RE: [OT] Upgrading a raid drive

[Paul Gale <groups2@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

I've had very good success with Acronis to do similar - it modifies
the partition size on restore to fit the new space.

I don't think you should have any problems as long as the Acronis product
you're using fully supports the OS etc and is up to date.

The RAID bit shouldn't make any difference as long as the restore process
can see the RAID drive i.e. if you're using the Acronis recovery app
(booted from) can see the RAID drive and free space. This can easily be
checked before you start by booting to the restore app and looking to see
if it can see the drive.

What kind of RAID setup are you using - software (in Windows) or a hardware
controller?

Paul.



> -----Original Message-----
> From: ukha_d@xxxxxxx [mailto:ukha_d@xxxxxxx] On Behalf
> Of Dave McLaughlin
> Sent: 18 October 2009 11:00
> To: ukha_d@xxxxxxx
> Subject: [ukha_d] [OT] Upgrading a raid drive
>
> Hi all,
>
>
>
> I have a machine with two 180GB drives configured as mirrored raid and
> I am
> running out of disk space. I don't want to reinstall all the system as
> it
> has quite a lot of applications on there so would prefer a neater all
> at
> once solution.
>
>
>
> I want to install 2 new 500GB drives and ghost the old drive to the
new
> ones. Looking around on the net I get conflicting reports about
whether
> Norton Ghost is suitable for this.
>
>
>
> I was wondering if anyone here has completed a similar task?
>
>
>
> I have an external 320GB drive that I could use the likes of Acronis
to
> make
> a back up to, then install the new drives and restore the partition to
> the
> new drives, expanding to use the full disk space. I am running WinXP
> Pro on
> this machine.
>
>
>
>
>
> Any and all advice appreciated?
>
>
>
> Regards
>
> Dave...
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