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Hello,

I did a backup by my system and then suffered a motherboard failure the next day. I replace the motherboard with a more modern version - any excuse to upgrade :) - and whilst the old system was RAID1 so it the new. However, if I try and restore via CD I don't get to see the two drives as one, rather I see two physical drives.

The old system was RAID via Marvell and now the new board uses Intel Rapid Storage Technology. Whilst in Windows I do see a single raid that's working as it should. So how can I get the backup onto this new RAID?

Another question: can True Image 2014 Premium backup and restore on systems using Intel Rapid Storage Technology?

Lee

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Since you are working with RAID 1 what you have are 2 independent disks that are identical to each other. The only feature that RAID provides in this scenario is that both disks are written to at once, theoretically at least, but you still end up with 2 identical disks. So you have a safety net of having 2 system disks on board so that if 1 fails the other will be capable of running the machine.

The restore CD you speak of knows this and sees the disks as they truly are, 2 independent disks.

If you restore your backup image to a single drive having that drive connected to the first raid port on the mobo, then after you are certain that the restore was successful by booting and running the machine, you can connect the second drive to the remaining raid port, enable the Intel raid, and the Intel raid controller will copy all data from the primary drive that you just restored the back up to to the second drive.

In a RAID 1 arrangement you have 2 disks, first disk in considered the primary disk, second disk is considered the secondary disk.

Note that you will have to use the Universal Restore feature to accommodate the change in disk controller.

Thanks for picking that up Pat.