Clone from single disk to RAID?
As the title.
Can I use True Image 14 to clone a single Windows 7 disk, to a RAID 0 array preserving all programs and data?
Any help much appreciated!
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Thanks for your advice - although it isn't what I was hoping to hear!
My motherboard won't allow switching unfortunately.
I really don't want to reinstall because I have a very large number of applications that are set up just as I want them. It would be a huge task to duplicate everything from scratch.
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Then try the Premium route. Remember we are talking about hardware-based RAID 0 set in the BIOS, not software-based RAID0. You will need the uncompressed RAID drivers for your motherboard.
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I think I'm going to try that.
You worried me a bit with your "This is doable but not super easy" but I did look at some info about the process and it's worth a try.
Thanks for your advice!
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The tricks are:
- do a full disk backup. ALl partitionts to be included
- make sure you have the right RAID drivers. They have to be in .INF format, not exe or zip. Decompress them if they are in exe or zip. ATI will tell you if it cannot find the drivers it needs during the restore. Some motherboards have a different disk controller for different RAID options. Double check your motherboard specifications.
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Thank you Pat L. I am very grateful for your advice.
I have a feeling that before I try the restore I should set up the RAID on the two SSDs with a basic Windows installation, just to check that I have the right drivers and that the new SSDs are working OK. Does that make sense, and will I need to install the drivers again when I do the Acronis Premium restore?
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It is actually a good to get the drivers in the right format if you have the time to do this :-). After you have installed Windows, copy the entire Windows folderSystem32 drivers folder and point ATI at that folder during the restore (hint: the folder cannot be on the disk you are restoring to).
When you restore, you newly install Windows installation will lost to the restored image: you might want to backup this installation just in case you need to repeat the operation.
ATI will just slipstream the low level drivers for the disk controller. If you were to restore on another computer, Windowos you have to install other drivers like networking, etc. But the first part to get right is to get Windows to boot...
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Success!
I created the RAID0 with two Samsung 840 Pro, did a minimum installation with Win7 64bit.
Copied the drivers and driverstore folders from \System32. Put them on the same drive as the full image backup.
Did the image restore, telling ATI Premium where to find the drivers, and it went more or less OK.
Windows started first time but there were some driver issues - several yellow flags in Device Manager but they weren't too hard to resolve.
I have still one issue - after starting Windows I get a popup saying Acronis Scheduler has stopped. But when I check Services everything seems to be running.
Thank you Pat L for giving me the advice and encouragement to go ahead!
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