Changing Raid configuration

we have changed the Raid 1 to a non-Raid configuration for testing purposes. Now we wanted to set the Raid 1 again in the configuration menu of the LSI Controller. But there it says, that all data will be erased. Isn't it possible to set one HDD as the primary HDD and mirror the data to the other HDD (this way is possible with server controllers)? If this isn't possible, how can I get the Raid 1 back, without losing Data and the Service partition... Perhabps creating Rescue and Recovery cds?
Thanks
Regards,
Christof

are you sure your primary drive was released from the array topography?   it sounds like something is still being flagged as being part of an array.
if that's no help, try this:
- physically unplug both drives from your system
- boot into the LSI BIOS
- delete the old array
- turn off the system
- plug the primary drive back in
- boot into windows
- plug in the second drive
- set it to 'online' in disk management
- run MSM and see if it will let you create an array
somewhere along the way you might have to delete the LSI array from the boot menu in the D10 BIOS and re-enable it.
my gut feeling is that something is still flagged somewhere and needs to be unflagged for this to work.
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