Hi everyone, sorry if this is a Newbie question but that's exactly what I am.
There is an old adage: Only one thing is certain about HDDs…
…they will fail
…and mine has started to.
I've got a 2011 Dell XPS 8300, Windows 7 with 2 x 1TB 7200 RPM SATA HDDs in RAID 0. Intel Rapid Storage Technology 10.0.0.1046
Apologies if the answers are somewhere here, I’ve searched but couldn’t find what I need.
I was hoping that the error message from Intel Rapid Storage about one of the drives having failed was a one-off as I was able to reset it but it has happened again ("Volume Array 1 : Failed" "Disc on Port 1 : Failed"). So, it looks like I need to change it (them) and I would be thankful for any help.
Leaving changing from RAID 0 to RAID 1 aside for a minute (I would have liked it to have happened before, even set as default when I bought it at the end of 2011), I looking at replacing both drives with 2TB versions.
I’ve managed to get my personal files copied off now, I use Acronis True Image for backing up and I'm about to use their recovery CD to copy the contents of the drives (assuming the system stays up long enough) and copy it all back when I’ve swapped the disks.
If all goes to plan, I could leave it there but is changing from RAID 0 to RAID 1 an option?
I've been told that, if I only add 1 disc, load the backup to that and run, I can then add the second disc and change to RAID 1.
Is that true?
If it is, how? At boot time with Ctrl + i or within Windows using the IAStor console?