Windows 10: Removing drives without breaking RAID

Question...

I've a Western Digital 4-bay NAS with 4 HDD drives running in RAID 10 (1+0). The system has been running non stop for over a year now and I'm looking to do some dust maintenance.

So my question - If I remove and reinstall each drive at a time for cleaning purposes will I break the RAID?

Not an expert on this so...

Thanks.

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Removing drives without breaking RAID

Question...

I've a Western Digital 4-bay NAS with 4 HDD drives running in RAID 10 (1+0). The system has been running non stop for over a year now and I'm looking to do some dust maintenance.

So my question - If I remove and reinstall each drive at a time for cleaning purposes will I break the RAID?

Not an expert on this so...

Thanks.

 

Removing drives without breaking RAID

Yeah, there's nothing there that isn't somewhere else so lost data isn't an issue. The hassle of redoing everything is.

That said, I'm just going to compress air around without removing drives. It's just a NAS 4-bay NAS box so getting around with compressed air shouldn't be challenging.

With that, the question was more about the ability to remove a drive without breaking RAID. But yeah, also cleaning.

Thanks.

 

remove royal raid

Hello Steve,

Thank you for visiting Microsoft Community and providing us with the detailed description about the issue.

As per the description, I understand that you are experiencing issue with you are not able to uninstall “Royal Raid” app on the system.

I certainly understand your concern and will try my best to help you.

I would suggest you to follow the steps given below and check if that helps.

• Click on the “Start” menu.
• Type “appwiz.cpl” into the search field and press “Enter”. The “Uninstall or change programs” window will open.
• Click on “royal raid” in the list of programs.
• Click on “Uninstall”.
• Select “Yes” when asked to confirm that you want to uninstall royal raid from your computer.

Note: Your computer will then begin uninstalling the app and may take up to several minutes.

For reference:

I would suggest you to follow the suggestions provided by “CB Grant”
replied on August 1, 2015 in the following Microsoft community link given below and check if that helps.

How to uninstall Windows 10 apps ?

I hope this information is helpful.

Please do let us know if you need any further assistance, we will be glad to assist you.

Thank you.