[Merged] RAID Array and XP questions - Page 2

Aragorn · 14-11-2005, 11:50

I had assummed you were trying to install onto the Raid 0 volume

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Originally Posted by McGraw

I am hoping a fixboot and fixmbr from the recovery console will get me back in action. Do you think it will?

If the WD tools allow you to wipe the Raptor completely, I would do that first - a clean slate. If you have already deleted the partitions on the Raptor, I don't think you can get into recovery console - there is no XP install for you to login to!

McGraw · 14-11-2005, 11:56

Ok, will try the wipe from the WD disk.

Did I mean recovery console?

Isn't there a way to access fixmbr and fixboot from the setup CD?

That's what I was thinking of.

Aragorn · 14-11-2005, 13:11

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Originally Posted by McGraw

Ok, will try the wipe from the WD disk. Did I mean recovery console? Isn't there a way to access fixmbr and fixboot from the setup CD? That's what I was thinking of.

IIRC, the only thing you can do during the setup is re-partition a disk and install to a new/existing partition. Both of those will have to update the MBR and partition table.

McGraw · 14-11-2005, 16:42

Ok thanks.

Will investigate tonight but I get stuck I am pc less for the evening

McGraw · 15-11-2005, 08:50

Ok, I sorted it out eventually.

The WD disk I made didn't work when I got it home

I booted to the Windows setup CD and ran the recovery console. The repair tools are still available even thought there is no windows installation.

Chkdsk showed unrepairable errors on C:\ but a chkdsk/r sorted that.

Anyway, I discovered that for some reason, setup wanted to write the setup files to one of the array disks which I hadn't noticed before.

So I disconnected the array disks and setup ran perfectly.

I have no idea whether the Raptor needed that chkdsk/r or not.

Anyway, job done

McGraw · 15-11-2005, 08:50

Oh and my array is still intact...bonus