Windows 10 software RAID mirrored boot volume: How to make second disk bootable when first isn't present?
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I'm searching and researching for answers for days now with little success. I've setup a Windows 10 software RAID-1 nurrir with 2 ADATA 240gb SSD disks.
I expected that when 1 drive fails, then the other one would take over. I also expected that if I remove 1 drive, then the other would take over. This is only true for the first drive. So what does the second do? If it's the only drive attached, Windows won't start.
I even tried installing Windows on the second drive as well so the 2 "EFI" and "Recovery" partitions are also added. Later in Windows I removed the main Windows partition and set up a mirror with the Windows partition of the first drive. This went fine, but also didn't make the second disk bootable.
How do I setup Windows RAID-1 so that either disk can take over running Windows, and I just have to replace the disk on failure?
Would fake (motherboard) RAID be a better solution? Or will that also prevent Windows from booting if one disk fails?
Thanks.
windows windows-10 boot software-raid failover
edited Nov 14 '16 at 21:40
Chris W. Rea
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asked Apr 13 '16 at 13:55
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I'm searching and researching for answers for days now with little success. I've setup a Windows 10 software RAID-1 nurrir with 2 ADATA 240gb SSD disks.
I expected that when 1 drive fails, then the other one would take over. I also expected that if I remove 1 drive, then the other would take over. This is only true for the first drive. So what does the second do? If it's the only drive attached, Windows won't start.
I even tried installing Windows on the second drive as well so the 2 "EFI" and "Recovery" partitions are also added. Later in Windows I removed the main Windows partition and set up a mirror with the Windows partition of the first drive. This went fine, but also didn't make the second disk bootable.
How do I setup Windows RAID-1 so that either disk can take over running Windows, and I just have to replace the disk on failure?
Would fake (motherboard) RAID be a better solution? Or will that also prevent Windows from booting if one disk fails?
Thanks.
windows windows-10 boot software-raid failover
edited Nov 14 '16 at 21:40
Chris W. Rea
7,662146794
asked Apr 13 '16 at 13:55
PepsPeps
3615
I don't get it. What's the "software" raid are you referring to?
– Tom Yan
Apr 13 '16 at 14:09
I don't think you understood the concept of Raid. In Raid, there is no disk 1 or disk 2, so if any one of the drives stop working, nothing will happen. Both disks can take over the Windows anyway.You'll have to setup raid from the bios for this to work properly though. From your side it seems that you haven't setup raid properly.
– Don't Root here plz...
Apr 13 '16 at 14:09
1
@TomYan, windows mirror, software raid, see prntscr.com/ars2om
– Peps
Apr 13 '16 at 15:25
1
@Private, in windows software raid, if physical drive 2 stops, indeed drive 1 will continue running windows. Other way around, if physical drive 1 stops, physical drive 2 won't run windows for some reason. It won't boot windows.
– Peps
Apr 13 '16 at 15:25
1
Lets break the question down to a simpler one: how to make disk 1 boatable independant from disk 0 but keep the mirror? prntscr.com/arsl9y
– Peps
Apr 13 '16 at 16:04
add a comment |
I'm searching and researching for answers for days now with little success. I've setup a Windows 10 software RAID-1 nurrir with 2 ADATA 240gb SSD disks.
I expected that when 1 drive fails, then the other one would take over. I also expected that if I remove 1 drive, then the other would take over. This is only true for the first drive. So what does the second do? If it's the only drive attached, Windows won't start.
I even tried installing Windows on the second drive as well so the 2 "EFI" and "Recovery" partitions are also added. Later in Windows I removed the main Windows partition and set up a mirror with the Windows partition of the first drive. This went fine, but also didn't make the second disk bootable.
How do I setup Windows RAID-1 so that either disk can take over running Windows, and I just have to replace the disk on failure?
Would fake (motherboard) RAID be a better solution? Or will that also prevent Windows from booting if one disk fails?
Thanks.
windows windows-10 boot software-raid failover
edited Nov 14 '16 at 21:40
Chris W. Rea
7,662146794
asked Apr 13 '16 at 13:55
PepsPeps
3615
I'm searching and researching for answers for days now with little success. I've setup a Windows 10 software RAID-1 nurrir with 2 ADATA 240gb SSD disks.
I expected that when 1 drive fails, then the other one would take over. I also expected that if I remove 1 drive, then the other would take over. This is only true for the first drive. So what does the second do? If it's the only drive attached, Windows won't start.
I even tried installing Windows on the second drive as well so the 2 "EFI" and "Recovery" partitions are also added. Later in Windows I removed the main Windows partition and set up a mirror with the Windows partition of the first drive. This went fine, but also didn't make the second disk bootable.
How do I setup Windows RAID-1 so that either disk can take over running Windows, and I just have to replace the disk on failure?
Would fake (motherboard) RAID be a better solution? Or will that also prevent Windows from booting if one disk fails?
Thanks.
windows windows-10 boot software-raid failover
windows windows-10 boot software-raid failover
edited Nov 14 '16 at 21:40
Chris W. Rea
7,662146794
asked Apr 13 '16 at 13:55
PepsPeps
3615
edited Nov 14 '16 at 21:40
Chris W. Rea
7,662146794
asked Apr 13 '16 at 13:55
PepsPeps
3615
edited Nov 14 '16 at 21:40
Chris W. Rea
7,662146794
edited Nov 14 '16 at 21:40
Chris W. Rea
7,662146794
edited Nov 14 '16 at 21:40
Chris W. Rea
7,662146794
7,662146794
asked Apr 13 '16 at 13:55
PepsPeps
3615
asked Apr 13 '16 at 13:55
PepsPeps
3615
asked Apr 13 '16 at 13:55
PepsPeps
3615
3615
I don't get it. What's the "software" raid are you referring to?
– Tom Yan
Apr 13 '16 at 14:09
I don't think you understood the concept of Raid. In Raid, there is no disk 1 or disk 2, so if any one of the drives stop working, nothing will happen. Both disks can take over the Windows anyway.You'll have to setup raid from the bios for this to work properly though. From your side it seems that you haven't setup raid properly.
– Don't Root here plz...
Apr 13 '16 at 14:09
1
@TomYan, windows mirror, software raid, see prntscr.com/ars2om
– Peps
Apr 13 '16 at 15:25
1
@Private, in windows software raid, if physical drive 2 stops, indeed drive 1 will continue running windows. Other way around, if physical drive 1 stops, physical drive 2 won't run windows for some reason. It won't boot windows.
– Peps
Apr 13 '16 at 15:25
1
Lets break the question down to a simpler one: how to make disk 1 boatable independant from disk 0 but keep the mirror? prntscr.com/arsl9y
– Peps
Apr 13 '16 at 16:04
add a comment |
I don't get it. What's the "software" raid are you referring to?
– Tom Yan
Apr 13 '16 at 14:09
I don't think you understood the concept of Raid. In Raid, there is no disk 1 or disk 2, so if any one of the drives stop working, nothing will happen. Both disks can take over the Windows anyway.You'll have to setup raid from the bios for this to work properly though. From your side it seems that you haven't setup raid properly.
– Don't Root here plz...
Apr 13 '16 at 14:09
1
@TomYan, windows mirror, software raid, see prntscr.com/ars2om
– Peps
Apr 13 '16 at 15:25
1
@Private, in windows software raid, if physical drive 2 stops, indeed drive 1 will continue running windows. Other way around, if physical drive 1 stops, physical drive 2 won't run windows for some reason. It won't boot windows.
– Peps
Apr 13 '16 at 15:25
1
Lets break the question down to a simpler one: how to make disk 1 boatable independant from disk 0 but keep the mirror? prntscr.com/arsl9y
– Peps
Apr 13 '16 at 16:04
I don't get it. What's the "software" raid are you referring to?
– Tom Yan
Apr 13 '16 at 14:09
I don't get it. What's the "software" raid are you referring to?
– Tom Yan
Apr 13 '16 at 14:09
I don't think you understood the concept of Raid. In Raid, there is no disk 1 or disk 2, so if any one of the drives stop working, nothing will happen. Both disks can take over the Windows anyway.You'll have to setup raid from the bios for this to work properly though. From your side it seems that you haven't setup raid properly.
– Don't Root here plz...
Apr 13 '16 at 14:09
I don't think you understood the concept of Raid. In Raid, there is no disk 1 or disk 2, so if any one of the drives stop working, nothing will happen. Both disks can take over the Windows anyway.You'll have to setup raid from the bios for this to work properly though. From your side it seems that you haven't setup raid properly.
– Don't Root here plz...
Apr 13 '16 at 14:09
1
1
@TomYan, windows mirror, software raid, see prntscr.com/ars2om
– Peps
Apr 13 '16 at 15:25
@TomYan, windows mirror, software raid, see prntscr.com/ars2om
– Peps
Apr 13 '16 at 15:25
1
1
@Private, in windows software raid, if physical drive 2 stops, indeed drive 1 will continue running windows. Other way around, if physical drive 1 stops, physical drive 2 won't run windows for some reason. It won't boot windows.
– Peps
Apr 13 '16 at 15:25
@Private, in windows software raid, if physical drive 2 stops, indeed drive 1 will continue running windows. Other way around, if physical drive 1 stops, physical drive 2 won't run windows for some reason. It won't boot windows.
– Peps
Apr 13 '16 at 15:25
1
1
Lets break the question down to a simpler one: how to make disk 1 boatable independant from disk 0 but keep the mirror? prntscr.com/arsl9y
– Peps
Apr 13 '16 at 16:04
Lets break the question down to a simpler one: how to make disk 1 boatable independant from disk 0 but keep the mirror? prntscr.com/arsl9y
– Peps
Apr 13 '16 at 16:04
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It may be because of how you set them up. I know it's a long read, but check out this monster article from Microsoft.... "How to establish and boot to GPT mirrors on 64-bit Windows"...
https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/help/814070/how-to-establish-and-boot-to-gpt-mirrors-on-64-bit-windows
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It may be because of how you set them up. I know it's a long read, but check out this monster article from Microsoft.... "How to establish and boot to GPT mirrors on 64-bit Windows"...
https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/help/814070/how-to-establish-and-boot-to-gpt-mirrors-on-64-bit-windows
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It may be because of how you set them up. I know it's a long read, but check out this monster article from Microsoft.... "How to establish and boot to GPT mirrors on 64-bit Windows"...
https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/help/814070/how-to-establish-and-boot-to-gpt-mirrors-on-64-bit-windows
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It may be because of how you set them up. I know it's a long read, but check out this monster article from Microsoft.... "How to establish and boot to GPT mirrors on 64-bit Windows"...
https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/help/814070/how-to-establish-and-boot-to-gpt-mirrors-on-64-bit-windows
answered Jan 19 '18 at 2:56
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It may be because of how you set them up. I know it's a long read, but check out this monster article from Microsoft.... "How to establish and boot to GPT mirrors on 64-bit Windows"...
https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/help/814070/how-to-establish-and-boot-to-gpt-mirrors-on-64-bit-windows
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I don't get it. What's the "software" raid are you referring to?
– Tom Yan
Apr 13 '16 at 14:09
I don't think you understood the concept of Raid. In Raid, there is no disk 1 or disk 2, so if any one of the drives stop working, nothing will happen. Both disks can take over the Windows anyway.You'll have to setup raid from the bios for this to work properly though. From your side it seems that you haven't setup raid properly.
– Don't Root here plz...
Apr 13 '16 at 14:09
1
@TomYan, windows mirror, software raid, see prntscr.com/ars2om
– Peps
Apr 13 '16 at 15:25
1
@Private, in windows software raid, if physical drive 2 stops, indeed drive 1 will continue running windows. Other way around, if physical drive 1 stops, physical drive 2 won't run windows for some reason. It won't boot windows.
– Peps
Apr 13 '16 at 15:25
1
Lets break the question down to a simpler one: how to make disk 1 boatable independant from disk 0 but keep the mirror? prntscr.com/arsl9y
– Peps
Apr 13 '16 at 16:04