Raid 0 Question

[MFDoom]

I have a silly RAID question, and I can't seem to find an answer via the search.

I have 4 disks that I want to put in a striped raid. One of those disks (disk 1) has data that I'd like to keep.

If I put these 4 disks in the striped raid will I lose the data that is on disk 1?

 

[Dalton63841]

You NEED to backup the data. A software raid basically formats each disk as RAID, then it treats them as a single disk and formats that.

One more important thing to note is that you want to backup the data no matter what. A RAID is NOT a backup solution, even if it was a RAID1.

 

[MFDoom]

Thanks Dalton,

I figured as much but I was curious if it could happen without a backup.

 

[MSM Hobbes]

MFDoom - have you gandered at the following... didn't know if maybe that info would help you?
http://www.raidrecoveryguide.com/levels2.html
http://encyclopedia2.thefreedictionary.com/RAID