Migrating single SATA ---> RAID 0

[kppanic]

Hello all,

I've currently got a WD5000AAKS, a relatively old hard drive, and yesterday I purchased a WD 1TB Black.

While I was using Partition Magic to migrate my old HDD to the new HDD I started wondering if I can migrate this 500gb to a RAID 0 assuming that I get another WD 1TB Black, since my understanding is that a RAID would be seen as a single partition to the OS.

Is this possible and can be done without too much headache?

Cheers.

 

[kppanic]

Ahh this thread answered my question:

http://forums.overclockers.co.uk/showthread.php?t=17991885

It is possible but not recommended.

Thanks all.

 

[kppanic]

If you don't like the answer in that thread try this one instead

http://forums.overclockers.co.uk/showthread.php?p=13691155

Cheers for that link, read through it, but not really comfortable with SYSPREP.

Found another guide, just in case another needs step-by-step guidance.

http://www.tomshardware.com/forum/196922-32-switching-storage-controllers-reinstalling-windows

Cheers!

 

[kppanic]

You don't need sysprep. As you're not changing mb's none of your existing drivers need to change. All you need is a reliable way to add the raid driver to your existing system, that and the Volume ID trick to deal with any 'sensitive' software No guarantees but the procedure in post #3 may just work.

Awesome, I'll do it and skip the SYSPREP part, I don't need to strip down my drivers =)

One final question:

Which drive are better at RAID 0, if any significantly:

WD 500GB Black or,
WD 1000GB Black?

Contemplating whether to get another 500GB Black or 1TB Black as I have one of each, and was thinking 1000GB should be faster than 500GB (3 vs 2 platters?).

 

[kppanic]

Ok I've got a problem...

I got the vista installation on an IDE and set the bios to RAID.

As windows boots I get a bsod and system reboots.
I can't install the ich10r driver in vista as I get the "system requirement not met" msg..


I am stuck please help!!