Re: Need help with corrupted RAID array

Hi,

So what happens when you try to load Windows? Do you get past the POST? Is
the installation recognized (non-system disk error)? Does it start to load
WinXP then flunk out? Is there an error message? Have you tried a drive
diagnostic tool?

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Best of Luck,

Rick Rogers, aka "Nutcase" - Microsoft MVP
http://mvp.support.microsoft.com/
Associate Expert - WindowsXP Expert Zone
www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/expertzone
Windows help - www.rickrogers.org

"Billy" <billy@xxxxxxx> wrote in message
news:OiDGFo78FHA.3104@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
>I don't know for sure which is damaged, this is my first system using a
>RAID
> array. I have no experience troublshooting a RAID setup, I want to make
> sure I take the right steps and not make things worse.
>
>
> "Rick "Nutcase" Rogers" <rick@xxxxxxxx> wrote in message
> news:u7iRIF78FHA.952@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
>> Hi,
>>
>> How do you know it is the file system that is damaged and not the raid
>> array?
>> Have you run a chkdsk yet from the Recovery Console?
>>
>> One of the biggest dangers with a raid 0 array is that if something goes
>> wrong with a drive, recovery of data is hampered by the striping and is
>> often unrecoverable.
>>
>> --
>> Best of Luck,
>>
>> Rick Rogers, aka "Nutcase" - Microsoft MVP
>> http://mvp.support.microsoft.com/
>> Associate Expert - WindowsXP Expert Zone
>> www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/expertzone
>> Windows help - www.rickrogers.org
>>
>> "Billy" <billy@xxxxxxx> wrote in message
>> news:OYA6n668FHA.444@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
>> > My system (XP Home SP 2) froze during a system restore and my file
> system
>> > was damaged and I cannot boot to Windows or safe mode. I have two SATA
>> > drives in a RAID 0 array. Is there any way to repair the file system?
>> > Any
>> > third party tools, or anything else I can try?? I really need to
>> > recover
>> > some of the files.
>> >
>> >
>>
>>
>
>


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