"Swapping" Drive in WHS?

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Ghent915

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Hey guys:
I've got a WHS box that I'm wanting to upgrade one of the drives in. Currently it has a 1tb and a 640gb in it, with the OS installed on the 1tb drive. I'm wanting to yank the 640gb, and replace it with a faster 1tb drive. However, I don't want to loose all the files on the 640gb. What is the best way of going about doing this swap?
Thanks!
 
If you have enough free space for all the data on the 640gb then it shouldnt be a problem.

Can you add the new drive first or do you not have that many HDD slots?
If you can add the new first, then you can do a remove in the drive management for the 640 and it will move all your data.
Then you can mail the 640gb to me ;)
 
Nitro:
Thanks for the input. Sorry, but the 640gb is going to be needed for...other projects...lol (HTPC).
 
if there is sufficient space on the 1TB to accomodate the data held on the 640gig drive, then go to server storage, select the hard drive and click remove

if there is insufficient space on the 1TB drive, add the new drive to the pool then remove the 640gig hard drive

if either of the above are not possible, then remove any folder duplication and/or delete files from the server and/or add a temp USB hard drive
 
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