Anyone could be wondering how to raid usb flash drives windows 10? Well, raid is a method of building volume across multiple disks. Raid stands for redundant array of independent disks. In simple terms it is a concept used for storage devices to store data keeping reliability and availability in mind. Kindly follow the below steps to raid usb flash drives windows 10.
Please note that raid 0 is not a true raid configuration and provides no redundancy or fault tolerance.
- Open Computer Management by clicking the Start button and typing “compmgmt.msc” (without quotation marks) and pressing Enter.
- In the left pane, under Storage, click Disk Management. If you need more information on disks and volumes, click “Disk and Storage Management Help” (in the left pane).
- In the upper portion of the middle pane, right-click the first USB flash drive you want to combine, click Delete Volume, and follow the instructions on your screen.
- When you receive a message that you are about to delete all data on the USB flash drive, click Yes.
- In the upper portion of the middle pane, right-click the second USB flash drive you want to combine, click Delete Volume, and follow the instructions on your screen.
- When you receive a message that you are about to delete all data on the USB flash drive, click Yes.
- In the lower portion of the middle pane, right-click Unallocated space (if available), click New Simple Volume (if not already selected), and follow the instructions on your screen.
- When you receive a message that formatting the volume will erase all data on the disk, click OK.
- When you receive a message stating that the new volume is ready for use, click Close.
Now raid usb flash drives windows 10 is ready.
Note: Can be any size of usb flash drives can be used as raid array. Also, if you want to extend the volume size, the usb flash drives must be of the same size.
Please comment if you face any difficulty during raid usb flash drives windows 10.