Clone RAID 0 (2 drives) to a single SSD drive

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I've got two 73GB SATA WD Raptors running on an Asus P5K Deluxe in RAID 0 as C: Drive. I want to clone this to my new 128GB Plextor SSD (M2S).

I have True Image HD OEM (build 10,044)

I tried the Clone feature and it appears to work correctly, but when I try to boot to the new drive (SSD), I get a BSOD (Vista x64) ... assuming it hits the RAID drivers and doesn't find any drives configured for RAID (CRCDISK.SYS).

I've tried all kinds of boot/BIOS combinations to get this to work, but so far no luck. IDE, ACHI, RAID. Both ACHI and RAID don't even get beyond POST process, IDE has to be selected in order just to start the Windows Vista boot process.

Oddly if the new SSD drive is cleared (repartition with nothing on it and not active), I can boot using RAID option and it sees the SSD just fine. So clearly it's not a SSD problem and not a motherboard problem, but it's something in the clone process that seems to cause the BIOS to get confused and will just sit at POST screen.

So not sure how to proceed here? I have no way of getting into Windows Vista boot sequence to have it not use the RAID drivers as it will BSOD before Safe Mode completes loading.

Any hints?

Thanks, Rob.

Ven, 08/12/2011 - 22:39
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You could try this move with Universal Restore. You need to purchase the full version of ATI and the Acronis Plus Pack, create a new recovery CD after having installed it.

http://forum.acronis.com/forum/21608

Even with this, it is not guaranteed to work out well/completely, but it might be the best option to try short of reinstalling everything.

When I faced the exact same situation, I reinstalled everything. That ways Win7 recognized the SSD, aligned the installation and automatically optimized itself for it. The alignment and optimizations are easy to reproduce manually, though.

Ven, 08/12/2011 - 23:13
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I found a solution.

1. Buy a 2nd identical SSD's (same Manufacturer and size) and set them up as RAID 0 Volume on the same RAID controller I use for my older RAID 0 HDDs.

2. Performed the Clone process.

3. Reboot.

4. Load BIOS and change boot drive from my older RAID 0 HDDs (Volume0) to the Newer RAID 0 SSDs (Volume1). Save and Exit

5. Vista x64 loads up fine using the new SSDs RAID 0, all apps working, no issues.

6. Shutdown, remove older HDDs from RAID controller.

7. Boot into BIOS again and validate boot volume is still (Volume1). Save and Exit

8. Boot into Vista x64.

The key to this process is that I needed two SSD's and keep RAID enabled in the BIOS so that my existing clone will have the same/correct drivers to operate the RAID controller that now has new SSDs.

This was a quick and easy solution ... I think Microsoft need to learn a few lessons from Apple's OSX and Time Machine -- cloning drives RAID or non-RAID is super simple with Mac's Time Machine -- benefits of a controlled hardware environment. :)

Lun, 08/15/2011 - 20:37