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Reinstall XP on OS HDD affect RAID5 array

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Styk33

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One problem after another it seems with my server. I have a RAID5 array that had a drive failure, so I got a new drive and put it in. When I turned on the server the machined posted, and the XP logo showed up. Prompted me to logon and then just hung. I was not sure if the raid software was rebuilding the drive, so i let it run overnight just in case. I let it run for 16 hours and it still just had a blank screen. So I powered down. Then restarted it and got the same thing. So I powered down again and tried to boot to the last known good configuration. It repaired a bunch of corrupted files and then stoppped and show the BSD with a physical memory dump.

Onto my question. The OS is on a 10GB hdd and then I have a rocketraid 454 raid card that does the RAID5 array. Can I reformat my 10GB OS drive without affecting my data on my array?

Any help is appreciated.
 
Styk33 said:
Onto my question. The OS is on a 10GB hdd and then I have a rocketraid 454 raid card that does the RAID5 array. Can I reformat my 10GB OS drive without affecting my data on my array?

Any help is appreciated.
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Yep.

I'd disconnect it personally, but you shouldn't see any adverse effects by leaving it plugged in.
 
agreed

then add the card back in
check its status again in its BIOS
boot
and load the drivers for it back into the OS through the new hardware found wizard
reboot
then load the array management software for it into the OS to monitor its rebuild
and pray you dont loose a second drive before its all done
or that you havent corrupted the array one way or another
even RAID 5 isnt proof against corruption
(as Im sure you know, a point more for other readers)
 
Thank you both. I did that and everything is fantastic. I really appreciate your help. I have 800gb on that arrray and it is backed up, but a ton of work to get it all back.

Thank you again.
 
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