Change XP from RAID to NON-RAID?

[mpsan]

What I am running into is that I have a 250GB drive that was part of a RAID 1 array. One drive failed a few YEARS ago, and I have been running on 1 drive ever since.

However, I want to switch to a NON-Raid setup. I changed BIOS, but XP is in a reboot loop. I believe this is because XP still thinks that this is a RAID array, even though it has been 1 drive for a while now.

I wonder how this has been slowing down the system, and wonder if I create an image, and then format the drive as a non raid drive, if a restore would just put XP back to raid and a reboot loop again? I HAVE Macrium Reflect FREE.

Thank you for any ideas.

 

[Saga Lout]

Any clone will include the setting that XP is missing because its on the disk you told it to ignore by the BIOS settings change. I think you need to take your files and settings off and reinstalll XP on to a single disk in a non-RAID environment to get a proper result.

 

[mpsan]

So, if I do a quick install of XP on a single drive, it would not do anything if I put the image back, as the image is set to expect RAID?

 

[Saga Lout]

The single drive will work with the new installation if the other hard disk is disconnected or just removed. If that second half of the RAID array remains in place, I fear the new installation will have been a waste of time.

 

[mpsan]

Well, the drive WAS part of a RAID 1, so is complete. I wanted to Change BIOS to non RAID, and then do a quick NEW XP Install and it should be fine as a single drive.

HOWEVER, since I have no intention of installing everything, can I then restore the image I took BEFORE I changed to non RAID, or will I just be putting back XP with the OS thinking it is RAID again? I am looking for a quick and easy way to do this and it looks like there is no way!