Man of Honour
Is it possible to clone a boot Win7 RAID0 array to one disk or not? Searching t'webs there seems to be two schools of thought:
1) No.
2) Here's a really complicated procedure which might work. And every one of these complicated procedures is different.
I have Win 7 x64 HP on two 500GB HDDs in RAID0, and one drive keeps throwing up errors. The array holds the OS and all my apps, progs etc, but not vital data. I'd like to move/copy the whole install to a single 1TB drive I have, so I don't have to spend hours customising, re-installing apps and games etc on a new install. The tool I tried was Seagate Disk Tools, which is essentially a cut-down free version of Acronis True Image. The copy went fine, but the boot never finishes. I get the first Windows splash screen, then a blank screen with a lot of disk activity, then a reboot. Endlessly. Safe Mode is the same. Windows Repair claims there is nothing wrong. As best I can tell Win7 does not have the old XP option of just re-installing the OS and leaving everything else, just a complete new install.
One small confusing factor: the same machine also has two data disks running in RAID1. Both arrays run off the Intel controller (x58 chipset) and so the HDD mode will need to stay set as "RAID". I'm also against any move which might mean I can't reuse the original array, so no breaking of the RAID0 array in BIOS for instance.
Am I unlucky, or can this be done?
Cheers
1) No.
2) Here's a really complicated procedure which might work. And every one of these complicated procedures is different.
I have Win 7 x64 HP on two 500GB HDDs in RAID0, and one drive keeps throwing up errors. The array holds the OS and all my apps, progs etc, but not vital data. I'd like to move/copy the whole install to a single 1TB drive I have, so I don't have to spend hours customising, re-installing apps and games etc on a new install. The tool I tried was Seagate Disk Tools, which is essentially a cut-down free version of Acronis True Image. The copy went fine, but the boot never finishes. I get the first Windows splash screen, then a blank screen with a lot of disk activity, then a reboot. Endlessly. Safe Mode is the same. Windows Repair claims there is nothing wrong. As best I can tell Win7 does not have the old XP option of just re-installing the OS and leaving everything else, just a complete new install.
One small confusing factor: the same machine also has two data disks running in RAID1. Both arrays run off the Intel controller (x58 chipset) and so the HDD mode will need to stay set as "RAID". I'm also against any move which might mean I can't reuse the original array, so no breaking of the RAID0 array in BIOS for instance.
Am I unlucky, or can this be done?
Cheers