Swap motherboard with same model, reinstall?

[datflipkid]

I tried searching google, but I could never find a clear answer

My motherboard died on me, and I ran my operating system on an ssd, and a raid 0 with two hard drives. I bought the same motherboard, exact same model, asus maximus II formula in order to run the raid 0 again, but do I have to reinstall the operating system again? If so, how can I do this without having to do a "clean install" or without deleting any information?
thanks

 

[kirbster1966]

Nope. plug and play. Just set to raid and ensure the array is recognized. good to go.

 

[datflipkid]

Nope. plug and play. Just set to raid and ensure the array is recognized. good to go.

sounds good, hope this is correct.

 

[2is]

You shouldn't have to, but things can get tricky with RAID, especially RAID 0. What I always do is keep a backup clone of my RAID array on a single drive. If anything should happen to the array, I can rebuild the array, boot of that single drive and image it back to the array.

 

[datflipkid]

You shouldn't have to, but things can get tricky with RAID, especially RAID 0. What I always do is keep a backup clone of my RAID array on a single drive. If anything should happen to the array, I can rebuild the array, boot of that single drive and image it back to the array.

how can I do this?

 

[2is]

With imaging software. I use Acronis, but there are free programs like CloneZilla that should be able to accomplish the same task.

 

[datflipkid]

With imaging software. I use Acronis, but there are free programs like CloneZilla that should be able to accomplish the same task.

and you don't need a drive of the same model unlike raid, correct?

 

[2is]

Correct, you just need one large enough to accommodate whatever it is you have on there at the time of imaging.

 

[crashtech]

It's always prudent to "clone in" to a new system, so an exact copy will still exist if things go horribly wrong somehow. Especially with other people's stuff, lol, betcha don't need to ask how I know...