Can Ghost 15 be used to clone a Raid 0 (striped) drive?

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I'm trying to clone a Raid zero drive (matching 250G Samsungs) onto an external since one of the Samsungs is dying.  Is this possible?  I tried following the instructions given for cloning in the manual, and also advice from other thread questions without luck.

 

If it isn't possible, would the new SSR do the trick?

 

Thanks!

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set123 wrote:

I'm trying to clone a Raid zero drive (matching 250G Samsungs) onto an external

set123,

 

"Clone" has several meanings. Do you want to make a backup image (recovery point) of the OS on your RAID drives? Or do you want to "copy" the OS to another drive and have that drive bootable?

 

Which OS?

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Sorry for the slow response - I would like to "copy" a RAID 0 drive that is failing onto a new larger drive (bootable) so that I can replace the failing drive.  The OS is Win XP.  If 15 can't do this, would SSR be able to?

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Sure, Ghost 15 will do that but  "Copy Drive" to a USB external HD doesn't always work and ideally you should copy to an internal HD. Then remove the old drive. Make sure you copy into unallocated space and NOT into a partition. Make sure you remove the old drive before the first boot from the new drive.

 

If you can't copy internally then create an image ot the WinXP partition (to an external HD is OK), remove the old drive, install the new drive, boot from the Ghost SRD and restore the image.

 

Edit.. Both methods could fail if you have a lot of bad sectors.

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Thanks, Brian.  I can't do this internally, since I only have 2 drive bays available.  I think I understand your explaination:  If you can't copy internally then create an image ot the WinXP partition (to an external HD is OK), remove the old drive, install the new drive, boot from the Ghost SRD and restore the image.

 

By "create an image" do you mean a backup?  Doesn't the new drive need a MBR?  Or is that put in place through the SRD boot?

 

Thanks

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set123 wrote:

By "create an image" do you mean a backup?  Doesn't the new drive need a MBR?  Or is that put in place through the SRD boot?

 

set123,

 

Yes. Make a "One Time Backup".

 

When you restore the image, use these options....

 

Verify recovery point before restore
Resize drive after recover (unallocated space only) (ONLY if you want to)
Partition type : Primary
Check for file system errors after recovery
Set drive active (for booting OS)
Restore original disk signature
Restore master boot record

 

I forgot to ask. How many partitions are on the internal drives? From viewing the partitions in Disk Management. If you have more than the WinXP partition we may have to make adjustments.

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That all seems really clear, but here's the way the RAID 0 drive is partitioned:

disk management.jpg

 

Does that throw a wrench?

 

Thanks

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You will need to create an image of the 39 MB partition too. Ignore the third partition.

 

Restore the image of the 39 MB partition first using these options...

 

Verify recovery point before restore
Partition type : Primary
Check for file system errors after recovery

 

I think I mentioned the target HD should be entirely unallocated space prior to the restore.