Max Sherman
max at sherman.org.uk
Thu Feb 2 13:16:08 CST 2006
Many thank to all those who responded. Looks like my weekend is going to be spoken for. Regards Max -----Original Message----- From: accessd-bounces at databaseadvisors.com [mailto:accessd-bounces at databaseadvisors.com] On Behalf Of Jim Lawrence Sent: 02 February 2006 13:24 To: 'Access Developers discussion and problem solving' Subject: Re: [AccessD] OT:RAID and Access Projects Hi Max: It depends on how your raid is configured. If it is raid 1, using hardware like 'Promise' technology then in theory the second drive is just a copy of the first. If you have used something like 'stripping' then the data is really spread evenly over the 2 drives. In both cases, I would 'Ghost' (if you have access to that Symantec's app) or image the drive(s) using any CD creator program (Nero, Roxy etc.) to a large external or connected drive (externals really cheap now... $150 CAD for 200GB USB drive) or attach the large new drive ($99.00 CAD) off your computer. (Most mother-boards support up to 3 drives per connector and all within the last 5 years have at least 2 and up to 6 connectors.) Then, either, depending on your configuration, if hardware Raid; set the jumper on the Motherboard or on the boot-up BIOS (that may be all there is to it if a Mirrored setup). After that just re-mage the saved image back to boot hard-drive or depending on how you have imaged/ghosted the old drive content to the new large drive, you may be able use the new drive as your start-up drive. Note; if you are re-building you original drive have a tested boot floppy or CD with the appropriate recovery tools. It sound wordy but it is a fairly straight forward process and it does depend on your current configuration. Further concerns would probably be better brought up on the DBA technology list or hardware supplier. HTH Jim -----Original Message----- From: accessd-bounces at databaseadvisors.com [mailto:accessd-bounces at databaseadvisors.com] On Behalf Of Max Sherman Sent: February 2, 2006 12:11 AM To: 'Access Developers discussion and problem solving' Subject: [AccessD] OT:RAID and Access Projects Dear All, OT:RAID and Access Projects I have tons of projects, past and present, on my pc set up with 2xHD configured as Raid 1. This is causing me problems and I wish to remove it and revert back to 2 x HD. If I do this, will I loose all my data, programs and installations or will it just stop being a Raid and leave my systems and installations intact? I do not want to buy another HD just to have a temporary store and I definitely do not want to loose all my MS Access projects and associated setups. I would appreciate any advice on this please. Regards Max -- AccessD mailing list AccessD at databaseadvisors.com http://databaseadvisors.com/mailman/listinfo/accessd Website: http://www.databaseadvisors.com -- AccessD mailing list AccessD at databaseadvisors.com http://databaseadvisors.com/mailman/listinfo/accessd Website: http://www.databaseadvisors.com