I believe my issue is the same as the > 1 year old http://community.norton.com/t5/Norton-Ghost/Can-Ghost-15-be-used-to-clone-a-Raid-0-striped-drive/m-p/981875/highlight/true#M1824. However, it's not clear the given process worked, and Norton Ghost has morphed. I believe I can still find Ghost 15 for sale.
I have a circa 2008 Dell Precision T3400 with a failing (but still operable most of the time) RAID 0 system C: drive. I wish to replace the RAID 0 pair with a single 1 TB drive, and because installed programs I have would need replacement, I don't want to have to rebuild the system. Cloning seems to be the solution. I have installed the new SATA drive, which is working fine as T:. System is Windows 7 SP1.
Two questions:
1. is the process given in the previous answer one that works? I'm concerned, because various forums around for both Ghost and Acronis seem to have mixed messages about success with cloning RAID 0 to a single bootable disk, and my technical knowledge is not that deep. I'm not at all sure the discussion there describes a process that I can follow successfully.
2. If not Ghost 15, which seems to be obsolete, then what other products might work for this one time migration? I spoke with a Western Digital tech person who said that the "Acronis True Image WD Edition" product downloadable from WD will NOT work for this configuration.
Many thanks in advance,
Dan
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