Can I combine my OS drive with a blank drive in to a RAID 0 configuration without losing the data on the OS Drive?

[SUPERmegaPIEman]

Hi, thanks for reading. As title really, I have my OS drive, and a blank drive. I'd like to combine them in RAID 0, but not lose any of my data. Is this possible?

 

[t53186]

Backup your data first, when you enable raid and create the mirror the data may be lost

 

[SUPERmegaPIEman]

Backup your data first, when you enable raid and create the mirror the data may be lost

It's RAID 0, so will be expanding, not mirroring

 

[USAFRet]

Hi, thanks for reading. As title really, I have my OS drive, and a blank drive. I'd like to combine them in RAID 0, but not lose any of my data. Is this possible?

No.

And why, specifically, RAID 0? What is the reasoning for this desired configuration?

 

[jeremyj_83]

Whenever you create a RAID volume all the data on the disks that are going to be in the array is lost.

 

[SUPERmegaPIEman]

Hi, thanks for reading. As title really, I have my OS drive, and a blank drive. I'd like to combine them in RAID 0, but not lose any of my data. Is this possible?

No.

And why, specifically, RAID 0? What is the reasoning for this desired configuration?

I just want more space on my OS drive

 

[USAFRet]

I just want more space on my OS drive

What size are these drives?
Which OS is this?

Adding them in a RAID 0 makes exactly the same drive space as the two drives without the hassles and hazards of the RAID 0.
Assuming of course, these drives are of the proper size for a RAID 0.

Having a second drive and drive letter is incredibly easy.

 

[mdd1963]

https://www.amazon.com/Samsung-Inch-Internal-MZ-76E1T0B-AM/dp/B078DPCY3T/ref=sr_1_2?ie=UTF8&qid=1536092121&sr=8-2&keywords=1tb+samsung+860+evo&dpID=41qR7C253KL&preST=_SX300_QL70_&dpSrc=srch

Is more than 1 TB needed?

 

[USAFRet]

https://www.amazon.com/Samsung-Inch-Internal-MZ-76E1T0B-AM/dp/B078DPCY3T/ref=sr_1_2?ie=UTF8&qid=1536092121&sr=8-2&keywords=1tb+samsung+860+evo&dpID=41qR7C253KL&preST=_SX300_QL70_&dpSrc=srch

Is more than 1 TB needed?

More than 1TB needed for what?

A 1TB drive is more than enough for the OS and all your applications. The other 1TB drive would hold other things. Games, downloads, doc/music/video.

1TB + 1TB + RAID 0 = 2TB usable space.
1TB + 1TB + no RAID 0 = 2TB usable space. Just that its two different drive letters. Easily manipulated.