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From: Nime on 21 Jan 2010 03:56
After failure of RAID 1, Windows Server 2008 starts till almost desktop visible,
arrow cursor appears then reboots again and again.

1. Why Win cannot start from single disk RAID 1 array.
2. How can I recover the installation?

P.S: Don't ask me to rebuild array, I'm just testing the new server before make it
production server, plus single disk size is 1.5 TB so it takes long time. I wonder
why Windows cannot start immedialtely. Same error occured on RAID 5 test, I
rebuild the array but Win 2008 still reboots at same place, before login screen.

From: Phillip Windell on 21 Jan 2010 11:02
1. RAID1 by definition is 2 drives unless one drive has failed or is
degraded. RAID1 has to be created using two drives,..not one. It can
only run on one if one drive failed later after the array had been working.

2. RAID5 by definition requires 3 or more drives. It can survive after
losing one drive,...if it looses 2 drives it is dead. RAID5 must have 3
or more drives to create the array.

3. Windows reboots at that location because Windows has become corrupt. You
must restore from a backup or reload from scratch.

--
Phillip Windell

The views expressed, are my own and not those of my employer, or Microsoft,
or anyone else associated with me, including my cats.
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"Nime" <eminakbulut(a)gmail.com> wrote in message
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> After failure of RAID 1, Windows Server 2008 starts till almost desktop
> visible, arrow cursor appears then reboots again and again.
>
> 1. Why Win cannot start from single disk RAID 1 array.
> 2. How can I recover the installation?
>
> P.S: Don't ask me to rebuild array, I'm just testing the new server before
> make it
> production server, plus single disk size is 1.5 TB so it takes long time.
> I wonder why Windows cannot start immedialtely. Same error occured on RAID
> 5 test, I
> rebuild the array but Win 2008 still reboots at same place, before login
> screen.
>


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