Depends on the backup software and type. If your software is capable of "bare metal" recovery, then there shouldn't be a problem. If you just do a partition copy, then no, it won't boot.
Hi, I have a PowerEdge R710 with 4 x 250 Gb, SATA, 7.200 RPM Hotswap drives. OS is Windows SBS 2011. The drives run in Raid 1. One drive with the OS and one drive with data, and the other two drives are then the mirror drives. I want to change the drives to 4 x 600 Gb SAS, 15.000 RPM drives. My plan is to start with the data disk. Replace one drive with a new one, then wait for the rebuild of the mirror and then exchange the other drive and wait for the mirror to rebuild again. Then go into Disk Management in Windows Server and enlarge the disk to full capacity. But is this procedure possible? And if not - how else can I change the hard drives to bigger ones? Kind Regards
Change to larger hard drives in Raid 1