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tboned · 11-20-2004, 08:20 AM

Hey all, question about imaging drives:

Can you make an image of a RAID volume? I have two SATA 36GB Raptor drives in RAID 0, and was wondering if I can image the striped set to facilite quicker rebuilds of the OS when needed....? Its a pain in the rump to reinstall every time...I'd rather rebuild from an image in .0001% of the time, if possible.

Jolt · 11-20-2004, 10:54 AM

absolutely. At the software level you see a disk volume. Whether it's a physical disk or a logical one should not make any difference to any application.

The only consideration you may face - is if you have a controller that for some reason doesn't hook int13 properly and requires a real-mode driver for DOS access

(translation for the masses: if you can boot a diskette holding down Shift and FDISK the raid volume, it'll work.)

Ghost, PowerQuest, whatever else...it's all good.

Dilbert1234567 · 11-20-2004, 03:00 PM

It is very easy, as jolt said; it looks like one large disk to the system. Use Norton ghost or any other comparable tool and you should have no trouble.

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tboned Upright	RAID images - GHOST, etc Hey all, question about imaging drives: Can you make an image of a RAID volume? I have two SATA 36GB Raptor drives in RAID 0, and was wondering if I can image the striped set to facilite quicker rebuilds of the OS when needed....? Its a pain in the rump to reinstall every time...I'd rather rebuild from an image in .0001% of the time, if possible. __________________ Wanna have fun? Ask me about about politics! "I choose to confuse" ________________________________

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Dilbert1234567 Devils Cabana Boy Location: Central Coast CA	It is very easy, as jolt said; it looks like one large disk to the system. Use Norton ghost or any other comparable tool and you should have no trouble. __________________ Donate Blood! "Love is not finding the perfect person, but learning to see an imperfect person perfectly." -Sam Keen

11-20-2004, 10:54 AM	#2 (permalink)
Jolt Insane Location: Over here	absolutely. At the software level you see a disk volume. Whether it's a physical disk or a logical one should not make any difference to any application. The only consideration you may face - is if you have a controller that for some reason doesn't hook int13 properly and requires a real-mode driver for DOS access (translation for the masses: if you can boot a diskette holding down Shift and FDISK the raid volume, it'll work.) Ghost, PowerQuest, whatever else...it's all good.