Windows 10: Set up raid with external drives????

Windows 11I have two 4TB external drives WD Red Plus I am trying to set up in a RAID array. Using Disk Management, both drives show Unallocated I select first drive, right click, select New Mirrored Volume. Click NextSelect second drive and click AddClick NextClick NextClick NextClick FinishI get the dynamic disk warning and click YesI then get the following error The operation is not supported by the objectWhat am I doing wrong?

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BitLocker external raid

The RAID 1 array is an external box containing 2 4GB SATA drives. The RAID array is managed by the hardware in the external box and is connected to the computer by USB. The host computer only sees a single USB drive.

 

How to image 2 hard drives with raid 1

Hi there
Not sure if this is the best way but should work.

1) backup data to individual external drives (or whatever -- cloud services etc). For basic data - use ROBOCOPY ,XCOPY, or simply Windows / File explorer.
2) install new HDD's
3) Create your RAID array's for the new drives.
4) restore data saved via step 1).

If you have the Windows OS on a RAID device then that's beyond my knowledge - AFAIK Windows needs a hardware card with a driver to boot a RAID device. However the suggestion I've made will save / recover your DATA files.

Cheers
jimbo.

 

External drive

Hi Richard,

There are several factors that can cause your external drive to not read DVDs even though the system is recognizing the device. This could be caused by a driver that needs to updated or corrupted files. For us to resolve your concern, kindly answer the questions
below:

• Just to confirm, the device that is not working properly is a external DVD optical drive?
• Were there any recent changes or updates installed on your computer?
• Have you tried to plug the external drive to a different port on your computer?

As a initial recommendation, we suggest that your run the built in troubleshooter in Windows 10. Kindly refer to the steps below:

• Type “Troubleshooting” in the Search bar and press Enter.
• Click on “View All” in the top left corner.
• This will display the list of troubleshooters which are built-in in the computer. You can click on
  Hardware and Devices from the list and you can run the troubleshooter.

This will check for common errors that affect hardware on your computer and attempts to correct them.

We look forward to your response after completing the steps.