RE: Windows 2003 ReInstall onto RAID5

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Date: Tue, 19 Oct 2004 16:45:06 -0700

Since the RAID was re-built, I have not tried re-creating the set. I do not
want to wipe out the data in the RAID. Right now it has two partitions on
it, with the second having all company data. I have been in email
communications with MS support and they suggested running FIXMBR from the
Recovery Console, which I did. But this did not make any difference.
Windows sees the partitions, including the space used by the data on the
second partition, correctly. I have deleted and created the install target
partition several times. After W2k3 tries formatting, I get the same error.

Is there anyway to transfer the data from RC over a serial maybe? This is
becoming a major disaster.

""Kyle Lang [MSFT]"" wrote:

> Have you tried recreating the RAID set in the RAID controller BIOS ?
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> > Hi,
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> > I have a brand new server that crashed on Friday. It started cycling
> > through reboots. It would get to the point of the initial W2k3 splash screen
> > for a few seconds and then reboot. I ran tests on the hardware, and
> > discovered that one of the drives had failed in the RAID. I replaced the
> > drive and rebuilt the RAID. However the rebooting problem continued. I tried
> > safe mode and LKG, and it continued to just reboot. So I loaded up the
> > command console from the cd and ran the FIXBOOT command. This still did not
> > help. So now I am trying to reinstall the OS on a partition in the RAID, but
> > it keeps failing.
> >
> > Windows sees the RAID during the initial loading phases, and I have all of
> > my controller drivers loaded correctly. But when I chose the partition to
> > install on, it tries to format and comes back with an error "Windows was
> > unable to format the partition. The disk may be damaged."
> >
> > I tried to get around this by formatting the partition from the command
> > console, and it formatted correctly from there. The size of the partitions
> > are read correctly at the partition selection screen. I need an OS on the
> > system because all of the company files are in that RAID.
> >
> > Does anyone have any suggestions before I call MS? I'd really appreciate
> > your help. This is critical.
> >
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