How do I get a HDD set up as Raid 1 to boot under XP

AlgologAlgolog
edited November 2007 in Science & Tech
Hi all
I'm trying to salvage 2 perfectly good disk drives without having to reload all the programs I have on them.

Theyare part of a RAID 1 (Mirror) array.

How do I take the raid drive and make the root partition the boot partition and not have to reload the programs on the drive?

I can access everything on each drive when I slave them on another system.
I don't want to have to reload all of the programs as I don't remember which updates or patches were installed.



Win XP Pro
Asus P5GDC Deluxe motherboard w/ onboard ITE Raid
Intel 3.0 Mhz Processor
2 Gb Ram
2x 160 Gb PATA Maxtor drives

Comments

  • kryystkryyst Ontario, Canada
    edited November 2007
    is the OS installed on these drives or just random programs?
  • AlgologAlgolog
    edited November 2007
    The OS (WinXP Pro) is on both drives but it was loaded after I had set up the drives as Raid1.
  • kryystkryyst Ontario, Canada
    edited November 2007
    What happens when you boot up with the drives just on the mobo, not part of the raid? That usually works.
  • AlgologAlgolog
    edited November 2007
    Thanks
    That seems to work BUT it hangs even when I select safe mode (never quite gets there).

    Any ideas
  • kryystkryyst Ontario, Canada
    edited November 2007
    If you do a repair install that should fix everything so that it just boots regularly.
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