[AccessD] Can you Raid

Hi John,

I've worked with Windows 2000 Server software RAID 1. I've found that I
could take either drive out, and boot off the other one. I wanted to go
through the process of recovering from a failed drive before I had one.

To get the system to boot off the drive in the second slot, I used a
boot floppy with a boot.ini file that specified both slots as having an
OS.

I found that once I booted from one of the mirrored disks, I could not
just put the other one back in and have a happy day. I needed to wipe
the drive and rebuild the mirror.

I used MS knowledge base article 311578, How to Edit the Boot.ini File
in Windows 2000 for help.

I think I'll use this idea for those systems where I can't get the right
disk controller drivers for Ghost to work.

I hope this helps you out.

Thanks,
 
Eric
 

-----Original Message-----
From: John W. Colby [mailto:jwcolby at colbyconsulting.com] 
Sent: Saturday, September 04, 2004 10:17 AM
To: AccessD; Tech - Database Advisors Inc.
Subject: [AccessD] Can you Raid

Does anyone know if you can use Windows built-in raid capability to set
up a
raid 1 (mirror) then break the raid and move the mirror to another
identical
machine as the boot drive?  I have a pair of MSI k8n Neo motherboards
that I
purchased.  I have a pair of 80 gb samsung drives in one machine that I
have
just finished setting up.  I need to create an image of that setup and
move
that image to the other machine.

John W. Colby
www.ColbyConsulting.com 


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