Removing RAID 1

[trickynick]

I currently have 2 HDD in RAID 1 setup. I'm about to undergo a system upgrade. New Mobo, etc.

How would I go about removing them from a RAID 1 into 2 seperate HDD so that I can keep one as a backup, install the other into the new system, and do a fresh install of Windows, move all my data that I want/need to save, then put them back into RAID 1?

Is that even possible?

in case this is required:
mobo is 0RY206

 

[baddad]

Your best bet is to clone the raid 1 drive to a signal drive (Making sure you uninstall the mother board drives before doing so) setup the new board with a raid 1 drive and clone back from the clone drive.

 

[trickynick]

I'm honestly not looking to keep raid 1, at least not for now. Would rather have the space for more storage. 500GB doesn't seem to last long.

I just want to be able to install Win 7 fresh on one of the drives, then copy over my data. I currently don't have a backup as, RAID 1 was my back up. (Yes, yes, I know, RAID is for redundancy not back up)

EDIT:
I know I said I was going to rebuild it, but I can't afford another drive (at least not yet) and just need the extra space.