Imaging and restoring a RAID array

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So /dev/null twisted my arm into buying 2 velociraptor hard drives to replace my 2 150gb raptors. Right now the 2 raptors are set up as a RAID 0 array for my boot drive. I got the velociraptors in, but have been procrastinating about installing them because I dread the thoughts of reinstalling and reconfiguring everything (read Windows!). I plan to set up the new drives in a RAID 0 array also.

Does anyone know if I can somehow image my current array and restore it to the new one?

I did some quick internet searches and it seems that Ghost has some issues with restoring to a RAID. I found some other recommendations, but on one of the Web sites for one of them - it says it can't restore to a new RAID. So overall I'm a little unsure if it's even possible.

Anyone have any experience on this or suggestions? Thanks!
 
Have you actually used it to clone/image and restore a RAID? I'm reading mixed reviews of it. Thanks!
 
Awesome, I think you just saved me a major headache. Now, if I can just tear myself away from TF2 and get to work!
 
Hmm I think I'll give that a try. I'm taking a hd I have and adding 2 new ones in raid 0 and copying the old hd's data to the new raid config.
 
Acronis worked great for me. I was up and running on the new drives in under an hour. After I installed it, i made a rescue CD with it and booted to it, then cloned old drives to new and it worked perfect. Install and build the array first though, so the drivers are all ready there.
 
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