Re: Need help with corrupted RAID array



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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