Windows 10: Reformatting ex-RAID 5 hard disks

Discus and support Reformatting ex-RAID 5 hard disks in Windows 10 Drivers and Hardware to solve the problem; I have 3 hard disks 1TB Hitachi, which were RAID 5 configured in an old PC with a failed motherboard. I want to reformat them and sell them, but I ran... Discussion in 'Windows 10 Drivers and Hardware' started by PeterCudmore, Sep 25, 2023.

  1. PETERCUDMORE
    PeterCudmore Win User

    Reformatting ex-RAID 5 hard disks


    I have 3 hard disks 1TB Hitachi, which were RAID 5 configured in an old PC with a failed motherboard. I want to reformat them and sell them, but I ran into a problem. In the PC I was using c. 7 years old, Windows 10 clean recent installation, UEFI bios I got "data error cyclic redundancy check" when I tried to initialize one of the drives. I tried both file system options, for which, by the way, there are two entries -- I guess because I set up the RAID with partitions likely, but I don't remember for certain. Couldn't run CHKDSK on it presumably because a drive letter hasn't been assi

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    PeterCudmore, Sep 25, 2023
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  2. ZEDICUS
    Zedicus Win User

    Would raid 5 be right?

    raid 5 one drive can fail. with any number of disks.
    your onboard raid 5 is equal to all of the crappy cards people are suggesting.
    i would use your onboard or splurge for a hardware RAID controller. that will be around 300$ though.
     
    Zedicus, Sep 25, 2023
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  3. GREG CARMACK - WINDOWS MVP 2010-2020
    Greg Carmack - Windows MVP 2010-2020 Win User
    RAID 5 Across Hard Drives

    It will only use the size of the smallest hard drive on all the other drives.

    See here for explanation: https://community.hpe.com/t5/ProLiant-Servers-M...

    https://superuser.com/questions/380192/can-i-se...

    Feel free to ask back any questions. Based on the results you post back I may have other suggestions if necessary.

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    Greg Carmack - Windows MVP 2010-2020, Sep 25, 2023
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  4. ARTURSKI
    Arturski Win User

    Reformatting ex-RAID 5 hard disks

    File History not working on RAID-5 disks

    I have a single hard disk along with a RAID-5 configured across 3 other disks.
    On Windows 7 I had shadow copies enabled and it worked great.

    After moving to Windows 10 I realized that File History was turned off. Once I tried to enable File History I could not do it on the RAID drives, only on the single disk.

    Can I somehow enable File History on RAID-5 disks?
     
    Arturski, Sep 25, 2023
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