Hello,
I am new to building computers but just finished putting together my first build. I had no clue that setting up a RAID 0 between an SSD 500gb and HDD 1TB is a terrible idea until after I've already installed my operating system and all program and files. I'd like to undo my RAID 0 setup, which I know how to do but I want to backup my files so I don't have to reinstall everything, in case my SSD loses all it's stored data upon resetting the RAID 0. Currently it seems that all the data is stored on the HDD (which makes sense, considering how RAID works). Here is that disc information:
Disk 0
450 MB Healthy (Recovery Partition)
99 MB Healthy (EFI system partition)
465.21 GB NTFS Healthy (Boot, Page File, Crash Dump, Primary Partition)
456.76 GB Unallocated
Can you help guide me through the process? I'd like to ensure I have a back-up created, then I'm assuming I'd have to revert the RAID setup and reinstall windows to my SSD and set it as primary boot option, then apply my backup to the SSD. Currently my plan is to backup my programs and files to an external HDD, reset the RAID, then boot from my windows disc and set my SSD as the primary boot partition, and restore my files to the SSD. Any issues with this method?
Any help is appreciated, and I'd be happy to supply any more information as needed.
I am new to building computers but just finished putting together my first build. I had no clue that setting up a RAID 0 between an SSD 500gb and HDD 1TB is a terrible idea until after I've already installed my operating system and all program and files. I'd like to undo my RAID 0 setup, which I know how to do but I want to backup my files so I don't have to reinstall everything, in case my SSD loses all it's stored data upon resetting the RAID 0. Currently it seems that all the data is stored on the HDD (which makes sense, considering how RAID works). Here is that disc information:
Disk 0
450 MB Healthy (Recovery Partition)
99 MB Healthy (EFI system partition)
465.21 GB NTFS Healthy (Boot, Page File, Crash Dump, Primary Partition)
456.76 GB Unallocated
Can you help guide me through the process? I'd like to ensure I have a back-up created, then I'm assuming I'd have to revert the RAID setup and reinstall windows to my SSD and set it as primary boot option, then apply my backup to the SSD. Currently my plan is to backup my programs and files to an external HDD, reset the RAID, then boot from my windows disc and set my SSD as the primary boot partition, and restore my files to the SSD. Any issues with this method?
Any help is appreciated, and I'd be happy to supply any more information as needed.
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