Replaced my dead secondary drive now I need help.

[SLoth_1]

So my secondary harddrive died the other day, it was set up in raid 0. I've since then got a new drive. The issue is windows won't let me delete the old files and windows seems to lock up on certain features. I've began to load some games on to the new drive of steam and that seems to work well. But other programs installed on the secondary drive before are having issues.

 

[Multipack]

Did you reformat the now redundant RAID disk? RAID0 stores half of your data on both disks so when one goes, they both go. Is tricky to understand exactly what the issue is tho.

 

[Boogieman_WD]

Hey there, SLoth_1.

So you want to use it simply as a secondary storage drive in a non RAID configuration? You shouldn't have any problems with that if this is the case. What old files are you talking about, when one of the drives in a RAID 0 setup fails, unfortunately all the data is lost, so you could simply reformat the other HDD/s if you don't want to use them in a RAID, or simply try to setup the RAID array from scratch and start writing new information to see if you'll have the same problems.

You could also try that drive with a different SATA port and different cables, to see if the issues still persist. Downloading its manufacturer's diagnostic tool to test it, just to make sure that it's OK would be a good approach as well.

Hope that helps. Please let me know how everything goes.
Boogieman_WD

 

[SLoth_1]

Hey there, SLoth_1.

So you want to use it simply as a secondary storage drive in a non RAID configuration? You shouldn't have any problems with that if this is the case. What old files are you talking about, when one of the drives in a RAID 0 setup fails, unfortunately all the data is lost, so you could simply reformat the other HDD/s if you don't want to use them in a RAID, or simply try to setup the RAID array from scratch and start writing new information to see if you'll have the same problems.

You could also try that drive with a different SATA port and different cables, to see if the issues still persist. Downloading its manufacturer's diagnostic tool to test it, just to make sure that it's OK would be a good approach as well.

Hope that helps. Please let me know how everything goes.
Boogieman_WD

Sorry what I meant was programs files. So They don't exist in the new secondary drive, but windows think they do. Windows having been installed on the primary drive which is an SSD. So my question should have been what should I do in windows after replacing the secondary drive where some programs were installed.

 

[Boogieman_WD]

I see. If I've understood you correctly some programs which are installed on the SSD are "looking for" the old drive, if this is the case, then the drive must have been set as a save destination location for them. E.g. if you record a video with a program installed on the SSD, but you've set the save folder for it on the old drive, then it wouldn't be able to find it in order to save new files. Changing that location from each of those programs' settings is needed.
As for the programs that were installed on the old drive, I'm afraid that there's no way around it and you'll have to install them again either on the new drive or on the SSD.

Hopefully this answers your question. However, if there's anything I might have missed - don't hesitate to ask.