Odd. I have never used software RAID on Windows 2000 but in NT4 you would select all the RAID partitions in Disk Manager and choose "Regenerate" from one of the menus. However, it sounds as if your array thinks that two drives are missing and you cannot regenerate a RAID array with more than a single failed drive. That's why the array is flagged as failed. -----Original Message----- From: rfalanga@xxxxxxx [mailto:rfalanga@xxxxxxx] Sent: 16 September 2003 23:14 To: windows2000@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Subject: [windows2000] Got new HD, put it in, don't know what to do now to rebuild RAID array I have already mentioned on this list how I am trying to rebuild a RAID-5 array. (It uses SCSI.) I have finally gotten the new drive in, and put it into place. I have found out that I do not have a hardware RAID configuration. It is all handled through software (Windows 2000 Server). Let me describe the hardware, as I see it: There are 4 hard drives. They all must be SCSI drives, as they are all connected by the same data cable to the motherboard, where I see an Adaptec chip resides. (AIC-7880) OK, that is what I know, physically. Before I put the new SCSI drive in, I made as certain as I could that the jumpers were OK, so that it would be the ID number in the SCSI sequence. I used the old HD's jumper configuration as a template, and wrote it down before taking off the jumpers. Now I have turned on the server, and gone into Computer Manager. Here is what I see there: Disk 0: it has 3 partitions. The first is for the OS and is a simple dynamic partition. It is not a part of the RAID. The second partition is a part of the RAID, and it has the status of "Failed". There is an unallocated amount of disk space as the third partition. Disk 1: This has 2 partitions. The first is a part of the RAID, and it has a status of "Failed". The second is some left over disk space. Disk 2: This is my new HD. It has a status of "Unallocated". Disk 3: This has the word "Missing" next to it, but I can see that it is supposed to be a part of the RAID. It has a status of "Failed". Disk 4: This also has the word "Missing" next to it, and I can also see that it is supposed to be a part of the RAID. It has a status of "Failed". I am, like you, mystified to see a fifth HD, when I can clearly see that there are only 4 HDs in the unit. I don't know why it thinks there is a fifth one there. That is the details. What I don't know is, what am I supposed to do next? I had thought that just putting the new HD in, and turning on the server would have been sufficient for it to rebuild itself, but that doesn't look likely, now. When I use the search term "rebuild raid" in Windows online help, I get nothing. I big part of getting any help is knowing what it heck the online help wants, and since I cannot read minds, I am not always successfully in finding the magic words. However, I did find another article titled, "Repair a basic RAID-5 volume (stripe set with parity)". But that still doesn't give me enough information to know what in heck I am supposed to do. So, I am asking you. Please give me a step-by-step description as to what I am supposed to do to rebuild/repair/whatever a software RAID-5 array on Windows 2000 Server. Rod ********************************************************** To Unsubscribe, set digest or vacation mode or view archives use the below link. http://thethin.net/win2000list.cfm ********************************************************** To Unsubscribe, set digest or vacation mode or view archives use the below link. http://thethin.net/win2000list.cfm