How to move to a new disk ?

[M.Hockings]

Currently I have XP Pro installed across two SATA disks in a striped
array. I don't find that there is any noticeable performance
improvement with the striped array so I would like to move it to a
single disk. To do this I have a 3rd drive in the machine. Is there
some procedure that I can follow to move my XP install to the single
drive -- keep in mind that I need the RAID hardware drivers loaded to
access the striped array.

Once I have it moved I plan on using the SATA disks for data and
programs with the hope that three physical disks will provide better
performance than the striped array.

Thanks for any input.

Mike

 

[Pegasus \(MVP\)]

Currently I have XP Pro installed across two SATA disks in a striped
array. I don't find that there is any noticeable performance
improvement with the striped array so I would like to move it to a
single disk. To do this I have a 3rd drive in the machine. Is there
some procedure that I can follow to move my XP install to the single
drive -- keep in mind that I need the RAID hardware drivers loaded to
access the striped array.

Once I have it moved I plan on using the SATA disks for data and
programs with the hope that three physical disks will provide better
performance than the striped array.

Thanks for any input.

Mike

You could do this:
1. Connect the single disk.
2. Partition & format it, and make its primary partition active.
3. Run ntbackup.exe to back up the whole striped disk, including
the System State, to a file on the single disk.
4. Create the folder c:\Windows on the single disk.
5. Remove the striped disks.
6. Install a no-frills version of WinXP on the single disk. Make
sure it goes into a folder other than c:\Windows.
7. Use ntbackup to restore your previous installation.

 

[Kerry Brown]

Currently I have XP Pro installed across two SATA disks in a striped
array. I don't find that there is any noticeable performance
improvement with the striped array so I would like to move it to a
single disk. To do this I have a 3rd drive in the machine. Is there
some procedure that I can follow to move my XP install to the single
drive -- keep in mind that I need the RAID hardware drivers loaded to
access the striped array.

Once I have it moved I plan on using the SATA disks for data and
programs with the hope that three physical disks will provide better
performance than the striped array.

Thanks for any input.

Mike

Acronis True Image supports most RAID controllers. Cotact them to see if
your's is supported.

http://www.acronis.com/homecomputing/company/contacts.html

 

[M.Hockings]

You could do this:
1. Connect the single disk.
2. Partition & format it, and make its primary partition active.
3. Run ntbackup.exe to back up the whole striped disk, including
the System State, to a file on the single disk.
4. Create the folder c:\Windows on the single disk.
5. Remove the striped disks.
6. Install a no-frills version of WinXP on the single disk. Make
sure it goes into a folder other than c:\Windows.
7. Use ntbackup to restore your previous installation.

OK, thanks, I will check out ntbackup. Is there no way to simply move
the content from the striped pair onto the single drive without the
intermediate step. Why I ask is that there is not twice the space on
the single drive as on the striped pair so where to put a backup image
is a challenge.

Mike

 

[M.Hockings]

Acronis True Image supports most RAID controllers. Cotact them to see if
your's is supported.

http://www.acronis.com/homecomputing/company/contacts.html

Thanks, something like that could be just the tool I need to move it.

Mike