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Can I make a perfect clone of my HD before making RAID?

post #1 of 7
5/11/12 at 12:36pm
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I'm looking to put my HDs in RAID0
Now I'm wondering if it's possible to make a perfect clone of the HD with my OS on it, then make the array and restore the clone like nothing changed?

To explain it in greater detail basically I have a bunch of HDs.
2 SSDs (just bought one from a friend, hence my question) which have OS installed.
2 1TB HDs stuffed with games
1 2TB HD for fraps

So I want to make a back-up of my OS drive (111GB btw), store that on my 2TB HD or whatever -> make a RAID0 array with those SSDs -> put the back up back -> Have OS working without register flaws or other shenanigans.

Is such a thing possible? and how?
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post #2 of 7
5/11/12 at 12:40pm
Yes, it's possible.
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5/11/12 at 12:48pm
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any recommendations for software?
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post #4 of 7
5/21/12 at 9:09am
Acronis True Image (my favorite). Or Comodo (my second choice for these types of tasks).
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post #5 of 7
5/23/12 at 11:39am
A perfect clone is made from outside windows, so CloneZilla is what you need.
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5/23/12 at 12:25pm
Clonezilla works too, but to imply that Acronis or Comodo wont or cant do basic disk clones of MBR OS disks is miss-information. Any of the three programs can make "perfect" clones of basic disks including those that contain the MBR and operating system. And both do it it outside of the Windows environment.
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post #7 of 7
5/23/12 at 12:44pm
Nobody implies or missinforms anything, we're just stating our opinions, if your experience tells you otherwise, good for you, or maybe you need to see outside your sandbox and realise there are many scenarios where your foolproof method simply does not work and need to seek other options.
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