raid configuration

  1. LSI swap

    hello i have swapped my LSI MegaRAID SAS 9260-8i with an exact replacement . because my disks raid was not running correct and would start or keep asking to update drives. saying drivers needed update but the best and only driver are installed. so i was thinking raid card was bad...
  2. How do you recover data/repair from a drive failure in Windows 10 Storage Spaces?

    How do you recover data/repair from a drive failure in Windows 10 Storage Spaces? I have 4X 4TB drives configured as RAID 1 (mirroring). I assumed that meant that a copy of the data was also stored on the other drives since only 8TB of the 16TB is available. I ID'd the failing drive and...
  3. Upgrading disks on a legacy Win2008 R2 server

    Hi all, We have a legacy Fujitsu Server with just 4x HDD bays (4x disks) - we have 2 mirrored arrays and one of the array is small and we need to upgrade the disks with larger disks but retaining all the data inside. As far as I know the below procedure should work well: - TAKE A FULL BACKUP...
  4. P

    Raid 5

    My question is I have 3 hard disk and configured with raid 5 if one hard disk fails will data be continue to written on other two hard disk and. will user be able to access or retrieve old data until we put the new hard disk.
  5. N

    Windows 7 Please help: "Windows cannot be installed to Disk 0 Partition x" Advanced

    Well, I've been working on this for a couple of days now, and I've researched this issue like crazy, but nothing I've found covers my situation, so I'm looking for some advanced help, please. I'm trying to perform a clean (custom) install of Windows 7 Pro 64-bit from the original retail DVD...
  6. R

    Windows 7 Raid 0 Failure

    Hello, I have an ASUS P8Z86-V PRO/GEN3 Motherboard ASUS GTX 580 ENGTX580 DCII/2DIS/1536MD5 Processor Intel(R) Core(TM) i7-2600K CPU @ 3.40GHz 16 GB RAM OCZ Agility3, bios 2.15 (Updated) SSD Boot Western Digital WD2002FAEX 2TB Drive Western Digital WD30EZRX 3 TB Drive 3 Raided Western...
  7. VIDEO HybridBoot: The Secret to the 8 Second Boot Time

    I recently published a commentary/news video listed here about Windows 8 boot times. People have been arguing ever since. One guy even claims he hasn't updated his computer ever since installing Windows 7 to improve his boot time. Too bad he has missed out on stability and reliability...
  8. J

    Windows 7 HHD fault

    hi guys can anyone tel me if i can retrieve data from my 2x750gb (samsung Spinpoint)Hard disks that was at one point in raid 0 config (stripping) as this belonged to my old rig which used a separate hard disk for the OS(maxtor 80gb). Once this disk failed i just left it as it was. so its...
  9. T

    Windows 7 Lost all Files in Raid 1 Array

    Hi All I'm not sure if this is the correct category to Post this thread in so if it is moved I understand. I was troubleshooting my Raid Zero Array C: drive and while installing a saved System Image, approximately 1.2TB of data on my Raid 1 Array storage drive disappeared. While I deleted the...
  10. Windows 7 Event Viewer win 7

    After having a little fiddle in event viewer (as one does) to see what's going on.. i tried to close the viewer and a box appeared saying that i need to "close all dialog boxes first" before it will close. after closing ALL the boxes required again clicked close, and again the afore mentioned...
  11. U

    Windows 7 Random restarts

    Hi! I have a trouble with self built PC. It just randomly reboots every few days with seemingly no visible clue to what causes it. All minidumps show the same error: BugCheckCode 0x3B, probably caused by win32k.sys and something to do with xxxWindowEvent+327. I have tried more conservative...
  12. M

    Windows 7 Intel Rapid Storage Technology & Raid1 array

    Hi, I put two HDDs on GA P55A-UD4P motherboard in Raid1 type array (on Intel SATA Controller) and they were working fine for quite some time (2 weeks or so). One day, after Windows started up, I noticed a blue icon on Intel RST manager and it says that the array is initializing. What does...
  13. D

    Windows 7 Windows 7/XP/XP Setup dual booting issue

    Hello, looking for some help with a couple of boot issues i'm having with my Windows 7 computer. I had better start from the beginning: This computer has 4 HDDs, 2x 1TB HDDs for storage, 2 for my seperate windows installations. Story: The first operating system was Windows XP and is...
  14. G

    Windows 7 How to rearrange "Disk0" to "Disk1" ?

    I use a custome made programm which works only when the system hard drive shows up as "Disk0" and the RAID-0 disk (based on PCI-E card) appeares as "Disk1". I've just upgrated my OS from Windows XP Pro to Windows 7 Pro (hardware configuration is the same). After the first reboot the system...
  15. A

    Windows 7 Internet TV Video Problem

    I have searched this forum and in fact the entire internet trying to get an answer to this problem. Although many have posted video problems mine appears to be unique. When I start up Windows 7 on my 50" Samsung LN52A65 using HDMI there is a lot of noise and slight flicker on the screen...
  16. J

    Windows 7 Missing operating system

    Hi all, I've had Windows 7 since the release date, but for some reason it has stopped working. I can start up my PC, but at the login screen it crashes (sometime bluescreen, sometimes not). I tried safe mode, debug mode, CD-boot, system repair, but it just crashes when I get past the part where...
  17. F

    Windows 7 Failing to boot due to RAID0 error (cannot load windows file)

    Hello everyone, First of all I'm not 100% sure this is ONLY(or at all?) Win7 related but since a lot of my questions involve changing or moving my OS i figured i should start here) The problem I am having consists of my RAID volume( that I use for OS + data) has recently come back with an Error...
  18. T

    Windows 7 Windows 7 Install Problems

    Hi I'm having problems installing windows 7. The problem I'm having is this. I want to install it using a RAID 0 confiuration. I have created my Raid 0 Drive using GRAID option on my Gigabyte GA-965P-S3 Motherboard. I get all the way through (past the language/keyboard options) to where it...
  19. Z

    Windows 7 Clean install of Win7 Pro 64bit gone wrong

    I am having trouble with a clean install of Win7. I installed/formatted a new HD in prep for installing Win7. Installion went fine. Got to desktop. Everything looked great. Began loading updates, drivers, software. Was directed to reboot system to complete install, then got a message that...
  20. A

    Windows 7 RAID0 on Intel chipset not seen correctly, So I can't install windows 7 ...

    Hi, I have a RAID0 with 2 partitions on it and I wish I could install it on my first partition of this RAID0. I'm currently using Windows Vista with the same computer but installed on another disc and the RAID0 is working correctly. My error is the following : When I have to choose which HDD I...