Transfering the OS to different drive

[joshuaeen]

I want to transfer the OS and all programs off of my existing machine, so that I can take out the primary Raptor drive and put it in Raid 0 in my new machine that I am building. What is the best way to transfer the image from this drive onto another drive? Do I need to format the raptor drive before I put it in Raid 0 in my new machine? Once I transfer the image, what is the best way to format the drive, fdisk or administrative tools?:wavey:

 

[HypoglossalXII]

I'm not sure if this may work but why not take a snapshot of your hard disk and restore it after your raid procedure?

There's a program called Drive Snapshot that does this. I'm sure there are many others too but I do not know if this would work.

-HypoG

 

[JN]

The only issue I foresee is that there are hardly any imaging tools out there that will restore to a RAID array.

I did manage to find one a while back, and actually purchased a copy but I wont be able to tell you its name until I get home later this avo.

 

[!TIMMY!]

Would Acronis True Image work?:

http://www.acronis.co.uk/

 

[Freak]

Yes, I have used a stripped version of it as I couldnt find my propper one. Then format. And your able to seleect where you want to place the new files.

 

[Rastalovich]

I'd be thinking of a way to introduce another harddrive - make it a new bootable OS with raid drivers etc.

Use this OS to backup the single drive using ur image-making-program of choice, then create the raid and apply the image.

Once done, remove the drive u introduced and boot off the raid.

Thing u might have to watch is that the backup u take of the single harddrive OS has raid drivers on it itself. I know it took me a whole saturday morning to get Vista to accept itself as a raid install with reg hacks etc.