[SOLVED] What is the process for reinstalling a RAID 1 drive?

[Bratco]

I upgraded to Windows 10, but pulled one of the hard drives to maintain the data just in case. What do I need to do to properly reinstall the second drive to maintain the integrity of Windows 10?

 

[rgd1101]

read the manual on the raid 1 software/hardware.

 

[popatim]

Usually power off the pc, install the drive and it should be redetected during boot. This of course is dependant on the raid controller being used but for AMD & Intel integrated/Chipset raid this is how it works.

 

[Bratco]

I should clarify that the second drive has Windows 7 on it still. My question is, will it rebuild from the Windows 10 drive, or does it need to be formatted to keep from corrupting both drives?

 

[USAFRet]

So this system was Win 7, RAID 1. 2 drives.
You removed 1 drive, and upgraded the OS on the remaining member to Win 10.

What RAID 1 is this? Hardware, software, motherboard, StorageSpaces....?
Does the remaining member report the array as degraded?

What drives, what motherboard?

 

[Bratco]

It is Hardware RAID 1. It does show the array degraded. And, yes, the system was Win 7 upgraded to Win 10. We wanted to protect the data, so I pulled the second drive before upgrading. The computer is a Dell Precision T3600. I'm not sure about the MB, but the drives are 500GB, SATA. I am pretty sure they are Seagate drives.

 

[USAFRet]

It is Hardware RAID 1. It does show the array degraded. And, yes, the system was Win 7 upgraded to Win 10. We wanted to protect the data, so I pulled the second drive before upgrading. The computer is a Dell Precision T3600. I'm not sure about the MB, but the drives are 500GB, SATA. I am pretty sure they are Seagate drives.

Then a degraded array should, in theory, rebuild itself after putting in a new drive.
Of course, wiping out all that is on that drive.

I wouldn't do this without a known good backup of the whole drive.
But then again, I don't turn my PC on without a known good backup of all relevant drives.

 

[Bratco]

I do have a good backup of the data. I was just hoping for convenience that I could just put the second drive back in without causing more work.