To start, here is the system description... I have a WinXP box:
- Intel Core 2 Duo 2 GHz
- Gigabyte GP-P35-DS3P Rev 1.1 Motherboard w/ integrated drive contoller (Intel ICH9R SATA Controller)
- Antec 380W PS
- 1 GB RAM
- 3 x Samsung HD501LJ 7200 RPM SATA 3.0 Gb/s drives in a RAID 5
System working fine for three years without problem as a house file/media server. Running 24/7, tucked away in an out of the way location.
Recently, systems slowed way down. HD is constantly grinding away with a clicking sound. Suspect a HD crash is imenent.
I extracted each of the three drives from the "bad" computer and placed them into a good computer and tested them with HD Tune. With the exception of a few bad clusters, all three drives tested fine and I could not hear anything unusual.
I placed all three drives back into the "bad" computer and tried to boot. I was very careful to place each drive back into its same locaction, attached to the same SATA port as it had originally been located.
However, now when I boot, only Drive 0 is recognized as part of the array. Drives 1 & 2 are not part of the array and the array status shows as "Failed."
1) How do I get Drives 1 & 2 back into the array without losing data?
2) Assuming a drive has failed, how do I rebuild the array with a new disk?
Using the SATA Bios, there are only three options: 1) Create new array; 2) Delete array and 3) Reset disks to non-RAID. I don't see any diagnostics or other utilities.
I hope someone can assist with this,
Thanks!
- Intel Core 2 Duo 2 GHz
- Gigabyte GP-P35-DS3P Rev 1.1 Motherboard w/ integrated drive contoller (Intel ICH9R SATA Controller)
- Antec 380W PS
- 1 GB RAM
- 3 x Samsung HD501LJ 7200 RPM SATA 3.0 Gb/s drives in a RAID 5
System working fine for three years without problem as a house file/media server. Running 24/7, tucked away in an out of the way location.
Recently, systems slowed way down. HD is constantly grinding away with a clicking sound. Suspect a HD crash is imenent.
I extracted each of the three drives from the "bad" computer and placed them into a good computer and tested them with HD Tune. With the exception of a few bad clusters, all three drives tested fine and I could not hear anything unusual.
I placed all three drives back into the "bad" computer and tried to boot. I was very careful to place each drive back into its same locaction, attached to the same SATA port as it had originally been located.
However, now when I boot, only Drive 0 is recognized as part of the array. Drives 1 & 2 are not part of the array and the array status shows as "Failed."
1) How do I get Drives 1 & 2 back into the array without losing data?
2) Assuming a drive has failed, how do I rebuild the array with a new disk?
Using the SATA Bios, there are only three options: 1) Create new array; 2) Delete array and 3) Reset disks to non-RAID. I don't see any diagnostics or other utilities.
I hope someone can assist with this,
Thanks!