Restore image from RAID 0 to Non-RAID.

[Sabastiaan]

Hi all, i got a query that is it possible to restore a WHS Raid 0 Image to a Non-Raid disk?My system and all programs and data are on a RAID (0) striped array. I know this is a dangerous configuration, so I want to de-strip the RAID onto a new hard drive for stability.I want the programs I currently am using to work when I move them to the new drive. I want the new drive to replace the striped array and work just like it all does now.I don't know how to modify the restored image so that it goes back to some sort of default Sata driver set and just boots. It feels like I'm so close because I've got the whole image back. Please tell me how to restore image from RAID 0 to Non-RAID.

[Namchan]

Definitely you can restore an array to a non-RAID drive but the condition is it should be the same size as the array that was backed up. You'll probably have to install the RAID drivers onto your existing drive and then create a new image. You may have to set the BIOS to RAID also even though you are not using it so Windows will use the RAID drivers. I'm not sure if it would detect them or not, but it's what I would try.Download and install the RAID drivers for the current system. Reboot into the BIOS and set it to RAID mode.

Boot back into Windows. If it starts okay, do another full drive image backup. Shutdown and setup your RAID array and then restore the new image. Since the drivers are now installed, hopefully Windows will recognize the array and continue to boot.To have even a chance of booting, you will probably have to replace the hardware abstraction layer

[Kraker999]

Try installing the drivers and making a new image again if you can't see the drive or it won't boot in RAID mode without an array setup, . I know you can have single drives and RAID mixed in RAID mode, but I haven't tried it in RAID mode without any RAID array. It may differ from chipset to chipset too.In XP, this is relatively simple: you replace HAL.DLL with the appropriate DLL from your installation media. Then you have to hope that hardware discovery will complete successfully. I've never done this with Vista, however; Vista insulates the end user from the hardware a bit more so this solution may not be possible.

[Faint]

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[beeke1102]

I had the same problem.
Had installes Vista on a raid 0.
Want to replace the two disk by 1 large disk.
Back-up and restore of MS did not work and many image software did not work.
Finaly i found one, O&O drive image had no problem.
clone disk to new disk
shutdown and remove the two disks from the raid
and restart
good luck