Set up RAID 1 Mirroring on Window 10 Pro

I want to add software RAID 1 mirroring to my Windows 10 Pro PC. I ordered an additional hard hard and it just arrived, so here is the video of me explaining (and actually adding) a RAID 1 mirrored drive under Windows 10 Pro.

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[TRD_Mike]

This video was exactly what I was looking for. How to setup RAID 1 with an existing drive and a new drive. Thank you!

[thevoid]

Raid 1 is so much more simple to setup than I thought. Thanks for the concise video.

[mashy]

Two videos from Gary, must be my lucky day

[Matthew-tpst]

This was INCREDIBLY helpful and simple to follow!

[HellScream]

Very helpful. One small bonus tid-bit, you can quickly get to Disk Management by right-clicking the start button on your desktop on Server or Windows 10 :)

[stabbymeowkins]

I know this is 5yrs old, but I am surprised I haven't seen your videos until now. This likely works in Windows 11 Pro as well, so this will be nice to set this up. I appreciate your videos. Very well explained.

[kettanyabrown]

omg, you just made my day. thank you so much. Studying for my CompTIA and I really needed some clarification on RAID...

[NoEggu]

This tutorial is fine, for a "D" drive.
But I believe is not advisable for a "C" drive.

If you create a software RAID 1 for your "C" (boot) drive, then if the original drive fails, you will not be able to boot up.
Windows knows nothing about the RAID, until Windows starts. As such, the first/original drive will need to work, and boot, until Windows gets up far enough to start the software RAID 1.

This will not be an issue, if you do your RAID via hardware, as your storage controller will be working and it is the controller that has the RAID info, and will boot from either drive.

Cheers!

[Kurt]

Great video! As a followup, what happens when one of your disks crash? Is it a matter of pulling it out and letting the good one run on its own or do you have to either add a new disk to replace/resync the bad one right away for your system to work properly again? Can the system just boot up and run on the one good disk without the mirrored disk, or do you have to remove the mirroring?

[gusgyn]

Nice video Gary! One thing that you should add is about the difference between doing in Windows and in BIOS, mentioning the advantages and disadvantages of both.

[billwood]

Thanks for this Gary, but there's an important factor that I would like to add. Sorry if it's been added already..
The partition 'Style' on both drives must be the same - either MBR (Master Boot Record) or GPT (globally unique identifiers (GUIDs). Doesn't matter which, as long as they are the same.

[oxidize]

Awesome. Just what I was looking for. Thanks!

[Erin-Thor]

Why not use the recommended GPT (?) format type? I was told there were benefits.

[chrislucas]

Exactly what I needed, thank you Gary!!!

[moneymaker]

Ty gary, it help me a lot, i dont have any idea to do that.

[beefcake]

wow I didn't know it was super easy on windows 10 pro. thanks a lot 😍😍

[M_S_M_]

Hi! Thanks for the video! I am doing right now a RAID1 in my computer but I failed at 4:33 with an error message. Why did you choose MBR instead of GPT? Is it possible to do it with GPT? Thanks a lot! Anyone? :)

[sawashowski]

Hello Gary, thnx for this nice video. I have 2 questions: 1-) Can we do this RAID 1 mirroring with 2 external hard drives? 2-) How do we know if one of these mirrored drives fails (breaks down)? Thank you...

[OLEGRUSSIA]

Thank you for explanation! You have answered all my qurstions! :)

[Raxtus]

SUPER Great guide. Just dumped a whole bunch of Roms and saves from my consoles and would hate to do that again!