Changing RAID type

[vanvock]

Can I change from RAID 1 back to RAID 0 without messing up my OS (XP Home) install? I have a 36G Raptor & a 250G Seagate in the system on a Silicon Image controller card that I added after the HDD controller on the Abit motherboard died. I did not want a RAID setup but could not get it to work otherwise & would like to use the space on the Seagate drive. Thanks for any help.

 

[corkyg]

AFAIK, you have to rebuild the RAID array. The safest way is to image the RAID1 array to a backup external drive. Rebuild the array to RAID 0 and then restore the backed up image to the array.

 

[vanvock]

Thanks for the reply. I figured it would probably be a "all data will be lost" deal.