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Thread ID: 129737 2013-03-08 20:56:00 how can i mirror 2 hard drives in windows 7 home premium lostsoul62 (16011) Press F1
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1331983 2013-03-08 20:56:00 how can i mirror 2 hard drives in windows 7 home premium lostsoul62 (16011)
1331984 2013-03-08 21:34:00 You'll have to enable raid or something wouldn't you? But if it isnt enabled now you would have to enable it first then start all over again / reinstall windows Speedy Gonzales (78)
1331985 2013-03-08 22:17:00 Home premium doesn't support software mirroring so you'd have to set it up by using a raid controller, to use the onboard one if your motherboard has one you need to do a registry hack of windows and convince it to install raid drivers before you change the BIOS or the system won't boot. It's a bit involved and hardly worth it - you can always set windows backup to copy one disk to the other on a regular basis for backup reasons, RAID really isn't necessary in a home enviroment. I looked into RAID for a while, but honestly it adds more complexity and is not that useful for most people. In the corporate world where servers need 100% uptime RAID has a purpose, at home you are better served by backing up to an external hard drive than running a mirror. Some people like striping for the performance, but that's a different discusion. dugimodo (138)
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