Try these: http://www.ntfaq.com/Articles/Index.cfm?ArticleID=14677 http://www.win2ktech.com/faq/faqs2k/raid2kfaq.htm Good luck. Mustafa -----Original Message----- From: windows2000-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:windows2000-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx]On Behalf Of 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