Windows 10: How to image 2 hard drives with raid 1

Discus and support How to image 2 hard drives with raid 1 in Windows 10 Backup and Restore to solve the problem; I am replacing old hard drives before they go bad. Hard drives are 8 years old. I have made many single hard drive images with macrium reflect but... Discussion in 'Windows 10 Backup and Restore' started by copiman, Dec 6, 2020.

  1. COPIMAN
    copiman Win User

    How to image 2 hard drives with raid 1


    I am replacing old hard drives before they go bad. Hard drives are 8 years old. I have made many single hard drive images with macrium reflect but never with 2 drives and raid 1. Wanted to get some input on how to do it or point me in the right direction to find out how. Windows 10 Pro. Version 2004. OS Build 19041.630

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    copiman, Dec 6, 2020
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  2. JIMBO45
    jimbo45 Win User

    RAID 1 Recognized as 2 Hard Drives

    Hi there.

    Is the RAID driver recognised - with all these W10 updates who knows what happens.

    If it's a Hardware RAID card then check BIOS setting at boot. Also there will probably be some sort of RAID boot menu - for example setting up Logical drives / striping etc etc.

    If it's software ensure RAID driver is recognized.

    The chances are that Windows doesn't recognize the RAID card so that's where I'd start from. Backup though data on the RAID HDD's first because a suggestion would be to unplug the RAID card and re-insert again after a total POWER OFF. If you can put it into a different slot. You want Windows to recognize the hardware.

    Before doing these types of updates I'd always image the system - things like Macrium are ideal for that. Then if the update hoses up your system just restore the previous image.

    Cheers
    jimbo
     
    jimbo45, Dec 6, 2020
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  3. BAZSL1
    Bazsl1 Win User
    Can I use a RAID 1 drive array as my Windows boot drive?

    I am not going to use hardware RAID. I want to use Windows Storage Spaces to create the RAID 1 array from two identical hard drives.

    Do I install Windows on the first hard drive then create the RAID array using Storage Spaces?

    When I create the RAID array will Windows automatically mirror the Windows installation including the boot partition to the second drive so the RAID array is bootable?

    Are their any steps unique to this setup that I must follow when installing Windows or creating the RAID array so that the RAID array will be bootable?
     
    Bazsl1, Dec 6, 2020
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  4. SEANHENNESSY
    seanhennessy Win User

    How to image 2 hard drives with raid 1

    New Computer build with ssd boot and 2 - 1tb raid 1 hard drives

    Are you sure you didn't misread my post or maybe I misinformed but I have the ssd for the boot and 2-1tb hard drives for the raid 1 configuration I want 1tb to save info to and the second 1tb as the mirror drive for back up of business files etc...
     
    seanhennessy, Dec 6, 2020
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