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MetalDwarf
05-29-2007, 11:01 PM
i have a raid0 with 2x320GB drives running on the integrated on-motherboard RAID controller on my mobo. (MSI-rs482-il...i think)

if i upgrade and the new motherboard doesn't have the EXACT same raid controller am i screwed? will have to rebuild my raid and loose all my data? i have no way to backup 640GB easily
xenotype
05-29-2007, 11:07 PM
yes. sorry. even then, its still a gamble.
MetalDwarf
05-29-2007, 11:15 PM
is there any hope?
is there a way to un-RAID them first?

crap im so just gonna end up buying 2 more drives to back up onto and then i will be stupid and run a 4 way raid-5 and then next time i want to upgrade i will be screwed all over again
drizzt81
05-30-2007, 09:51 AM
is there any hope?
yes, buy an external drive onto which you back up your important data.
is there a way to un-RAID them first?Not really, at least not easily. I guess you could write a program that does it for you.

crap im so just gonna end up buying 2 more drives to back up onto and then i will be stupid and run a 4 way raid-5 and then next time i want to upgrade i will be screwed all over again
Then don't be stupid?
xenotype
05-30-2007, 10:33 AM
I guess you could write a program that does it for you.


lol. Good one. :p
Top Nurse
05-30-2007, 11:24 AM
Buy a stand alone card so you don't have these kinds of problems again => Adaptec has excellent support.
drizzt81
05-30-2007, 02:15 PM
lol. Good one. :p

Someone on this forum had written a program that fixed his online-raid-level-migration which had gone bad. I am having a really hard time finding it right now though.
Justintoxicated
05-30-2007, 02:26 PM
is there any hope?
is there a way to un-RAID them first?

crap im so just gonna end up buying 2 more drives to back up onto and then i will be stupid and run a 4 way raid-5 and then next time i want to upgrade i will be screwed all over again

This is not going to work, if you raid the two new drives and transfer everything over that will work, but if you then want to add the origional 2 drives back, you will have to destroy your new Raid-0 array once again.

This is why it is best to have your storage drives in raid-1 or just as storage drives instead.

Your best best may be the 1 TB drive in the Hotdeals forum, then you can use it for backups after you transfer everything.