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Hello,
I have a new backup solution for our Windows 2003 OS Server. It consists of a PCI express card with eSATA cable going out to an external enclosure that accepts a hard drive caddy. The caddys
(there are two caddys, one for current backup and the other for offsite storage) has Western Digital 320GB SATA hard drives installed. When swapping caddys into the enclosure the Server fails to see the drive and wont show up in Windows.. The drives start out OK and I can initialize them and format OK but after several withdrawals and inserts they cannot be recognized any longer. I have changed out the whole backup system, PCI express card, cable and Enclosure. I have had three WD drives go "BAD" in one month. The company says that if a HD is inserted into the enclosure that is "bad" the server has a cache that makes any attempt to insert any other drive fail as well. They say that the ONLY way to clear this cache is to Shut down the server, pull the AC plug for 30 seconds and reboot.
Any help or suggestions would be greatly appreciated.
Kim
I have a new backup solution for our Windows 2003 OS Server. It consists of a PCI express card with eSATA cable going out to an external enclosure that accepts a hard drive caddy. The caddys
(there are two caddys, one for current backup and the other for offsite storage) has Western Digital 320GB SATA hard drives installed. When swapping caddys into the enclosure the Server fails to see the drive and wont show up in Windows.. The drives start out OK and I can initialize them and format OK but after several withdrawals and inserts they cannot be recognized any longer. I have changed out the whole backup system, PCI express card, cable and Enclosure. I have had three WD drives go "BAD" in one month. The company says that if a HD is inserted into the enclosure that is "bad" the server has a cache that makes any attempt to insert any other drive fail as well. They say that the ONLY way to clear this cache is to Shut down the server, pull the AC plug for 30 seconds and reboot.
Any help or suggestions would be greatly appreciated.
Kim