i have two 500Gig raid0 drives (C: drive is seen as 1TB) -I only have two drive bays

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i have two 500Gig raid0 drives (C: drive is seen as 1TB) -I only have two drive bays
and they're being used by the two 500gig raid0 drives (no data redundancy, the data is simply 'striped' across the two drives -one drive cannot live without the other, or without raid0 turned on, for that matter. . .if i want to sustain my system-

i want to back it up to an 1tb harddrive, i will put it on an external enclosure.

But what is this about the tib file??

where do i put the tib file???

i wish i could simply copy from my "C:" to the external 1TB, and when done, simply replace the two 500Gig drives with the one 1tb drive (that i was using as external with the usb enclosure).

but apparently i cant do that: I have to back up to a tib, and then i have to restore from the tib to the 'new drive'. . . .

so where do i put the tib?? surely i cant put it in the new drive, can i??

and would it make sense to put the tib in the 'old drive'??

where should i put the tib file?

Mon, 09/20/2010 - 21:49
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ok, here's the answer:

get another hard drive, lets call it "the tib harddrive", (for example 1terabyte hdd).
put it in the external enclosure
back up your C; drive to "the tib harddrive" (this is where the tib file will go)

then replace both your 500gig raid0 drives with the one 1TB hd. . .
this will be your new C:
and then restore from "the tib harddrive" (still in the external enclosure)
into your new C:

got it?

Tue, 09/21/2010 - 16:00