At this case, follow the instructions at Case A below to create a mirror of the boot drive.
If the Partition Style says "Master Partition Record (MBR)", then you own a Legacy based system.At Volumes tab, note the Partition Style of the volume. Right click on Disk 0 and select Properties.ģ. Press the “ Windows” + “ R” keys to load the Run dialog box.ģ. To find out if you have a Legacy (MBR) or a UEFI (GPT) based system:ġ. So before you continue below, proceed and find out if you own a Legacy or a UEFI based system. If you have a Legacy based system, then the Partition Style is MBR and if you own a UEFI based system then the partition type is GPT.
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Important Note: The way to mirror the Boot Volume(s) on Windows 10, is different for the MBR Partition style and for the GPT Partition Style. So, prefer to use two identical physical hard disks (same model). Requirements: In order to create a mirror of the Boot Drive or of any other volume, you 'll need a secondary physical drive with at least the same size as the drive that you want to mirror.
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How to Create a Mirrored Boot Drive on Windows 10 OS. * Suggestion: The Hardware Based RAID implementation, (by using a physical RAID controller), is the most reliable and safest choice to protect your data and to avoid boot problems from the secondary mirror boot drive, if the primary boot drive fails. In this post you 'll learn how to mirror the boot drive on Windows, with LOW cost (without using a physical RAID controller).* The article's instructions applies to Windows 10, 8 or 7 OS. RAID-1, is commonly used, to mirror the boot disk on the system, in order to avoid work downtime and data loss. This means that if the one drive fails, all your data will be completely safe on the other drive. In RAID-1, the data are written identically to two (or more) drives at the same time. One of the most known RAID implementations, is the "RAID 1" level, which offers Hard Drive Mirroring. Commonly, for this purpose companies prefer to use the hardware based RAID technology, that combines multiple physical disk drive components into one or more logical units for redundancy, performance improvement, or both, by using a physical RAID controller which is integrated on the motherboard or as an extra add-in card. In a company environment, except the above precautions, IT Administrators must also take precautions to avoid any complications in company's work, after a hard drive failure. I always suggests my customers to frequently take a backup of their important files and data, to an external storage device, to avoid data loss after a hardware failure and to keep this storage device (with the backup) offline, in order to avoid data construction after a ransomware (virus) attack. The bellow procedure will help you to boot from the secondary mirrored drive if your primary boot drive fails to boot or becomes damaged.
This tutorial contains instructions on how to mirror boot hard drive on Windows 10, on a legacy or an UEFI based systems.
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