Switching from SATA2 to SATA3 port after clone?

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I'm about to clone my RAID1 of 2x HDD's to an SSD and noticed that my HDD's are connected to my only two SATA3 ports. Should I connect the ssd to a SATA2, clone, then swap the SSD with an HDD? Then change the boot disk in bios?

Or should I switch the drives first? I assume that would break the RAID1?
 
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Yea, just plug it into the SATA 2, but once that's done if you take the RAID drives off then you will break the RAID array, I'm assuming you are replacing the RAID array with an SSD?

You may have boot issues since your BIOS is set to RAID and then you will change it to AHCI. If you are using Acronis you can use the universal restore option. You may even have luck running SYSprep on your windows install which will strip out all of the drivers then you can clone the drive after windows shuts down.
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Yea, just plug it into the SATA 2, but once that's done if you take the RAID drives off then you will break the RAID array, I'm assuming you are replacing the RAID array with an SSD?

You may have boot issues since your BIOS is set to RAID and then you will change it to AHCI. If you are using Acronis you can use the universal restore option. You may even have luck running SYSprep on your windows install which will strip out all of the drivers then you can clone the drive after windows shuts down.
 
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Yes I'm replacing the RAID array with an SSD. I don't know what sysprep is or why I would want to strip out drivers b/c I don't really know what I'm doing.
 
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If the controller is the same for both SATA 2 and SATA 3 ports, you should be able to change your RAID to the SATA 2 ports and then clone to the SSD on SATA 3. Also, since the installation is on the same controller with RAID enabled, although the SSD will likely be in AHCI mode, the installation should still boot. If you experience issues with the ability to boot, you can enable the AHCI drivers through the registry to ensure boot. The exact drivers on your system will depend on the storage chipset in your computer, but generally the keys you will want to change are:
Code: 
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\services\pciide
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\services\storahci
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\services\iaStorV
These keys should be changed to a 0 (from 3) to instruct them to be enabled/start.
 
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You should be able to find a listing of which ports are connected to which storage controller with your motherboard’s user manual or specifications. Many motherboards use only one storage controller, so all of your SATA ports may be powered by the same controller. If you provide your motherboard make and model, we can help you determine if there is more than one controller or which ports correspond to what controller.
 
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Thanks WinOutreach2. This is my mobo:

http://www.gigabyte.com/products/product-page.aspx?pid=3863#ov

I cannot tell from the specifications whether there is one controller for all of the sata ports or not.
 
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After doing some research and digging I confirmed that it is the same controller for all of the ports.

I moved my HDD's over to ports 5 and 6. Moved my optical drive to port 3. Installed my SSD in Port 1. Plugged a second sata cable into Port 2 for a future second SSD. Booted up fine after I changed the boot priority to the RAID1 volume (which was perfectly preserved).

Proceeding to clone now. Thank you Winout, this was completely painless.
 
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