Heres my situation:
XP Pro
1 tb raid 0 array (onboard nvidia raid controller)
This machine crashed hard. With the array attached I get a BSOD referencing NTFS.SYS and 0x24 stop code. Safe mode blue screens, even the ultimate boot CD blue screened.
I got into a recovery console and renamed ntfs.sys to ntfs.old as per Microsoft's recommendation. Still no dice.
So, I installed server 2003 on another disk, and booted the machine with the raid array attached. It comes up successfully and can even list the contents of the root of the disk. Heres the bad part, I cant navigate any deeper nor copy anything. Event viewer is throwing event 51 once a second whenever I try and access the drive. Also, chkdsk says "The type of the filesystem is RAW."
I think I need to check if the HDD's themselves are damaged with the manufacturers diagnostics. If thats the case, I guess I'm screwed, but if not, there may still be a chance (i hope).
I just want a handful of photos off the array, everything else doesn't matter.
Anyone ever use raid reconstructor?
Maybe throw spinrite in for good measure?
The array shows as healthy, so is this just a software issue?
I knew eventually the raid 0 would bite me in the ass but it was worth the risk. The kicker is, I just purchased 3 750 gb drives to build a raid 5 file server a few days ago.
XP Pro
1 tb raid 0 array (onboard nvidia raid controller)
This machine crashed hard. With the array attached I get a BSOD referencing NTFS.SYS and 0x24 stop code. Safe mode blue screens, even the ultimate boot CD blue screened.
I got into a recovery console and renamed ntfs.sys to ntfs.old as per Microsoft's recommendation. Still no dice.
So, I installed server 2003 on another disk, and booted the machine with the raid array attached. It comes up successfully and can even list the contents of the root of the disk. Heres the bad part, I cant navigate any deeper nor copy anything. Event viewer is throwing event 51 once a second whenever I try and access the drive. Also, chkdsk says "The type of the filesystem is RAW."
I think I need to check if the HDD's themselves are damaged with the manufacturers diagnostics. If thats the case, I guess I'm screwed, but if not, there may still be a chance (i hope).
I just want a handful of photos off the array, everything else doesn't matter.
Anyone ever use raid reconstructor?
Maybe throw spinrite in for good measure?
The array shows as healthy, so is this just a software issue?
I knew eventually the raid 0 would bite me in the ass but it was worth the risk. The kicker is, I just purchased 3 750 gb drives to build a raid 5 file server a few days ago.
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