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Moving W7 from RAID0 to SSD
I'm depressed.
I need to move my Windows 7 from RAID 0 to my shiny new SSD drive.
Configuration before SSD:
Windows 7 RC
RAID 0 (nVidia chipset):
3x250GB on SATA ports 1, 2, 3
Partitions:
100GB free space (left by previous instalations)
100GB Windows 7 system partition (about 70GB used) (C)
rest is free now (I had some other partitions but deleted them)
Works fine, starts with no problems
Configuration during movement:
Same as above
160 GB clean SSD drive connected to SATA 4 (not being any raid member)
Windows starts normally
Desired configuration after:
No RAID drives
160 GB SSD on SATA port 1 with one 160GB partition (preferably C)
Controler either in IDE mode, or AHCI.
Available additional hardware:
160GB ATA HDD with approx. 95GB free
Tried sollutions:
Windows backup
Backup made on ATA drive connected either directly to mainboard or via USB (with use of external case). Approx. backup size 60GB.
Windows restore doesn't see SSD as destination drive.
Whatever I do, I get an error saying "no drive that can be used for restoring system could be found".
I tried with RAID drives connected, as well as with drives off and controller set to IDE or AHCI.
EASEUS Back up
17(!) DVDs with backup
EASEUS doesn't let me choose SSD drive as destination. It just doesn't appear there.
Clonezilla
Seems that doesn't support RAID. On source page I can choose between 3 250GB drives, not one 750GB. Strange. it seems like clonezilla doesn't care about RAID controller, it works with drives directly.
Acronis Migrate easy
Seems to work, but migrating (cloning) takes 17 seconds, and nothing is copied to SSD drive. It says that process is complete, and successfull but apparently is not. SSD drive stays empty.
Any other (good) ideas how to deal with it?
Why 160GB free hard drive is not enough for windows bakcup to fit half empty 100GB partition?
What's wrong with Acronis? It seems very strange, that is tells me it's done and successfull and it does nothing.
Thanks for all help in advance. I'm on the edge of nervous breakdown (read: fresh instalation