mattt Posted March 29 Share Posted March 29 Hi, I have 4 x HDDs in the bays plus 1 x SSD plugged into ODD port, all configured via B120 as single drive RAID so I can boot off the ODD port. All worked fine but was running out of space, so I've transferred the data from 3 x HDDs onto 1 x larger HDD which was plugged in via USB caddy in Windows. I just removed the 3 x HDDs and plugged in the new 1 x larger HDD and it got all upset. I have removed the 3 arrays from the HP SSA, so in theory just need to stick the new drive in and set up again as a single drive RAID - but I've read that it'll wipe any data already on the drive!! How am I best to start using the new larger HDD without having to clear it and start again (I've already done days of data transfer etc). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mattt Posted March 29 Author Share Posted March 29 Actually this seems to imply that a new single RAID 0 array won’t overwrite the data: https://community.spiceworks.com/topic/1489557-reusing-existing-hdd-in-gen8-microserver-answered Can anyone verify from experience? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
schoondoggy Posted March 29 Share Posted March 29 I have moved drives from AHCI to HPE single drive RAID0 without losing data. I have also taken single drive RAID0 drives and moved them back to AHCI without losing data. There are no guarantees, have a clean backup of your data. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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