Cannot boot from non-RAID image restored to RAID SSD

OK, I was using one Vertex 120 as my Windows 7 C: drive and bought another to take advantage of RAID0 performance. Did a system image backup of the C: drive to my 1TB D: drive, installed the 2nd Vertex 120 (both are FW 1.5), enabled RAID in BIOS and created a RAID0 in the Intel RAID launch program. Then did an image restore to the new RAID0 C: drive. And... it won't boot -- hangs about 1 second into the "fireflies" in the boot process. It must be the boot.ini doesn't like the RAID0 config when it was backed up as a AHCI drive. Windows 7 repair fails. How do I gain access to the boot.ini file? Or is it the boot.ini file?

I should add that it does boot from a clean Win7 install, just not the image restore from the single AHCI Vertex.

HELP!!

You need to get the raid drivers into the o/s you just restored.

The only way I can think of to do that is with Paragon Adaptive restore - select P2P adjust o/s ,select the o/s to adjust, select upload drivers, browse to the .inf - give it a few secs to load , next, Apply, and it's done.

How about the opposite? Can a Win7 install to RAID array be reimaged after the drives are un-RAIDed on a Dell desktop?

I can use either Win7 imaging or Acronis 2010.

The combined space is 760gb while the install size is only 50gb now.

So I had to take down the RAID0 until I can figure out how to get the Intel RAID drivers installed on the RAID0 BEFORE I try to restore from my system image to the RAID0. Windows 7 driver install during the image restore process FAILS. Any ideas?

Hi Greg ,

Don't think that's going to work as the unraided drive is in effect new hardware.

You could try. If 7 can't clamber to the desktop after restoring the image, then just boot up the Paragon Adaptive Restore cd and point it at the restored o/s.

Select the bottom option - Do Not Upload drivers. That will open up the Win7 registry so it thinks it's just been installed.

gregrocker said:

How about the opposite? Can a Win7 install to RAID array be reimaged after the drives are un-RAIDed on a Dell desktop?

I can use either Win7 imaging or Acronis 2010.

The combined space is 760gb while the install size is only 50gb now.

May I ask what is the advantage to running RAID0?