Re: Moving program files off RAID array and de-RAIDING

On Fri, 28 Oct 2005 18:51:08 +0100, Odie Ferrous
<odie_ferrous@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

>Mike Halmarack wrote:
>>
>> A couple of years ago I built my daughter a dual processor PC with a
>> RAID 0 array for use on her video production course.
>> Now she's moved on to Graphic and Web design, so she brought her old
>> computer home and swapped it for the AMD 64 bit machine I built last
>> month.
>>
>> I want to de-RAID the ex-video editing machine and return the drives
>> to a more fail-safe configuration. I already had/have system C:\ on a
>> standard IDE HD but I originally put the program files folder on the
>> RAID array to aid in speed of access.
>>
>> What I want to do now is move the program files folder to a partition
>> on the standard drive so that I can reformat the RAID array and
>> separate the drives.
>>
>> Can I just make a copy of the registry and do a search and replace to
>> re-define all the old references to"G:\Programs" to the newer location
>> "D:\Programs" then move the Programs folder to D:\ and overwrite the
>> older registry with the new one?
>> Or, is it more complicated than that?
>> TIA
>> --
>> Regards,
>> Mike Halmarack
>>
>> Drop the EGG to email me.
>
>You can't just copy the program files across; almost all Windows
>programs are also embedded in the registry and system files and you will
>have an absolute nightmare of a time manually editing the registry. I
>can guarantee it won't work and you will have endless problems.
>
>If I were you, I would ghost the RAID 0 array to a single (third)
>drive. You will have to do a repair install afterwards on the single
>drive, but that shouldn't take long. You will also have the original
>data on the RAID array as added security.
>
>
>Odie

Thanks, I'll see if I can get my head around that.:-)

The single drive with windows system on it is OK, why would I have to
do a repair install on it? Am I missing something gory in the dark?
The RAID array of 2 HDs is seen in Win XP as one drive with 3
partitions. If I trim the contents down a bit the data should transfer
to a single large drive, so I've got little to puzzle over there.
--
Regards,
Mike Halmarack

Drop the EGG to email me.
.

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