Henry

I gave up. Talk about a huge waste of time!

What I did to recover my original installation:
/1/ Installed Microsoft Virtual Server 2005.
/2/ "mounted" the .vhd files (backups) for both of my original partitions.
This effectivily makes these .vhd files look like hard drives on my pc.
/3/ I used Seagate's DiscWizard software to "backup" each of these two
virtual hard-drives into the Seagate image format.
/4/ I then used the Seagate disc wizard to restore the original drives using
the Seagate back up images.

It worked, because I am now using the pc with everything restored to the
same condition my pc was in before this whole mess. I may try a 3rd party
app to backup my pc when I try again to chance my raid to mirrored.

I am not going to rely on the Vista back up for anything.

Henry