Changing motherboard with RAID array

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Blunt Warr

I'll change soon my system from a7v600 to a8n-e and i want to know if
my raid0 array will still work on my new system, not if windows will
still boot, but if the array will still be available with all files on
it.

I'm aware I possibly need reinstalling windows but I don't want to
lose the +200G of datas on the drive.
 
Blunt Warr said:
I'll change soon my system from a7v600 to a8n-e and i want to know if
my raid0 array will still work on my new system, not if windows will
still boot, but if the array will still be available with all files on
it.

I'm aware I possibly need reinstalling windows but I don't want to
lose the +200G of datas on the drive.
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RAID disks use a reserved sector per drive, to record info
about which disk is raided with which other disk. Reserved
sectors are not necessarily portable between different makers.
(I have read a comment that you can move a Promise array from
one Promise chip type to another, but between different controller
makers there are no guarantees.)

Why not buy a big drive and just back it up ?

http://www.pricewatch.com/m-26.htm

Paul
 
RAID disks use a reserved sector per drive, to record info
about which disk is raided with which other disk. Reserved
sectors are not necessarily portable between different makers.
(I have read a comment that you can move a Promise array from
one Promise chip type to another, but between different controller
makers there are no guarantees.)

Why not buy a big drive and just back it up ?

http://www.pricewatch.com/m-26.htm

Paul
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thanks for the advice, I will borrow a 200G at job to make the backup.
 
thanks for the advice, I will borrow a 200G at job to make the backup.
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If you're talking about making a backup via imaging -- i.e., Ghost --
that you're planning on restoring to the new RAID, be sure to remember
to install the new RAID drivers on your current setup before making
the backup image. This approach would probably allow you to get by
withOUT reinstalling Windows and all your applications. It could save
you many hours of boring drudgery.

If you actually want to reinstall Windows, then any kind of backup
will obviously be satisfactory for preserving your data.

Ron
 
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