Hard Drives Mirrored

Wayne Dear · May 20th, 2011, 12:59 AM

I currently have x2 2TB HD's Mirrored, which just in a simple answer replicates the first hard drive, so if one dies, you dont lose your data, just stick another HD into it, replacing the one that died.

I was wondering if there is an option in the i7 board to disable the mirror somehow, as I just want to use the second HD as storage now, if I un-install the mirrored software, upon start-up of PC, 2 HD's are detected in bios information on loading but when in desktop, only the one HD shows.

I am backing up on an external system now, why I don't need the Mirror set-up any more and want to revert back to normal.

Was asking here first before I take it to shop and get them to change it.

Cheers

Wayne Dear

Lars Siden · May 22nd, 2011, 04:08 AM

You'll have to initialize the former mirrored HDD.
Right click "my computer", "Manage" , "Disk Management".

Scroll down the list until you find a drive with no letter assigned to it. Make a partition and re-format the drive, violá! You should now have a fully working second HDD.

Good luck!

// Lazze

Steve Kalle · May 25th, 2011, 09:10 PM

Did you use the Intel software to make the Raid 1 or Windows? The problem with the Intel software is that it will delete the partition info when deleting the Raid array.

May 20th, 2011, 12:59 AM	#1
Wayne Dear Regular Crew Join Date: Dec 2009 Location: Albury NSW Posts: 46	Hard Drives Mirrored - How to Disable I currently have x2 2TB HD's Mirrored, which just in a simple answer replicates the first hard drive, so if one dies, you dont lose your data, just stick another HD into it, replacing the one that died. I was wondering if there is an option in the i7 board to disable the mirror somehow, as I just want to use the second HD as storage now, if I un-install the mirrored software, upon start-up of PC, 2 HD's are detected in bios information on loading but when in desktop, only the one HD shows. I am backing up on an external system now, why I don't need the Mirror set-up any more and want to revert back to normal. Was asking here first before I take it to shop and get them to change it. Cheers Wayne Dear

May 22nd, 2011, 04:08 AM	#2
Lars Siden Major Player Join Date: Mar 2003 Location: Sweden, Stockholm Posts: 469	Re: Hard Drives Mirrored - How to Disable You'll have to initialize the former mirrored HDD. Right click "my computer", "Manage" , "Disk Management". Scroll down the list until you find a drive with no letter assigned to it. Make a partition and re-format the drive, violá! You should now have a fully working second HDD. Good luck! // Lazze __________________ Sony HDR-CX130,Canon 5DMKII,i7 930@4.0, 12gb memory, 3x SSD + 2x1Tb(stripe), Geforce 480, Dual 24", Win 7 x64

May 25th, 2011, 09:10 PM	#3
Steve Kalle Trustee Join Date: Aug 2009 Location: Chicago, IL Posts: 1,554	Re: Hard Drives Mirrored - How to Disable Did you use the Intel software to make the Raid 1 or Windows? The problem with the Intel software is that it will delete the partition info when deleting the Raid array.