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New raid array, and a new problem with old disk

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Gawd
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I got my raid 0 array up and running without too much problem today. Now, my old 120GB WD 8mb cache drive has a new problem.

1. Sometimes when I delete a file, it will reboot the computer.
2. If I run chkdsk, it gets to 23 percent of the index check then reboots the computer.
3. When ghosting the drive, it gets to a certain point and crashes...
4. Disk cleanup will lock up the computer hard.

Now, I think these items are related. Does anyone know how to make Windows XP SP2 rebuild the indexes without doing a wipe and format? I would really like to save the data I have on this drive and copy it over.
 
Well, there is something I would check...
Make sure that the RAID drivers that Windows is using are the same version as the RAID chip BIOS. When the computer boots, it (usually) goes through the vid card BIOS, then the mobo BIOS, then the RAID chip BIOS...watch the last one (unless you have different RAID or SCSI cards in your system...then there would be other BIOS's) and note the version number. Then boot into windows, and check the version number on the drivers for the RAID chip. I have a Highpoint 370 RAID chip onboard my mobo, and having the same-version drivers can make a huge difference in stability...with the BIOS I'm using now (v 2.35), the Windows auto-installed drivers don't even work! Head over to the mobo manufacturer's site and see if there are updated BIOS and RAID drivers available. (You can also look for a new BIOS from the RAID chip manufacturer's site, and embed it into your own BIOS...that's what I did) Let us know if this worked, or if I'm barking up a tree!
 
The raid array is blank, and works just fine. I want to copy my current version of Windows XP over, and its that 120GB disk with the problem. I will look at what you say when i get this other problem fixed. Thanks.
 
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