Hi all.
I have a problem with my RAID 5 array. My PC configuration:
1 Seagate 1TB ST310000340AS (flashed to latest firmware) that has two partitions, dual-booting XP SP2 and Vista Ultimate SP1.
3 Seagate 1TB ST310000340AS (flashed to latest firmware) running in RAID 5 using Intel's Matrix Storage Manager (7.5.0.1017).
The motherboard is an Asus P5E3 Premium.
Anyway, one of the drives in the RAID 5 array failed. I went into the Intel Matrix Storage Manager ROM interface (ctrl-I at bootup) and was looking at the array. It showed only 3 physical disks (two member disks, one non-member disk), and showed the status of the RAID volume as Degraded. The non-member disk was my boot drive. While attempting to get the RAID array to rebuild itself I managed to accidentally add my boot drive as a member disk, and it now shows status Rebuild.
The current state looks like:
RAID Volumes:
ID: 0 Name: Data Level: RAID5(Parity) Strip: 64KB Size: 1863.0GB Status: Rebuild Bootable: Yes
Physical Disks:
Port Drive Model Size Type/Status (Vol ID)
0 ST31000340AS 931.5GB Member Disk(0)
2 ST31000340AS 931.5GB Member Disk(0)
3 ST31000340AS 931.5GB Member Disk(0)
4 ST31000340AS 931.5GB Offline Member
Volumes with "Rebuild" status will be rebuilt within the operating system.
I can't boot, of course.
My questions:
1) Can I undo the adding of my boot disk to the RAID volume without destroying the RAID volume, so I'll still be able to rebuild it later with a new drive? I haven't actually booted up into anything where it has tried the actual rebuild; it seems to simply be flagged for rebuilding.
2) If not, what is the safest way to recover the data from my boot drive?
Ideally I would like to be able to remove the boot disk from the RAID volume, mark it as bootable again, and swap out the defective drive and rebuild the array with a new drive. Is there any way to do this?
If I'm stuck with either losing the contents of the boot drive or the RAID array, I'd rather lose the boot drive, but if there's some way I can restore things back to the way they were before I accidentally added the boot drive to the array (with the RAID 5 array running in degraded state) that would be great.
Anybody know?
Thanks!
I have a problem with my RAID 5 array. My PC configuration:
1 Seagate 1TB ST310000340AS (flashed to latest firmware) that has two partitions, dual-booting XP SP2 and Vista Ultimate SP1.
3 Seagate 1TB ST310000340AS (flashed to latest firmware) running in RAID 5 using Intel's Matrix Storage Manager (7.5.0.1017).
The motherboard is an Asus P5E3 Premium.
Anyway, one of the drives in the RAID 5 array failed. I went into the Intel Matrix Storage Manager ROM interface (ctrl-I at bootup) and was looking at the array. It showed only 3 physical disks (two member disks, one non-member disk), and showed the status of the RAID volume as Degraded. The non-member disk was my boot drive. While attempting to get the RAID array to rebuild itself I managed to accidentally add my boot drive as a member disk, and it now shows status Rebuild.
The current state looks like:
RAID Volumes:
ID: 0 Name: Data Level: RAID5(Parity) Strip: 64KB Size: 1863.0GB Status: Rebuild Bootable: Yes
Physical Disks:
Port Drive Model Size Type/Status (Vol ID)
0 ST31000340AS 931.5GB Member Disk(0)
2 ST31000340AS 931.5GB Member Disk(0)
3 ST31000340AS 931.5GB Member Disk(0)
4 ST31000340AS 931.5GB Offline Member
Volumes with "Rebuild" status will be rebuilt within the operating system.
I can't boot, of course.
My questions:
1) Can I undo the adding of my boot disk to the RAID volume without destroying the RAID volume, so I'll still be able to rebuild it later with a new drive? I haven't actually booted up into anything where it has tried the actual rebuild; it seems to simply be flagged for rebuilding.
2) If not, what is the safest way to recover the data from my boot drive?
Ideally I would like to be able to remove the boot disk from the RAID volume, mark it as bootable again, and swap out the defective drive and rebuild the array with a new drive. Is there any way to do this?
If I'm stuck with either losing the contents of the boot drive or the RAID array, I'd rather lose the boot drive, but if there's some way I can restore things back to the way they were before I accidentally added the boot drive to the array (with the RAID 5 array running in degraded state) that would be great.
Anybody know?
Thanks!