hi, wondering if i'm able to restore my harddrive image on a RAID 0 (2 harddisks). i backed up the HD image from a single IDE harddisk and now wants to restore the image on RAID. i'm changing to a 2-harddisk setup. foresee any problem? i'm using Acronis True Image 7 thanks,

I'm not sure, but I don't see why not. Raid is just using 2 or more identicle HDDs. If you're using the same machine, why not.... When all is said and done More is said than done..

I don't think this is possible. You may be able to create images of each disk and then restore the disk later using those images but a RAID 0 array stores half of the data on each disk. That doesn't mean half the directories on each, that means half of each file. The process is performed in real time so as data is sent to the disks it is split so each disk can process half, making the process faster. I may be wrong about this but let me play devils advocate here. WHY would you want to do this? You risk losing all your data if one disk fails. There are some legitimate purposes for RAID 0, but general computing isn't one of them, IMO.

Hey OtheHill, I guess I misunderstood the concept of Raid. I thought both drives were identicle. I didn't know abt the 1/2 and 1/2 concept. When all is said and done More is said than done..

I agree with OTH. RAID 0 should carry a Public Health Warning. "Do not use if value your data" There is no redundancy with RAID 0. You should be using RAID 1 at least which is slower as the data is written twice, once to each disk. Sometimes called Mirroring wheras RAID 0 is Stripping. http://www.webopedia.com/TERM/R/RAID.html Stuart

I agree with Othehill and Stuart, especially with the advice NOT to use raid. Raid 0 is HIGHLY over-rated as to it's increase in performance and really exposes you to loss of data.

foxxkat Take a look here for an explanation on the different flovors of RAID. http://www.webopedia.com/TERM/R/RAID.html