Is it possible to go from 1 hard drive to RAID 1 (add another hard drive) without formatting?
I have a Windows 7 desktop system with OCZ 120GB SSD drive and I have added 1TB drive for Data storage ( movies/music/pictures).
I keep having to back up my pictures and movies and I wish I had set up my system as 2x 1TB drives with Raid 1 config.
Now I actually want to do this... but I don't want to start fresh and re-install everything. Can I just add 1 more 1TB drive and set up the system as Raid 1 ? or is it absolutely necessary to do a clean install ?
My motherboard is p67 chip and it supports Raid 0-1-5-10.
Here is my desktop specs if you need it:
GIGABYTE GA-P67A-UD3-B3 LGA 1155 Intel P67 SATA 6Gb/s USB 3.0 ATX Intel Motherboard with USB3.0 and supports 2nd gen i5 chip http://www.gigabyte.com/products/product-page.aspx?pid=3765#ov
Latest Intel 2nd generation i5 2500k "unlocked" 3.30GHz (auto overclocks to 3.7)
ARCTIC COOLING Freezer 7 Pro Rev.2 92mm
ADATA 8GB PC1600 DDR3 ram (altho the mobo and cpu hold the ram to 1333)
OCZ 120GB SSD SATA 3.0GBs solid state drive 250MBps read 250MBps write
Samsung 1TB SATA 3.0GBs 7200rpm internal drive
(Will add 1 more Samsung 1TB Sata drive to make raid 1)
Asus 24X dvd burner
OCZ ModXStream Pro OCZ500MXSP 500W
Antec P183 case w upper/lower chamber. 11 expansion bays. great air flow
Windows 7 x64
I have a Windows 7 desktop system with OCZ 120GB SSD drive and I have added 1TB drive for Data storage ( movies/music/pictures).
I keep having to back up my pictures and movies and I wish I had set up my system as 2x 1TB drives with Raid 1 config.
Now I actually want to do this... but I don't want to start fresh and re-install everything. Can I just add 1 more 1TB drive and set up the system as Raid 1 ? or is it absolutely necessary to do a clean install ?
My motherboard is p67 chip and it supports Raid 0-1-5-10.
Here is my desktop specs if you need it:
GIGABYTE GA-P67A-UD3-B3 LGA 1155 Intel P67 SATA 6Gb/s USB 3.0 ATX Intel Motherboard with USB3.0 and supports 2nd gen i5 chip http://www.gigabyte.com/products/product-page.aspx?pid=3765#ov
Latest Intel 2nd generation i5 2500k "unlocked" 3.30GHz (auto overclocks to 3.7)
ARCTIC COOLING Freezer 7 Pro Rev.2 92mm
ADATA 8GB PC1600 DDR3 ram (altho the mobo and cpu hold the ram to 1333)
OCZ 120GB SSD SATA 3.0GBs solid state drive 250MBps read 250MBps write
Samsung 1TB SATA 3.0GBs 7200rpm internal drive
(Will add 1 more Samsung 1TB Sata drive to make raid 1)
Asus 24X dvd burner
OCZ ModXStream Pro OCZ500MXSP 500W
Antec P183 case w upper/lower chamber. 11 expansion bays. great air flow
Windows 7 x64