Question about Installing OS and Raid 0

Hello,

I currently have ONE HDD (250gb 7200rpm). And I will be upgrading to TWO HDD in RAID 0 (2x 750gb 7200rpm).

My question is can i install all the programs and os into my 250gb right now and somehow clone it to the RAID 0 setup 1.5tb???

I just dont want to reinstall all the os and programs once again once I get my two hdds.

Please let me know! thanks!

 

You should be able to, I believe. All you'll need to do is create the RAID, and it'll act as one big hard drive to your computer. Then, you'll just need a disk copy utility like the ones found on Ultimate Boot CD - Overview (personal favorite tool) under the hard drive cloning options.

I've used HDClone and it works very well, but it is pretty slow (since it is the free version).

EDIT: suppose it goes without saying, but you'll probably want to put the two hard drives in RAID then have the 250GB in an external enclosure of some type.

 

thanks for the help.

So essentially I need to clone from my 250gb to my 1.5tb, but I can do that when there is no os installed in the 1.5tb?? I mean like I wont be able to run the softwares u mentioned in the first place since I wont be able to boot the laptop with 1.5tb in RAID setup (since I would not have installed the os)

Any thoughts on this?

 

Problem is you need to have raid drivers installed to clone to the raid setup otherwise you'll Bsod. You'll probably need to do a fresh install bud. Don't get too comfy. For me I never had luck taking my single drive setup to raid 0

Beer+smartphone =bad. Others May be right. If you do it as raid ib the bios you may be able to do it. Never tried it. Always done ahci with a single drive.