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I have an external hard drive docking station connected to an esata port on my computer. The dock has space for 2 drives, but I currently only have one drive in it.
I found this website showing how to set up a raid array with external drives (http://www.howtogeek.com/howto/36504/how-to-create-a-software-raid-array-in-windows-7/). I'm wondering if I buy a second drive and set both to Raid 0, if I eject the dock (drive(s)) from my computer, say to temporarily install a different drive in the dock, when I put back the 2 original drives in the dock will they have lost the raid or will that remain?
Also if I decide to get rid of the raid and reuse the drives as 2 separate drives again (I know I have to reformat before doing so) what is the process for disabling raid on the external doc so it sees both drives again?
Thank you.
I found this website showing how to set up a raid array with external drives (http://www.howtogeek.com/howto/36504/how-to-create-a-software-raid-array-in-windows-7/). I'm wondering if I buy a second drive and set both to Raid 0, if I eject the dock (drive(s)) from my computer, say to temporarily install a different drive in the dock, when I put back the 2 original drives in the dock will they have lost the raid or will that remain?
Also if I decide to get rid of the raid and reuse the drives as 2 separate drives again (I know I have to reformat before doing so) what is the process for disabling raid on the external doc so it sees both drives again?
Thank you.