Hello guys,

I originally ordered my system with 1x 10k rpm 300 GB WD VR, but I just purchased a second one so I can setup RAID0.

Dell-Chris M's FAQ talks about toggling RAID settings here: http://en.community.dell.com/forums/t/19313861.aspx

However, I'm curious how to do a proper factory re-install so I can get the utility partition and all the Alienware drivers installed without having to do a lot of work myself.  I read in my manual about a "Alienware Respawn" disc, but I was only sent the Windows 7 DVD, and a Resource disc.

Also, I know I have to fully backup and re-install once I switch it to RAID, but was wondering if anybody can suggest a good way to image my install (with all my games, etc).  I was going to try something like: http://clonezilla.org/ and if that doesn't work just booting up to a Live Linux image and doing a dd *might* work, but I don't know.

I really don't want to have to reinstall all my apps if I can avoid it.

Thanks.