Airhead315
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Ok,
So I put together a new HTPC and purchased 4 2TB drives which gave me a total of 6 TB after setting them up as RAID 5. I created two volumes from that RAID, one is 2 TB and the other is 4TB.
Windows 7 is currently installed on the 2TB volume, though it only occupies about 17Gb.
I just received my 64Gb SSD and am trying to migrate windows 7 to it. I created a system restore image using the built in windows 7 utility.
I went to restore the image onto the SSD and noticed I had no options in terms of what HD to restore the image onto, which leads me to believe the image would be restored over the current windows 7 install on the 2TB volume. Conventional wisdom tells me to disconnect the RAID drives so only the SSD is available but the 2nd volume(6TB) on the RAID contains all of my media. I am unsure of whether I can disconnect all the raid drives and boot without them without completely destroying the RAID.
In other words, can I unplug all of the RAID drives temporarily and will the Intel Raid controller retain thier configuration so when I plug them back in they will begin to function normally again? Or will the RAID be lost if the system is booted without them connected?
The RAID in question is a SATA RAID using the onboard intel raid controller on an ASUS P7P55 Deluxe MB.
Thanks,
Aaron
So I put together a new HTPC and purchased 4 2TB drives which gave me a total of 6 TB after setting them up as RAID 5. I created two volumes from that RAID, one is 2 TB and the other is 4TB.
Windows 7 is currently installed on the 2TB volume, though it only occupies about 17Gb.
I just received my 64Gb SSD and am trying to migrate windows 7 to it. I created a system restore image using the built in windows 7 utility.
I went to restore the image onto the SSD and noticed I had no options in terms of what HD to restore the image onto, which leads me to believe the image would be restored over the current windows 7 install on the 2TB volume. Conventional wisdom tells me to disconnect the RAID drives so only the SSD is available but the 2nd volume(6TB) on the RAID contains all of my media. I am unsure of whether I can disconnect all the raid drives and boot without them without completely destroying the RAID.
In other words, can I unplug all of the RAID drives temporarily and will the Intel Raid controller retain thier configuration so when I plug them back in they will begin to function normally again? Or will the RAID be lost if the system is booted without them connected?
The RAID in question is a SATA RAID using the onboard intel raid controller on an ASUS P7P55 Deluxe MB.
Thanks,
Aaron