primary drive with the OS and keep the two RAID1 drives as secondary drives (also keeping the RAID1 configuration).
If I simply install W10 on the SSD and designate it as the primary drive, doing nothing else - will the RAID1 drives continue to function as before (even though there is an existing copy of W10 on them)? Will we possibly be able to run the programs that are on them, or need to reinstall? Or will the drives need to be wiped entirely and RAID reconfigured?
Obviously I've backed up all the data and save files, etc., before doing anything, but just want to know if this is the right approach at all. Most threads I've seen on this topic involve replacing a primary HDD with a SSD where a RAID array is already the secondary drive - not installing a SSD to take over as the primary for a RAID array which is the existing primary. Generally I'm OK at figuring this kind of thing out, but I've never dealt with this specific situation before.
If I simply install W10 on the SSD and designate it as the primary drive, doing nothing else - will the RAID1 drives continue to function as before (even though there is an existing copy of W10 on them)? Will we possibly be able to run the programs that are on them, or need to reinstall? Or will the drives need to be wiped entirely and RAID reconfigured?
Obviously I've backed up all the data and save files, etc., before doing anything, but just want to know if this is the right approach at all. Most threads I've seen on this topic involve replacing a primary HDD with a SSD where a RAID array is already the secondary drive - not installing a SSD to take over as the primary for a RAID array which is the existing primary. Generally I'm OK at figuring this kind of thing out, but I've never dealt with this specific situation before.
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