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Sorry, okay I found the answer, which is to delete the volume, but it is only mirroring the C: Drive. Can I also mirror the E: drive which will have SQL on it?
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Sorry, okay I found the answer, which is to delete the volume, but it is only mirroring the C: Drive. Can I also mirror the E: drive which will have SQL on it?

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Have a new WIN 2003 server with two identical SATA hard drives. Disk 0 will have the OS and SQL instance on it. I want to see if there were a way to mirror the second drive (Disk 1) for redundancy? I tried making the first disk 0 to dynamic as well as the second, but the mirror option is greyed out. Any ideas on how to get this working? I do not have a RAID controller. <br />
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Setup:<br />
Disk 0 = C: 40GB | E: 150GB - Dynamic/NTFS<br />
Disk 1 = No Drive letter assigned - Dynamic/NTFS<br />
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Add Mirror - Greyed out
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Have a new WIN 2003 server with two identical SATA hard drives. Disk 0 will have the OS and SQL instance on it. I want to see if there were a way to mirror the second drive (Disk 1) for redundancy? I tried making the first disk 0 to dynamic as well as the second, but the mirror option is greyed out. Any ideas on how to get this working? I do not have a RAID controller. 

Setup:
Disk 0 = C: 40GB | E: 150GB - Dynamic/NTFS
Disk 1 = No Drive letter assigned - Dynamic/NTFS

Add Mirror - Greyed out

Mirroring two SATA drives

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