Windows 10: Cannot mirror os boot drive using disk management

Discus and support Cannot mirror os boot drive using disk management in Windows 10 Software and Apps to solve the problem; I have an MSI prestige 16 ai evo that I upgraded with a Samsung 990 evo 2tb but I cannot mirror the drive. Could someone please help?... Discussion in 'Windows 10 Software and Apps' started by IsaacL_926, Sep 21, 2024.

  1. Cannot mirror os boot drive using disk management


    I have an MSI prestige 16 ai evo that I upgraded with a Samsung 990 evo 2tb but I cannot mirror the drive. Could someone please help?

    :)
     
    IsaacL_926, Sep 21, 2024
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  2. DaveM121 Win User

    My Drive Turned Into Dynamic Disk ! Please Help me !!! Cannot mirror os boot drive using disk management :(

    If you right click the Pen Drive do you get either of the options, 'Break Mirrored Volume' or 'Remove Mirror'?

    To break a mirrored set, follow these steps:

    • In Disk Management, right-click one of the drives in the mirrored set, and then choose Break Mirrored Volume.
    • Confirm that you want to break the mirrored set by clicking Yes.
    • If the volume is currently in use, you'll see another warning dialog box. Confirm that it's okay to continue by clicking Yes.

    To remove a mirror, follow these steps:

    • In Disk Management, right-click one of the volumes in the mirrored set, and then choose Remove Mirror
    • In the Remove Mirror dialog, select the disk from which to remove the mirror.
    • If the mirror contains a boot or system volume, you should remove the mirror from the secondary drive rather than the primary. For example, if Drive 0 and Drive 1 are mirrored, remove Drive 1 rather than Drive 0
    • Confirm the action when prompted. All data on the removed mirror is deleted.
     
    DaveM121, Sep 21, 2024
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  3. Windows 10 (64): Mirroring the boot drive

    My boot drive (CCannot mirror os boot drive using disk management :) is 111.79GB SSD drive. I have another SSD, but is 256GB.

    I would like to mirror the boot drive to the second SSD and then make use of the remainder as a work area. Is this possible? Are there any gotcha’s or things that I should watch out for?

    Can someone also please detail the steps to accomplish this? When this is done, can I boot off either partition? I believe the second location be added to the list of items to try and boot from in the BIOS. Please confirm this.

    I tried mirroring but stopped when I received the following warning message………..


    Cannot mirror os boot drive using disk management 85f08068-452d-4517-8789-9ff692e6f1c0.png


    Don’t want to destroy something or have to re-install the OS and the applications.

    My disks look like the below and would like to use disk 5 to mirror disk 2 and the remainder as a work area:


    Cannot mirror os boot drive using disk management dac9620a-3f01-42db-8843-6832927e871d.png
     
    PradeepSubramaniam, Sep 21, 2024
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  4. Cannot mirror os boot drive using disk management

    Boot Emergency!

    No it doesnt show. Only my OS drive.

    Its there and it says it running and normal.

    Anyway I just had the same boot problem on reboot. Everything was fine 10 minutes ago. Now it wont boot without my manually selecting the drive.
     
    TheMailMan78, Sep 21, 2024
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