I have a Windows Server 2008r2 with two HDDs installed. The main partition, which has Windows installation on it, is mirrored between the two disks.
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The problem is, this is a UEFI machine, and EFI partition is only on one of the HDDs. So if this HDD fails, the system won't boot from the second HDD until I reinstall bootloader on it (with Windows Recovery Console for example). Obviously, it greatly increases potential downtime in case of a disk failure.
Is there a way to install Windows EFI bootloaders on both disks, so if one of the disks fails, the second one will boot?
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I have always had a hardware RAID 5, but recently lost tons of data due to a drive loss, even after recovery steps.
I am trying to set up a RAID 1 on 3 drives, and I do not see the option 'Add Mirror' which I saw on many How-tos.
A warning about using software RAID 1 on Win 7 Pro 64: I setup a hardware RAID 1 OS using an ASRockX87E3 with two 120Gb Samsung EVO 840 SSD’s. I then tried to setup a Data volume using two WD Black 1 TB with the Win 7 software RAID 1. It workedsort of. 2017-5-6 I believe to use mirror / striping in RAID 1 configuration on Windows you need to use Storage spaces - so set the 2 HDD's into a storage space and then you can adjust striping / mirroring. How to set up RAID in Windows 10 - Windows 10 - Toms Hardware Cheers jimbo.
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EDITHere is when attempting to click on a simple volume and no volume.
EDIT 2 Fun fact, I booted off my Windows 7 and attempted the same thing .. THERE IT IS!
EDIT 2016: Windows 10 Home Edition does not have support for most Raid setups. It's recommended to use Storage Spaces but if you get Windows 10 Pro or higher it will have the Raid support I wanted.
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It is not surprising that Microsoft has lowered support for software RAID,as since Windows 8 it has incorporated a more advanced RAID technologythat is called Storage Spaces. Microsoft always phases-out older technologyin favor of newer one.If you really want the classic RAID, you'll need the Pro or Enterprise editions of Windows 10.
Storage Spaces are volumes rendered upon spanned pools utilizingmultiple drives, in effect the same as RAID, just much easier to set up.
Here are a couple of references from the thousands that you can find on the Web:
If you are multi-booting Windows 10 and Windows 7, beware -Windows 7 will not understand Storage Spaces.
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Ability to add a mirror may only exist on Windows 10 Pro and Higher versions. I noticed you were using Home in all versions shown.
Looking for that option in Windows 10 Pro, I was able to select the 'New Mirrored Volume' option.
Espn cricket 2015. There seems to be multiple other users noting this behavior on Microsoft's forums.https://social.technet.microsoft.com/Forums/en-US/becca8a4-14c1-4341-9bb7-4730079819a3/i-dont-have-add-mirror-option-in-disk-management-in-windows-10?forum=w8itprogeneral
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