Raid 1

[runLoganrun]

I have a 320G storage drive with lots of data on it that I want to put into raid 1 with an identical drive. Can I do this, or do the drives have to be set up for raid 1 to begin with?

thanks,
rlr

 

[xxEIEIOxx]

Since there is no stripe and no data is split between the 2, in most cases it should work. Unless your controller just doesn't allow it, there should be no problem.

 

[verteron]

I concur, just make certain you know which "ST3250310NS" device has your data on it when you set the RAID. Most RAID controller software does not tell you which drive has data on it and which is blank. So remember if it is channel 0,1, 2, 3, etc.

IDE Master/Slave was easier/more obvious in that respect.