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How to mirror a HDD?

gneius

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I have bought 2 Hdds and I am trying to mirror but ,I don't have to option on mirroring ,both of the Hdd were formatted and had a volume ,but since I looked online at tutorials ,I have found out that it needs to be a unlocated space .I did that but I still not have the option of mirroring .So that means I have to so it in the from bios instead of device management.
Using a Windows 10 .
 
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On my main system, I have 5 drives.
4 with actual data.

Nightly, each gets backed up to an external location. In my case, a NAS box.
But that could be any external drive.
All automated on a schedule.

As well as the other two main systems in the house.

Images, with Macrium Reflect.

Read more here: http://www.tomshardware.com/forum/id-3383768/backup-situation-home.html


Why are you wanting to mirror these?
Also, more details about the rest of your system and usage.
 



Because I have in total of 3 hdds and I want to use those 2 to store my data ,music ,movies and whatever I please on the mirrored without loosing in case of one hdd should fail .The original hdd I will use it for windows updates and software related.
I have a Z97pro mobo
i7 4790k
16gb ram DDR
128 ssd
1tb hdd
2tb hdd
 


I was trying to look for a tutorial online for the Z97 pro that I have but with no answer and yes probably I should check that lol .I got a tutorial and it's in spanish.
 


On my main system, I have 5 drives.
4 with actual data.

Nightly, each gets backed up to an external location. In my case, a NAS box.
But that could be any external drive.
All automated on a schedule.

As well as the other two main systems in the house.

Images, with Macrium Reflect.

Read more here: http://www.tomshardware.com/forum/id-3383768/backup-situation-home.html
 
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