Cannot restore to a smaller hard disk

Are there any bad sectors or file corruption in the backup image? In other words, when you created the image, was the RAID 0 set and file system intact and error-free or did it already have problems?

Are you using the latest build of TI 2009 (9,796)?

Mudcrab: Thanks for the advice. In fact, the backup I was trying to use was done in the wee hours of the morning I discovered later the failed disk when I awoke. That backup was the one that would not restore. Went back one week, and that older backup restored fine. That indeed was the problem. Thank you for turning me on to the solution. Acronis is apparently not on THEIR chat on the weekends? I tried them first. Thanks again.

I'm glad the older backup worked for you. Hopefully, you didn't lose too much data.

As far as I know, there isn't any way to recover any data from a corrupt backup.

Good morning, please help me. I have my new notebook Asus M60J with 2 disks of 500 GB each that are working in RAID 0. I would have two independent (phisic and logic) disks instead, without lose of Windows 7 and installed software. Therefore I have to do this:
1. eliminate the RAID disk from the Raid Menu
2. modify the disks inside the Bios (from Raid to Ide).
Of course prior of these operations I would obtain an image with Acronis (an image of the Raid Disk of 1 TB), and after these operations write the said image onto the first disk (C:) of 500 GB. The data on disks are actually 40 GB. It is possible ? And which version of True Image I need ?
Tnank you all.

It should be possible to do what you want. This assumes that TI correctly supports your computer and the drivers needed for non-RAID mode are installed or can be automatically installed when you boot into Windows on the single drive. In most cases, going from RAID to non-RAID is simpler than the other way.

The standard Home version of TI should work. You should be able to use the trial version. That way, you can see if it will work before you buy it. TI 2010 is the current version.

1. Create a TI CD. Boot to it and make sure it can see all of the drives correctly.
2. Create a backup image using TI. The backup can be made from Windows or from the TI CD (if non-trial version).
3. Enter the RAID Configuration Menu, break the RAID and reset the drives to non-RAID.
4. Enter the BIOS and set the controller to non-RAID mode (IDE, AHCI, etc.).
5. Set one of the drives as the booting drive.
6. Boot to the TI CD and restore the image to the booting drive.
7. Try booting into Windows.

OK, I am going to do anything exactly as above. Thank you very much.