copy Win7 RAID 0 system image file to non-RAID disk
Windows 7 - I have 2 500GB hard drives configured as RAID 0. The drives have been nothing but trouble using RAID 0. They crashed once, I had them replaced by Dell, lost all my data (my Norton backup failed).
Now, it's starting again. I keep getting RAID volume errors. So, before I lose everything again, I would like to change to 2 Non-RAID disks.
I have a Win 7 systems image backup and a repair disk. Dell has given me 2 more hard drives (I still have old drives for 1 week).
I reset the Bios from RAID to Non-Raid. I changed SATA mode from RAID to ATA. I put in the System Repair disk and tried to restore the hard drive from the system image file.
I receive an error msg "The disk that is set as active in Bios is too small to recover the original system disk...(ox80042407). The system image has 931GB capacity, 90.1GB used and 841GB free.
Apparently Windows System Recovery uses the capacity size and not the used space, when it issues this error.
How can I use Acronis True Image to recover my system?
Can I convert my Windows 7 system image to a True Image file and then use that file to recover my system on 1 of the 500GB drives? (I will use the second 500GB drive to store files.)
Oh, and once my system is restored, I need to put the original drives back in my PC to erase them and then put the good drives back in.
I'd appreciate any help I can get!
Are you using Dynamic Disks for RAID 0? It sounds like you're using standard BIOS RAID. I have successfully converted a Windows 7 RAID 0 backup to a TIB.
If the VHD conversion fails, you could setup the RAID on the new drives, restore your Windows image, create a new image using TI, reconfigure the drives to non-RAID, and restore the TI image (resizing for the single drive).
I believe I'm using standard BIOS RAID. I am going to try creating a new image using TI, reconfiguring the drives to non-RAID, and restoring the TI image (resizing for the single drive). Thanks for your help.