Hi guys,
I have a MSI GT72S 6QE laptop where the OS is installed on a PCIE RAID0 SSD (I know, Raid0 sucks, I won't make that mistake again when buying a laptop).
On of the two SSD's in the RAID kept getting not recognized at all, the room temperature seemed to be the reason (I know how it sounds but everytime my room got under 20°C the SSD wasn't recognized) but it also happened seemingly at random.
I then would have to reboot my computer a number of times for the SSD to be found and then everything would work absolutely fine.
I got tired of it so I opened the laptop and reseated the SSD's in the RAID structure and booted my computer.
One of the disks was marked as "Error Occured" in the "Intel Rapid Storage" section of my BIOS but besides that every test I could find told me the RAID was OK.
I installed another windows on an HDD that was also in the computer so I could mark the drive as normal in "Intel Optane".
Here is the drive that was marked as error:
Here is the other :
Here is the raid, and when I do "Verify", it passes 100%:
Now in the BIOS both SSDs are marked as "RAID member" and the RAID is in status OK and Bootable "Yes".
After that I did every volume test available, TestDisk can see EVERY file in the Windows partition and the boot manager still sees a Windows boot on that volume but when I try to boot on that Windows, I just get a black screen.
Here is the disk in TestDisk:
What's in the RAID is all OK, Windows is in "OS_Install", obviously
And here are the contents of OS_Install:
Chkdsk finds no error at all. TestDisk doesn't see any lost partition and tells me the boot record and backup boot record are fine and yet I can't neither boot on that windows or repair it, when I try the "Startup Repair" the laptop reboots and MSI tells me "checking drive for errors, this could take hours" but stops after a few minutes and reboots.
If I try to reinstall windows from the Cloud ou local image it says right away that there is a problem without saying more and goes to the previous screen.
I'm at my wit's end. If the SSD was really dead, could I do everything I did above? I don't think so but I'm not a pro.
In the other windows installed on the HDD, the drive appears as the letter "D" and isn't accessible, it tells me "access denied" if I try to go in, but TestDisk can with no problem and chkdsk can find and test every volume in the RAID.
What is maddening is that both SSD's seem absolutely fine, the RAID too, Optane, testdisk, chkdsk, etc. find no error and the boot manager sees my windows install on the RAID but cannot boot or repair it, I'm at a total loss.
I can't believe that the SSD is dead and yet I can acess and copy every file on the volume with TestDisk, but I don't know what to do next.
I need help guys, I feel like it's a little stupid thing like remaking the boot record or something (but it's EBT, not MBR, and I don't know much about either) like that and I would be able to boot on it no problem.
I really don't want to restart on a fresh windows but if I have to I will, but I don't know how to do even that, the RAID seems both fine and failed at the same time.
I have a MSI GT72S 6QE laptop where the OS is installed on a PCIE RAID0 SSD (I know, Raid0 sucks, I won't make that mistake again when buying a laptop).
On of the two SSD's in the RAID kept getting not recognized at all, the room temperature seemed to be the reason (I know how it sounds but everytime my room got under 20°C the SSD wasn't recognized) but it also happened seemingly at random.
I then would have to reboot my computer a number of times for the SSD to be found and then everything would work absolutely fine.
I got tired of it so I opened the laptop and reseated the SSD's in the RAID structure and booted my computer.
One of the disks was marked as "Error Occured" in the "Intel Rapid Storage" section of my BIOS but besides that every test I could find told me the RAID was OK.
I installed another windows on an HDD that was also in the computer so I could mark the drive as normal in "Intel Optane".
Here is the drive that was marked as error:
![XNACUaP.png](https://i.imgur.com/XNACUaP.png)
Here is the other :
![Np9tAQa.png](https://i.imgur.com/Np9tAQa.png)
Here is the raid, and when I do "Verify", it passes 100%:
![yRXoiTR.png](https://i.imgur.com/yRXoiTR.png)
Now in the BIOS both SSDs are marked as "RAID member" and the RAID is in status OK and Bootable "Yes".
After that I did every volume test available, TestDisk can see EVERY file in the Windows partition and the boot manager still sees a Windows boot on that volume but when I try to boot on that Windows, I just get a black screen.
Here is the disk in TestDisk:
![1ErTXui.png](https://i.imgur.com/1ErTXui.png)
What's in the RAID is all OK, Windows is in "OS_Install", obviously
![aNcNqMW.png](https://i.imgur.com/aNcNqMW.png)
And here are the contents of OS_Install:
![xT5ce8l.png](https://i.imgur.com/xT5ce8l.png)
Chkdsk finds no error at all. TestDisk doesn't see any lost partition and tells me the boot record and backup boot record are fine and yet I can't neither boot on that windows or repair it, when I try the "Startup Repair" the laptop reboots and MSI tells me "checking drive for errors, this could take hours" but stops after a few minutes and reboots.
If I try to reinstall windows from the Cloud ou local image it says right away that there is a problem without saying more and goes to the previous screen.
I'm at my wit's end. If the SSD was really dead, could I do everything I did above? I don't think so but I'm not a pro.
In the other windows installed on the HDD, the drive appears as the letter "D" and isn't accessible, it tells me "access denied" if I try to go in, but TestDisk can with no problem and chkdsk can find and test every volume in the RAID.
What is maddening is that both SSD's seem absolutely fine, the RAID too, Optane, testdisk, chkdsk, etc. find no error and the boot manager sees my windows install on the RAID but cannot boot or repair it, I'm at a total loss.
I can't believe that the SSD is dead and yet I can acess and copy every file on the volume with TestDisk, but I don't know what to do next.
I need help guys, I feel like it's a little stupid thing like remaking the boot record or something (but it's EBT, not MBR, and I don't know much about either) like that and I would be able to boot on it no problem.
I really don't want to restart on a fresh windows but if I have to I will, but I don't know how to do even that, the RAID seems both fine and failed at the same time.