billybobadoo
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win2k dynamic disks w/ bad blocks
hello there,
i have a windows 2000 server box with two 80 gig drives in it. they used to be configured in a mirror using the built-in mirror option in the disk management. the server was shut down do to the blackout. it was properly shutdown by a user when power went off before the UPS was drained. when the server was restarted, it would hang with the HD Act. LED on solid during bootup. I removed one of the drives and it started fine. The drive i took out, i ran diagnostics software, wrote all zeros and stress tested the drive, it was fine. i then reinstalled the drive and tried to re-establish the mirror. i get an operation failed due to i/o failure. i open the event log and it's full of errors sayin' bad blocks.
what is the best course of action to move all the data onto another drive? i usually would use ghost, however with the drives being dynamic, there are conflicts. suggestions please. hopefully none of which will result in a re-install. =) thank you.
i have a windows 2000 server box with two 80 gig drives in it. they used to be configured in a mirror using the built-in mirror option in the disk management. the server was shut down do to the blackout. it was properly shutdown by a user when power went off before the UPS was drained. when the server was restarted, it would hang with the HD Act. LED on solid during bootup. I removed one of the drives and it started fine. The drive i took out, i ran diagnostics software, wrote all zeros and stress tested the drive, it was fine. i then reinstalled the drive and tried to re-establish the mirror. i get an operation failed due to i/o failure. i open the event log and it's full of errors sayin' bad blocks.
what is the best course of action to move all the data onto another drive? i usually would use ghost, however with the drives being dynamic, there are conflicts. suggestions please. hopefully none of which will result in a re-install. =) thank you.
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sorry, forgotten post.
i actually was able to use ghost to move the data to another drive. see the following doc:
http://service1.symantec.com/SUPPORT/ghost.nsf/docid/2000062209523525
and used the switch to ignore all bad blocks.
thanks. please add my points back?
bbadoo
i actually was able to use ghost to move the data to another drive. see the following doc:
http://service1.symantec.com/SUPPORT/ghost.nsf/docid/2000062209523525
and used the switch to ignore all bad blocks.
thanks. please add my points back?
bbadoo
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I would try that, perhaps with a new drive.
Since it is mirrored, you should not have any data loss since the original drive is OK.
For a backup, simply use another hard drive ( not mirrored ! ) and use the built in NTbackup program.
I hope this helps !