Export problems - Error compiling movie - Unable to Create or Open output file

I've got a weird one here.  I cannot export projects to my main render Raid-0 harddrive, but I can to any other drive. 
This is not unique to Premiere.  It's happening to me in AE and Cinema 4D, so I'm sure it's not an Adobe problem.  But I'm posting it here in hopes that someone could help me figure this out.  I've never run into this before.
I recently was forced to reformat my harddrive and reinstalled everything due to a harddrive failure.  Reinstall of Windows 7 Ultimate and every other software went as expected.
My drives look like:
B: 2TB drive
C: 2TB drive has opperating system and CS5
R: is a 3-disk (3TB ea) Raid-0 (my main render drive)
S: 15TB NAS
T: 15TB NAS
I can render from C4D/AE and export from PP to ANY drive other than my R:\.  When rendering to R:\ I always get a message like this (this happens to be from Premiere/AME):
I ensured my file permissions on R:\ were set to "yo, let anyone on this computer do whatever the heck he wants; got it, Winny?" but that didn't do it.
Any other suggestions?
I'm able to work, but can't render to the right drive.  I can render to another drive and copy the rendered file over through Windows, no prob.  Just rendering/exporting ain't working on any program.

I think I have identified my problem here.  I will post the info for anyone else stumbling here in the future. 
I belive it was my Raid box (Rosevwill RSV-S4-X) and/or controller card that was acting stupid.  Not sure exactly what was going on.  I could read/write from/to it all day long, but something about it didn't like things rendering to it.  I would still like to know what the heck it's problem is since I will just migrate this box/controller back into our company "system."  The laste bloke's computer this was on didn't seem to mind it at all.  Computer picky?  Don't know.  It even worked on mine before the reformat and reinstall of Win7.
I installed a Sans Digital box and my computer just loved it and accepted it right into the family.  Whew!
Not a solution, but if you have a Rosewill box and/or card, that's the first place I'd look if you're having a problem. 
I mean, with a splash page like this, it's amazing it even worked AT ALL!   Ya should'a seen the "interface" (notice the quotes).

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