Upgrade two drive raid o to single drive

HP ENVY 17-2070NR  with two 500gb Raid 0  with windows 7 home premium
I understand that there are hp raid drivers required...?  to format new 1tb hard drive to match original raid o configuration in preparation for cloning 
please provide guidance...  using windows 7 system management utility to format raid 0 on new drive..? and please provide link to download HP raid 0 drivers... and how to install raid drivers..?
 - Mark 

Hi MarkFawcett,
Welcome to the HP Forums!
I understand that you want to install RAID drivers.  In this document for What is RAID technology? it explains what HP recommends.  HP does not recommend using RAID on consumer computers. 
That being said, if you are still wanting to use RAID you will need to contact INTEL for the drivers and here is a Intel® Rapid Storage Technology User Guide.
I hope this information helps, please let me know.
Thank you and have a great day!
I worked on behalf of HP.

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