HDD upgrade question

[sprluigi2001]

I have had my computer for a while now, and I have an ssd boot drive that I keep the game I feel like playing for a while on. All other games and whatnot is on my 3tb hdds that are in raid 1. I am planning on upgrading and I was wondering if I installed a fresh copy of Windows on a new pcie ssd if I could just plug in my hdd array and have it work just the way it did on my current PC?

 

[Boogieman_WD]

Hey there, sprluigi2001.

It really depends on the RAID type. If it's hardware RAID (handled by the RAID controller on the motherboard and you UEFI/BIOS), then everything should be fine. However, if it's a software RAID it depends on the program you've used if you'd be able to set up the RAID 1 array again without losing any information. In either way, I'd strongly suggest that you backup you most important data if you haven't done so already, as having a RAID configuration is not really considered a backup (especially if it's in the same system).

Hope that helps.
Boogieman_WD

 

[sprluigi2001]

Boogieman, the raid is currently handled with the built in features of my Asus z170 a motherboard and I would be getting a new motherboard in the form of a rampage V edition 10. I hope this helps.

 

[Rocky Bennett]

So if you are getting a new motherboard you are basically getting a new computer (in Microsoft's eyes) so you will need a new license for Windows.

 

[sprluigi2001]

What I meant was that the hard drives don't have Windows on them they just have games and stuff. I was wondering if they would be ok.

 

[Rocky Bennett]

To answer the question as posed, yes, that arrangement seems like it would work very well since those hard drives do not have Windows it should just be plug and play.

 

[sprluigi2001]

Sorry for dragging this out but the hard drives with the games on it and no windows on them are in a raid one. I was wondering if the different motherboard would ruin the raid. The current motherboard is a Asus z170-a and the one I'm upgrading to is an Asus rampage v edition 10

 

[Rocky Bennett]

Since both are Asus motherboards, I believe that the implementation of RAID should be the same, but I would contact Asus's service department to make sure.