Re: How To Un-RAID

The Imaging Software from here:
http://terabyteunlimited.com/
They have free trials you can try. I would recommend Image For DOS or
BOOTITNG.

"shaka" <grr8shaka@xxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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> Star Fleet Admiral Q wrote:
>> Do you have a drive with 160GB of total space or 320GB or total space
>> when looking at the Raid drive in Explorer?
>> If 160GB of total space, then you have Raid 1 (Mirroring) and your PC
>> manufacturer should have instructions on their website or in your
>> documentation on how to break a Raid 1 Mirror. You can then format the
>> old mirror drive as you wish and store what you wish on the drive.
>> If you have 320GB of total space, you have Raid 0 (Stripping) and you
>> can only fix break the stripping by breaking the Raid connection, then
>> you'll need to reformat both drives and reinstall windows/apps clean.
>> Reason is a file may be stored in many pieces across both drives. Backup
>> any important data first, and make sure you have the non-raid drivers for
>> your motherboard/I-O controller before you start.
>> Raid 0 gives you speed, Raid 1 gives you mirroring... there are other
>> forms of Raid 5, 10 and 50, each builds redundancy and speed into the
>> process, especially when using SCSI 15/20k rpm drives, although the
>> 7200/10k available for SATA isn't bad for a desktop.
>>
>
> Tim, Andrew, and Admiral: This machine, which is a Sony VAIO, was
> originally configured as RAID 0, onboard RAID controller (Intel 82801FR)
> No WinXP CD came with it, instead it has a hidden partition for system
> restore. I am having issues with the following disk imaging software:
>
> Norton Ghost 2003 - will create backup but under RAID 0 it cannot find
> some spanned images when restoring. Under RAID 1 it restores but with
> errors.
>
> Norton Ghost 9 - will create backups but cannnot locate files when restore
> either in RAID 0 or 1.
>
> Acronis True Image 8 - will create backup but "unable to load LINUX
> kernel" comes up when trying to restore (This is not a LINUX machine)
>
> I was hoping to set it up as:
> Disk 1 (160gb divided into 3 partition, C - OS, D - Data, E = Games)
> Disk 2 (160gb no partition for Media.
>
> I have reformatted it before as non-RAID but the other disk does not show
> up.
>
> Hope this explains my situation well. Thanx for the responses.
>
> shaka


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