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    Raid Question - NP9262

    Discussion in 'Sager and Clevo' started by Aryantes, Oct 12, 2008.

  1. Aryantes

    Aryantes Notebook Evangelist NBR Reviewer

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    So,

    I have two harddrives running in RAID-0, using the on-board controller of course.

    I then have a 3rd harddrive that is not in raid.

    I am about to replace one hard drive that is part of the RAID, and not use RAID anymore.

    If I disable the RAID, does the data in the 3rd harddrive, the non-raid one, become unaccessible?

    I am in the process of backing it up but... takes a while.... more than 100 gigs to copy over network.
     
    Aryantes, Oct 12, 2008
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  2. Gophn

    Gophn NBR Resident Assistant

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    the 3rd drive that is stand-alone (not in a RAID array) will not get affected in any way if you are replacing the RAID'ed drives.
     
    Gophn, Oct 13, 2008
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  3. Aryantes

    Aryantes Notebook Evangelist NBR Reviewer

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    Thats good, I was just worried about changing the controller from RAID to SATA and losing access to that data.

    So just changing the controller mode, shouldn't affect anything not involved in a raid volume right? just want to make sure.
     
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    Gophn NBR Resident Assistant

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    the independent drive should be fine.
     
    Gophn, Oct 13, 2008
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