Restore Windows from different raid

Rodney Burleyson 21 Reputation points
2020-09-21T14:00:38.477+00:00

I'd like to upgrade my server running Windows Server 2019 on a raid-5 with HDDs to a raid-1 with solid state drives. My plan was to save a full windows server backup to an external, remove HDDs and insert SSDs, and recover from the backup. Will this work if switching raid types?

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Windows Server Backup
Windows Server: A family of Microsoft server operating systems that support enterprise-level management, data storage, applications, and communications.Backup: A duplicate copy of a program, a disk, or data, made either for archiving purposes or for safeguarding valuable files from loss should the active copy be damaged or destroyed.
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  1. Leon Laude 85,716 Reputation points
    2020-09-21T15:14:54.89+00:00

    Hi @Rodney Burleyson ,

    It's possible yes, note however that the destination computer must use the same logical drive letter (%systemdrive%) and path (%systemroot%) as the source computer.
    Hardware is also preferred to be the same, but it can also work on different hardware.

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    Leon

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  1. Rodney Burleyson 21 Reputation points
    2020-09-21T16:03:45.603+00:00

    Thanks Leon, I'm going to give it a shot. It seems to be my easiest option as you can't convert a Raid-5 to a Raid-1. Hopefully I can simply recover the OS and C:\ to the new SSDs. Thanks again

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