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Not booting after adding mirrored drive
Windows Server 2003 with a single IDE drive. I added a RAID conotroller and second identical drive. Configured the Array and was careful to cable the primary channel to the boot drive. After data synchronized the system won't boot. Any ideas as to why?
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Did you add a RAID driver to the system? Systems with RAID controllers frequently need the RAID driver installed. You also need to set the boot priority device in the BIOS to the RAID array.
just to be sure, the RAID array build from 2 IDE drives ?
did you check bios configuration ? (boot order etc)
do you get any windows boot screen ? (becouse if not ,i don't think it's driver)
did you check bios configuration ? (boot order etc)
do you get any windows boot screen ? (becouse if not ,i don't think it's driver)
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great quick replies, thanks. I removed the RAID controller and plugged the primary drive into the IDE on the MB and boots ok now. So question revised: How do I install a RAID controller and second identical drive to achieve fault tolerance without backup and reinstall of OS?
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thanks to everyone who attempted to help me, but I lost this job because I didn't know my stuff.