Hardware RAID 0 - How do I successfully backup and restore?

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Hi,

I have 2 186GB RAID 0 drives on my laptop. It's Hardware RAID because I can configure it from my BIOS. My laptop is a ThinkPad W700.

I just downloaded and tried ABR11 (the trial version) and it seemed that I was able to successfully backup my disk with the two 186GB volumes, but when I tested a restore, I ran into problems. The restore failed at the end giving some R/W align error. I tried this several times and got the same results all the time.

My recovery test is simple: Simulate a system crash by quick-formatting my drives so that my system is no longer bootable and then booting the recovery CD and doing a full-disk system restore.

I can do this successfully using ShadowProtect Desktop and Paragon Hard Disk Manager Suite 2011, but I much would prefer to use Acronis. Unfortunately, I had to drop it a long time ago because of the "difficulty" or "complexity" to restore what I just backed up.

With ShadowProtect and Paragon, I just boot the recover CD, select the disk to restore from the backup and start. That's it.

But what about ABR11? Do I need the Universal Restore for this to work as effortlessly as the above products?

Please, if you know how, guide me on what I need to exactly to do ensure a successful restore of my RAID 0 disk. Again, it's hardware-based (not software) and using MBR.

Thanks!

lun 15/08/2011 - 15:35
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Hi Nusaram,
same prob here.
Got an home made computer based on an ASUS SABERTOOTH X58 motherboard (using Intel ICH10R raid chipset).
All my drives are in RAID. 2 Intel SSD in RAID0 for the system (yes i't quick !). 4 SAMSUNG 1To HDD in RAID1O.
Using ABR10 & ABR11 (just upgraded it), INSIDE windows 7 : no pb to backup or restore drives or files....except the system RAID0 drive of course.
For the system drive, you need to boot with ABR10 or ABR11 boot disk....but inside it, NO RAID DRIVES are correctly shown, only pices of it...like if ABR just see them as single drivers....

In case of a system crash ......I'm stucked....

The only solution I found is to install another windows 7 system on another partition (on the RAID10 drives for instance), boot on it, install another ABR version (don't want to pay fort that one !!) and then, I can restore my regular windows 7 system....

ABR boot disk is for no use for me.....

And I find the whole product a bit disapointing beacause It used to work flawlessly with th old version of Acronis True Image Workstation 9.

Hope we can find a solution with Acronis.....

dim 04/09/2011 - 08:41
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mvp

You should post in the Acronis Backup & Recovery forum.

dim 28/08/2011 - 16:40
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I'm sorry I'm not really in a position to be able to help with this, but besides Pat L's advice above, while you're researching this problem it may help to realize that you're actually dealing with software RAID. Well, at least Nicolas, who referenced his RAID information is, and I'd guess you are as well. It's dubbed "fake RAID" and is most often RAID which is built onto motherboards. I don't share this to be critical, only because it caused me confusion when I was first learning and trying to figure this stuff out. (I'm STILL learning and trying to figure this stuff out!)

From http://www.novell.com/support/viewContent.do?externalId=3626577&sliceId…
BIOS RAID (also known as"quasi-hardware RAID") is a form of software RAID for which the RAID configuration is managed in part or in full by the storage controller's BIOS but which is not true hardware RAID. For BIOS RAID to work, a specific driver is needed at the operating system level.

BIOS RAID is often nicknamed "fake RAID" as it is easily mistaken for hardware RAID and vendor of controllers that offer BIOS RAID often do little to educate buyers about the fact that it is not hardware RAID and that specific OS drivers are necessary for its RAID functionality to function. A somewhat more neutral way of describing it would be "BIOS-assisted software RAID".

lun 29/08/2011 - 10:35