Comments on: Replacing Windows Home Server Disks

By: mike

mike — Tue, 10 Jun 2008 11:34:10 +0000

I am migrating my home built WHS from IDE to SATA so I have several drives to empty and swap. I’m also opting for two WD green drives in the process plus some of the older drives with PATA to SATA converters.

Sometimes the remove disk wizard runs out of steam and quits. I have to run it again for WHS to finish the process. After the “first pass” the disk status is “Unknown” (red in console) and the backup service does not run until reboot.

Anyone have this issue?

By: ray

ray — Mon, 09 Jun 2008 19:27:50 +0000

@JohnBick - Disk 1 (System) wasn’t replaced. I only replaced 2 of the data only drives. The file balancing seems to use the system disk as a last resort for data files so between that and the hassle of replacing the system drive makes it unlikely I’ll replace it unless it goes bad.

By: JohnBick

JohnBick — Mon, 09 Jun 2008 11:35:23 +0000

So what did you do for Disk #1 ????

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