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I have a RAID 0 storage volume in Windows 7 with 3 disks and I want to re-install Windows to the OS drive. If I do this, will Windows recognize the previous RAID array and configure appropriately?
Note 1: Windows is not installed to the RAID.
Note 2: The RAID is a Windows RAID, not a device RAID.
Paul
Posted 2014-07-20T03:23:26.550
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While the answer is "yes", it has nothing to do with appropriate drivers (since this is a Windows RAID). In Disk Management, the drives will appear as 'Dymamic', but unusable. Right-clicking one of the drives and selecting an option, I believe it was something along the lines of 'Create dynamic volumes', allows restoration of the drive volume. This worked on my RAID 0 with 3 disks.
Paul
Posted 2014-07-20T03:23:26.550
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Short answer: YES
Longer version: The data in RAID 0 has nothing to do with your Windows 7 system. As long as your Windows is equipped with proper RAID driver, your raid drive is nothing different from a legacy HDD.
Davyzhu
Posted 2014-07-20T03:23:26.550
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It is a Windows RAID. Does the same apply? – Paul – 2014-07-20T05:02:03.783
I guess you can report a bug to Microsoft if it didn't work. Check this for more reassurance.
– Davyzhu – 2014-07-20T05:59:54.553
The RAID to Windows looks as an installation destination. It will do exactly what it did when you originally installed the operating system. – Ramhound – 2014-07-20T04:12:09.623
@Ramhound Windows will install to the OS disk it is currently installed to, not the RAID. I have no idea what you're talling about. – Paul – 2014-07-20T04:51:01.000