Tips on removing RAID0 along with hard drive replacement (W700)

Hello,
I have a W700 with 2 160G SATA II drives in it configured with RAID0 (striping).  I would like to replace the drives with an SSD drive and, at the same time, un-raid the config.
After some surfing,this seemed like a pretty good guideline for imaging the system, swapping the hard drive(s), and then restoring from the image: http://www.pagestart.com/win7bckuprstrnhd072610.html
But before I launch the project, I thought I'd ask for tips on removing the RAID configuration.  Change it to non-raid before swapping out the old drives?  Or maybe change it to non-raid the first time I turn the system on with the new drive (but before I've done the restore from image).
New to me, so not sure what all to ask-
Thanks for any help!

I would back up the data, disable RAID in BIOS, remove the old drives, insert the new drive and installation media, and turn the computer back on.
W540: i7-4700mq, K2100m, 8 GB DDR3L, 512 GB SSD
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