# Moving data files on windows

**URL:** <https://discuss.elastic.co/t/moving-data-files-on-windows/230605>\
**Category:** Elasticsearch\
**Created:** [April 30, 2020, 5:54pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/moving-data-files-on-windows/230605 "2020-04-30T17:54:11Z")\
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**Author:** ![giorgio](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/giorgio/32/61978_2.png) [@giorgio](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/giorgio)\
**Post date:** [April 30, 2020, 5:54pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/moving-data-files-on-windows/230605/1 "2020-04-30T17:54:12Z")

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Hi I have little bit of situation where I have to strip down RAID 0 where I have elasticsearch + its data config and logs. Will there be a problem if I just copy elasticsearch data config and log files to backup drive then reinstall windows on new drive, elasticsearch and then put back files to same directories? I just want to preserve my index with its data. If there is any better method then just moving files around let me know.

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**Author:** ![system](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/original/3X/1/a/1ac57faf039f6b580b3f104ef42a2a89e41014de.png) [@system](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/system)\
**Post date:** [May 28, 2020, 5:54pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/moving-data-files-on-windows/230605/2 "2020-05-28T17:54:15Z")

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