Is it possible to move from raid 1 to raid 5 without reinstalling?

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From my experience no, when you move from one RAID array type to another you have to delete the array which will mess up the data on the drive.  What you can do however is create an image of your data so that once you have created your new array you will be able to restore the image and be back where you started from.

Cheers and good luck!

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Aye, to my knowledge the only way you can do it is if you go from JBOD to RAID 1 or from 1 to JBOD, as RAID 0 and 5 require data striping

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Actually, I have mirrored a single drive without losing data.

The help file in RAIDXpert claims you can migrate a single drive RAID 0 to RAID 1.  I think I went from either JBOD or RAID ready to a single drive RAID 0.  Then from 0 to 1 (mirrored).

You are also supposed to be able to migrate from either RAID 0 or 1 to RAID 5 or 10.

I am using RAIDXpert Version: 3.3.1540.9, Build Date: May 13, 2011.

Note, if the BIOS and chipset do not support RAID 5, you can't create RAID 5 without using RAID software.

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