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Help, please, I have been unable to solve this one.
I have the K7T 266 Pro2-RU and I have lost my raid in a normal boot of windows, ok in safe mode.
My specs:
K7T266 PRO2-RU, 1800 XP+, W2k SP2
ATI 8500le 128mb
ONE20GB Maxtor IDE 1 MASTER
CDROM SLAVE
CDRW MASTER IDE 2
RAID (Lite) 2 IBM 20 GB
On the RAID set up I have identicle IBM's 20GB each, simple array of RAID 0.
The other day out of the blue the array locks up and freezes the computer. The next time, it tells me to run chkdsk, I run it until no more errors. I try to go back into W2k and nothing, will not allow me log in.
The event viewer states no proper reg entires for RAID device. I download and install the drivers from the MSI site. Install new drivers. Same thing.
I go into Safe mode, and....everything works. The array is ok, and the files are safe.
If I disable the array via BIOS no problems, except no 40Gb array. I have uninstalled and re-installed the drivers with same results. I think it is a driver problem, but to make sure, I backed up my stuff and reinstalled windows. Then when all was ok, I wiped and recreated the array, went into windows and nothing, the same lookup as soon as the drivers were used. But safe mode is ok.
Any ideas? I liked the array and the extra space, but why would the drivers go flaky all of a sudden
I have no idea what has happened or why.
Thanks for any help you can give.
Michael
;(

I have ran chkdsk and it has repaired some, but even when there are no errors, it is a no go.
I will try some more tonight, but dang It is extremly frustrating.

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