Re: filesystem problem



"revere" <revere@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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:2 seperate systems, both with 1 tB raid 5 storage, different raid
controllers
: but both using windows xp pro, raid arrays of each mapped to the
other as a
: network drive.
:
: both machines have the same problem - all data on the raid arrays
has
: changed to 0kb and is unreadable to the os.
: this setup worked flawlessly until about 2 days ago when both
machines had
: the same problem occur at the same time.
: both machines have nod32 antivirus running with latest updates.
: no virus has been found on either machine.
:
: anyone know what could have caused this? or how to possibley fix
it?
: my best guess is the data headers or file db has become corrupt,
the only
: other explaination besides a new virus that is as yet undetected
by the AV
: software is that both machines were updated via the windows update
site 3-4
: hours before this happened and an update dissagrees with large
raid arrays.
: (all other drives in both systems which are not raid are
unaffected)
:
: have tried rebuilding the arrays with no change in situation and
data
: recovery software is also showing all files as 0kb.


Just a theory - either somehow the wrong controller drivers got
loaded for you RAID control card -or- something updated the
partition and/or file system tables on the RAID configuration
directly, without going through the controller card RAID driver.
Either way, you may be able to recover the files, with some high
priced (corporate version) software, unless you have backups.
Either way though, you need to find out what corrupted the drives or
you may end up in the same boat again.

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