HELP! Lost Raid 1, now Error loading operation system!
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From: Keith on 17 Sep 2008 10:11 Hello all, I need some help if someone has the time and knowledge to do so. I have a SBS 2003 Server, and Monday I came into work and the server had locked up, (crashed). I restarted only to find out the Raid 1 array that I had created has been lost and degraded. One of my HDD's failed. This shouldn't be a problem, I have dealt with this is the past on other pc's with onboard raid controllers, and have always been able to boot with a failed raid 1 array, but this time is different. It says "Error Loading Operating System". I can turn off raid in the bios, and boot into safe mode on one of the drives, but then it just restarts. I have a back up on another drive, but I would really like to get this drive to boot again. The problem I have is that it is not telling me what's wrong; it just says "Error loading operation system". The only thing that I remember as far as information you may need when I installed SBS 03 5 years ago, I used a Asus P4c800-D Deluxe Motherboard, and it used a Ich5R raid controller. I remember having to switch to "Dynamic Disk" in order to fully install SBS 03. Another really odd thing, I took the drive out that is kind of bootable, and hooked it up to a XP machine, and it only shows that the drive is around 1GB in total size when it is around 160GB in total size. I'm not sure if I should do a chk disk for fear I may mess that drive up even more. There is some data on that drive that I would really, really like to get off, or better yet have it bootable again. I can always rebuild the array later. Any help would be greatly appreciated, thank you!!
From: Matabra on 17 Sep 2008 10:30 Hi, Can you do a restart (F8 Disable restart on system failure) and tell us the bluescreen code. Most likely even though it is booting off the second drive it doesnt know about anything on the first drive Can you post the contents of Boot.ini (boot off a recovery/winPE disk) If you can check that the HDD is in position 0 (primary master), and then try it in position 1 (primary slave) What type of drives are they , scsi , sata, ide? Regards Matt "Keith" <Keith(a)discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message news:EF33B748-C3D3-4C94-B780-8A1E3B1F7AA9(a)microsoft.com... > Hello all, > > I need some help if someone has the time and knowledge to do so. I have a > SBS 2003 Server, and Monday I came into work and the server had locked up, > (crashed). I restarted only to find out the Raid 1 array that I had > created > has been lost and degraded. One of my HDD's failed. This shouldn't be a > problem, I have dealt with this is the past on other pc's with onboard > raid > controllers, and have always been able to boot with a failed raid 1 array, > but this time is different. It says "Error Loading Operating System". I > can > turn off raid in the bios, and boot into safe mode on one of the drives, > but > then it just restarts. I have a back up on another drive, but I would > really > like to get this drive to boot again. The problem I have is that it is > not > telling me what's wrong; it just says "Error loading operation system". > > The only thing that I remember as far as information you may need when I > installed SBS 03 5 years ago, I used a Asus P4c800-D Deluxe Motherboard, > and > it used a Ich5R raid controller. I remember having to switch to "Dynamic > Disk" in order to fully install SBS 03. Another really odd thing, I took > the > drive out that is kind of bootable, and hooked it up to a XP machine, and > it > only shows that the drive is around 1GB in total size when it is around > 160GB > in total size. > > I'm not sure if I should do a chk disk for fear I may mess that drive up > even more. There is some data on that drive that I would really, really > like > to get off, or better yet have it bootable again. I can always rebuild > the > array later. > > Any help would be greatly appreciated, thank you!! >
From: Keith on 17 Sep 2008 10:41 Thank you very much for your reply! I will go and try the disable restart, and post back with you with more information. Thanks again!! "Matabra" wrote: > Hi, > > Can you do a restart (F8 Disable restart on system failure) and tell us the > bluescreen code. > > Most likely even though it is booting off the second drive it doesnt know > about anything on the first drive > > Can you post the contents of Boot.ini (boot off a recovery/winPE disk) > > If you can check that the HDD is in position 0 (primary master), and then > try it in position 1 (primary slave) > > What type of drives are they , scsi , sata, ide? > > Regards > > Matt > > "Keith" <Keith(a)discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message > news:EF33B748-C3D3-4C94-B780-8A1E3B1F7AA9(a)microsoft.com... > > Hello all, > > > > I need some help if someone has the time and knowledge to do so. I have a > > SBS 2003 Server, and Monday I came into work and the server had locked up, > > (crashed). I restarted only to find out the Raid 1 array that I had > > created > > has been lost and degraded. One of my HDD's failed. This shouldn't be a > > problem, I have dealt with this is the past on other pc's with onboard > > raid > > controllers, and have always been able to boot with a failed raid 1 array, > > but this time is different. It says "Error Loading Operating System". I > > can > > turn off raid in the bios, and boot into safe mode on one of the drives, > > but > > then it just restarts. I have a back up on another drive, but I would > > really > > like to get this drive to boot again. The problem I have is that it is > > not > > telling me what's wrong; it just says "Error loading operation system". > > > > The only thing that I remember as far as information you may need when I > > installed SBS 03 5 years ago, I used a Asus P4c800-D Deluxe Motherboard, > > and > > it used a Ich5R raid controller. I remember having to switch to "Dynamic > > Disk" in order to fully install SBS 03. Another really odd thing, I took > > the > > drive out that is kind of bootable, and hooked it up to a XP machine, and > > it > > only shows that the drive is around 1GB in total size when it is around > > 160GB > > in total size. > > > > I'm not sure if I should do a chk disk for fear I may mess that drive up > > even more. There is some data on that drive that I would really, really > > like > > to get off, or better yet have it bootable again. I can always rebuild > > the > > array later. > > > > Any help would be greatly appreciated, thank you!! > > >
From: Keith on 17 Sep 2008 17:55 Hello again, Very sorry for the long delay, It has been a rough few days since the server has went down. Anyway, here is what I found out: When I Disable restart on the system failure, The blue screen code I get is this: STOP: 0x0000007B (0xF78A2A94, 0XC0000034, 0x00000000, 0x00000000 If I take the drive that is ok and hook it up to a XP machine, I did find a lot of Information, in fact about 72GB which is what I think I had on that drive. I Cant however get the other drive to show up in windows. Just the bios and device manager. That must be due to the Dynamic Disk that I set up. You will have to excuse me, I am not very informed about Dynamic Disk's and how they work, but it just looks like one disk is usable, and other other is not right now. What I dont understand is that somehow both disk's must be damaged in some way, because either one will not boot. It just shows in the Raid Bios that Raid is Degraded, and one drive has failed, but the other is bootable. It does not however boot though. I had a UPS attached to the Server, and I thought that this Raid 1 (Mirrored) Array would be enough redundancy for what we use it for. About 26 Workstations attached to it. I did try and switch from Primary Master and Save positions, and it made no difference. The drives are SATA 1.5 Drives. Maxtor in fact. One more thing, how do you get the contents of the Boot.Ini file from a Boot Disk? Thank you again for your time, and again, sorry for the delay... "Matabra" wrote: > Hi, > > Can you do a restart (F8 Disable restart on system failure) and tell us the > bluescreen code. > > Most likely even though it is booting off the second drive it doesnt know > about anything on the first drive > > Can you post the contents of Boot.ini (boot off a recovery/winPE disk) > > If you can check that the HDD is in position 0 (primary master), and then > try it in position 1 (primary slave) > > What type of drives are they , scsi , sata, ide? > > Regards > > Matt > > "Keith" <Keith(a)discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message > news:EF33B748-C3D3-4C94-B780-8A1E3B1F7AA9(a)microsoft.com... > > Hello all, > > > > I need some help if someone has the time and knowledge to do so. I have a > > SBS 2003 Server, and Monday I came into work and the server had locked up, > > (crashed). I restarted only to find out the Raid 1 array that I had > > created > > has been lost and degraded. One of my HDD's failed. This shouldn't be a > > problem, I have dealt with this is the past on other pc's with onboard > > raid > > controllers, and have always been able to boot with a failed raid 1 array, > > but this time is different. It says "Error Loading Operating System". I > > can > > turn off raid in the bios, and boot into safe mode on one of the drives, > > but > > then it just restarts. I have a back up on another drive, but I would > > really > > like to get this drive to boot again. The problem I have is that it is > > not > > telling me what's wrong; it just says "Error loading operation system". > > > > The only thing that I remember as far as information you may need when I > > installed SBS 03 5 years ago, I used a Asus P4c800-D Deluxe Motherboard, > > and > > it used a Ich5R raid controller. I remember having to switch to "Dynamic > > Disk" in order to fully install SBS 03. Another really odd thing, I took > > the > > drive out that is kind of bootable, and hooked it up to a XP machine, and > > it > > only shows that the drive is around 1GB in total size when it is around > > 160GB > > in total size. > > > > I'm not sure if I should do a chk disk for fear I may mess that drive up > > even more. There is some data on that drive that I would really, really > > like > > to get off, or better yet have it bootable again. I can always rebuild > > the > > array later. > > > > Any help would be greatly appreciated, thank you!! > > >
From: Merv Porter [SBS-MVP] on 17 Sep 2008 18:24
Do you have a full backup of the server? -- Merv Porter [SBS-MVP] ============================ "Keith" <Keith(a)discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message news:6B34F753-EE92-4928-A71D-9CB9C8108F54(a)microsoft.com... > Hello again, > > Very sorry for the long delay, It has been a rough few days since the > server has went down. Anyway, here is what I found out: > > When I Disable restart on the system failure, The blue screen code I get > is > this: > > STOP: 0x0000007B (0xF78A2A94, 0XC0000034, 0x00000000, 0x00000000 > > If I take the drive that is ok and hook it up to a XP machine, I did find > a > lot of Information, in fact about 72GB which is what I think I had on that > drive. I Cant however get the other drive to show up in windows. Just > the > bios and device manager. That must be due to the Dynamic Disk that I set > up. > You will have to excuse me, I am not very informed about Dynamic Disk's > and > how they work, but it just looks like one disk is usable, and other other > is > not right now. What I dont understand is that somehow both disk's must be > damaged in some way, because either one will not boot. It just shows in > the > Raid Bios that Raid is Degraded, and one drive has failed, but the other > is > bootable. It does not however boot though. I had a UPS attached to the > Server, and I thought that this Raid 1 (Mirrored) Array would be enough > redundancy for what we use it for. About 26 Workstations attached to it. > > I did try and switch from Primary Master and Save positions, and it made > no > difference. The drives are SATA 1.5 Drives. Maxtor in fact. > > One more thing, how do you get the contents of the Boot.Ini file from a > Boot > Disk? Thank you again for your time, and again, sorry for the delay... > > > > "Matabra" wrote: > >> Hi, >> >> Can you do a restart (F8 Disable restart on system failure) and tell us >> the >> bluescreen code. >> >> Most likely even though it is booting off the second drive it doesnt know >> about anything on the first drive >> >> Can you post the contents of Boot.ini (boot off a recovery/winPE disk) >> >> If you can check that the HDD is in position 0 (primary master), and then >> try it in position 1 (primary slave) >> >> What type of drives are they , scsi , sata, ide? >> >> Regards >> >> Matt >> >> "Keith" <Keith(a)discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message >> news:EF33B748-C3D3-4C94-B780-8A1E3B1F7AA9(a)microsoft.com... >> > Hello all, >> > >> > I need some help if someone has the time and knowledge to do so. I >> > have a >> > SBS 2003 Server, and Monday I came into work and the server had locked >> > up, >> > (crashed). I restarted only to find out the Raid 1 array that I had >> > created >> > has been lost and degraded. One of my HDD's failed. This shouldn't be >> > a >> > problem, I have dealt with this is the past on other pc's with onboard >> > raid >> > controllers, and have always been able to boot with a failed raid 1 >> > array, >> > but this time is different. It says "Error Loading Operating System". >> > I >> > can >> > turn off raid in the bios, and boot into safe mode on one of the >> > drives, >> > but >> > then it just restarts. I have a back up on another drive, but I would >> > really >> > like to get this drive to boot again. The problem I have is that it is >> > not >> > telling me what's wrong; it just says "Error loading operation system". >> > >> > The only thing that I remember as far as information you may need when >> > I >> > installed SBS 03 5 years ago, I used a Asus P4c800-D Deluxe >> > Motherboard, >> > and >> > it used a Ich5R raid controller. I remember having to switch to >> > "Dynamic >> > Disk" in order to fully install SBS 03. Another really odd thing, I >> > took >> > the >> > drive out that is kind of bootable, and hooked it up to a XP machine, >> > and >> > it >> > only shows that the drive is around 1GB in total size when it is around >> > 160GB >> > in total size. >> > >> > I'm not sure if I should do a chk disk for fear I may mess that drive >> > up >> > even more. There is some data on that drive that I would really, >> > really >> > like >> > to get off, or better yet have it bootable again. I can always rebuild >> > the >> > array later. >> > >> > Any help would be greatly appreciated, thank you!! >> > >> |