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

Mike Halmarack wrote:
>
> 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?

No - I'm probably not explaining it properly.

You need to clone the raid array to your existing C drive.

This one: "I already had/have system C:\ on a standard IDE HD"

Once you've done that, because the motherboard and controller will have
changed, you will need to run a repair install, and also install the
motherboard drivers afterwards.

If you email me via retrodata.co.uk I'll give you more detailed
instructions - otherwise you're welcome to phone me. Saturdays and
Sundays are normal working days for me - so don't worry about that.


Odie
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