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moving from RAID array to interntal IDE disk

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Got a server that, at the moment, runs from hardware RAID array which basically presents as a 36GB logical drive. This is then partitioned into C, D and E (with windows 2000 on C).

We want to get rid of the RAID and just use a single internal 40Gb drive.

Tried using Ghost and it backs up the RAID disks no problem, and seems to install on the new internal disk.

Trouble is it fails to boot with UNACCESSIBLE_BOOT_DEVICE. I assume this because the boot disk is now totally different?

Is there any way to fix this? Would editing boot.ini or using bootcfg (http://support.microsoft.com/kb/291980) sort this out?

Or maybe use Acronis with universal restore because I know this will restore to different hardware (unlike ghost)?

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If the server is moved between internal devices then UR is not needed. Just enable and install both controllers before the transfer from one to other partition.

Have you copied the MBR of the disk or used only partition copy?

Using ghost you must chose disk copy with additional options (to copy MBR - don't remember the exact option now) to be able to properly boot the system from second hdd,

Not to be nosey, but you do realize you're taking a part of your server's redundancy out right? RAID writes data across all 3 drives, in the event one of the 3 hard drives go out, your server keeps running, (but access takes longer because it is recreating the missing data on the fly)

If you replace it with a single hard drive, if that drive ever goes out, game over.

Jason Bandy wrote:
Not to be nosey, but you do realize you're taking a part of your server's redundancy out right? RAID writes data across all 3 drives, in the event one of the 3 hard drives go out, your server keeps running, (but access takes longer because it is recreating the missing data on the fly)

If you replace it with a single hard drive, if that drive ever goes out, game over.

If it's a temporal satiation (ex to reconfigure the raid array) it's nothing bad, but a permanent solution could be tragic in consequences.

Yeah I use acronis to redo raid arrays quite a bit, I just make a backup image of the existing raid config, install the new drives, and restore the image to the new raid. Pretty slick and easy! (haven't done it in v10 though, with all the v10 problems I've had, I'm almost scared to)