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RAID 1 Failed...Need Urgent Help.

AustinTheIntern
By AustinTheIntern
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Okay guys...pretty frustrated here.

 

So I have a software raid array (from disk management) and apparently it failed.

 

Yesterday I opened up "My Computer" to check my drive, and it disappeared. I then went into my bios and both drives were still there. I went to sleep after that, since it was very late.

 

Next day, I open up my bios and only one of the drives is there, and it is no longer in disk management. 

 

Here's what I tried:

 

1) Using a SATA -> USB converter. This resulted in the drive showing up in disk management, but it says "dynamic" and "invalid." I tried using some software to change it back into a basic disk, but that did not work.

 

2) Plug the hard drive into another computer, which just made my Windows 7 unbootable for some reason.

 

3) Try different SATA ports on the existing motherboard. 

 

Oh yeah, and when I plug in the hard drive now, it cannot get past the Windows 7 boot screen with the glowing Windows logo. 

 

 

Any suggestions?

 

Update: Using the existing motherboard, I booted up the drive. Now it wants me to format it in disk management but it is only 128Gb while my drive is 1Tb...not sure what to do. It is "unkown" and "not initialized." It says there is a problem with the I/O when i try initializing it. 

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What kind of drives were they? SSD's? (Just looking at your sig)

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A RAID 1 failed? Did it disappear all of a sudden one day or was it soon after you set up your array?

 

Perhaps one of your drives just straight up failed and that resulted in some data corruption on the other one?

 

Have you tried running a Windows 7 repair disk on either of the drives?

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try running a disk check

 

 

A RAID 1 failed? Did it disappear all of a sudden one day or was it soon after you set up your array?

 

Perhaps one of your drives just straight up failed and that resulted in some data corruption on the other one?

 

Have you tried running a Windows 7 repair disk on either of the drives?

Okay here's what I am dealing with here: http://puu.sh/iFqfu/0a3ccb36bb.png

 

The 128 Gb is supposed to be a 1Tb drive...I have no clue what to do. Where can I access this "Repair tool"?

 

 

What kind of drives were they? SSD's? (Just looking at your sig)

1TB Seagate barracuda

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Fan Controller: Bitfenix Recon | Ram: Patriot IEM 16GB @ 1600mhz | Primary Storage: 2 x Samsung 840 Pro 256GB | Backup Drives: 2 x Seagate Barracuda 2TB | PSU: Seasonic X850

  

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