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idea
04-23-2008, 09:51 PM
How would you do this?

Old setup: 2x320GB with RAID0 from Abit BIOS (NTFS)
New setup: 1x750GB (NTFS)

This is what I have done so far using knoppix live CD:

1- Made partitions on the 750GB and mkntfs'd
2- Mounted the old RAID0 using dmraid
3- Started copying data over using cp -a

After this, I'm gonna have to fix the MBR and hopefully... *hopefully* ... everything will be okay. Would you have done it differently?
nitrobass24
04-23-2008, 10:00 PM
omg yes if you can start over.

Go download like Hirens boot cd or some sort of bootable HDD tools. It should see your RAID0 and your new and allow you to do a direct clone. This will not require you to go fix mbr or anything.
When its done choose the 750gb as your boot drive and it should start right up.
idea
04-23-2008, 10:13 PM
While the filesystem is NTFS, if I was to copy the partitions using something like "direct clone" then it would clone the RAID partition. I could have achieved what you are saying using the "dd" command in linux. I need to copy the data on the filesystem.
idea
04-23-2008, 11:21 PM
Bah... BSOD when booting off the new hdd.

Time for a new idea, I'm gonna do "dd if=/dev/dm-0 of=/dev/sdc" which I think may be a one shot deal.
Danny Bui
04-24-2008, 12:46 AM
Are those 320GB drives made by Seagate or Maxtor? And can you boot from the 320GB RAID0? If so, Seagate offers a free HDD cloning tool, DiscWizard or something like that, that you can use. Install it, clone your drive, there you go.
idea
04-24-2008, 03:09 AM
WD actually and yes, the bios is set to boot off the SATA RAID0.
ALL4AMD
04-24-2008, 07:25 AM
WD actually and yes, the bios is set to boot off the SATA RAID0.


have u tried the WD utilities in windows?
devman
04-24-2008, 08:07 AM
How would you do this?

Old setup: 2x320GB with RAID0 from Abit BIOS (NTFS)
New setup: 1x750GB (NTFS)

This is what I have done so far using knoppix live CD:

1- Made partitions on the 750GB and mkntfs'd
2- Mounted the old RAID0 using dmraid
3- Started copying data over using cp -a

After this, I'm gonna have to fix the MBR and hopefully... *hopefully* ... everything will be okay. Would you have done it differently?

Acronis True Image can do a RAID0 to Single disc image iirc. I've certainly done it the other way around without issue.

omg yes if you can start over.

Go download like Hirens boot cd or some sort of bootable HDD tools. It should see your RAID0 and your new and allow you to do a direct clone. This will not require you to go fix mbr or anything.
When its done choose the 750gb as your boot drive and it should start right up.

FYI: Hiren's is Warez (at least it used to be for a long time, probably still is though)
nitrobass24
04-24-2008, 10:00 AM
FYI: Hiren's is Warez (at least it used to be for a long time, probably still is though)

Not really all the programs have been licensed and even if it were every prog on there is either freeware or you can dl a trial version from their site. it doesnt allow you to install the software, its a recovery tool.
devman
04-24-2008, 01:22 PM
Not really all the programs have been licensed and even if it were every prog on there is either freeware or you can dl a trial version from their site. it doesnt allow you to install the software, its a recovery tool.

Perpetual use of trialware which isn't in accordance with the licensing terms is not properly licenced. Ignoring that point, the software would be licensed to the person who mastered the disc not to someone he gave it to.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hiren%27s_boot_CD

"Hiren's Boot CD contains free software and abandonware, which are still copyrighted, from the DOS era, it also contains a significant amount of unlicensed proprietary software; therefore, Hiren's Boot CD is considered warez. This makes the entire disc illegal in most jurisdictions. Hiren no longer offers a download link to the disc image."
dandragonrage
04-24-2008, 01:26 PM
RawCopy (in Windows) is pretty good.
idea
04-24-2008, 10:23 PM
I figured out why it was BSOD'ing, the SATA controller had to be set to IDE instead of AHCI in the BIOS.

dd was the answer. linux saves the day with one command line, yet again.
goodl
04-25-2008, 07:14 AM
Acronis true image home 11.0 FTW!!
maliclipse
04-26-2008, 12:34 PM
Yep, could of used the trial version of Acronis Easy Migrate 7 as well...
dandragonrage
04-26-2008, 03:36 PM
RawCopy is free all day every day (and so is dd)