The second NTFS boot sector is unwriteable
This problem is affecting 3 new sperate HP Proliant running SBS2008.
Basically the problem came to light when using msbackup to take a full copy of the servers in question. Basdically the backup gets to 100% and then fails with the error that the destination device is not available. Microsoft have been looking at this for weeks, and we eventually found that when we started the server in recovery mode and opened the command prompt, entering CHKDSK /f - we get the error The second NTFS boot sector is unwriteable.
We have 2 SATA drives configured in a simple RAID 1 mirror using the on board RAID controller of the Proliant ML360 G5p server.
Has anyone else experienced this problem or know what we can do to resolve it?
Many thanks.
Basically the problem came to light when using msbackup to take a full copy of the servers in question. Basdically the backup gets to 100% and then fails with the error that the destination device is not available. Microsoft have been looking at this for weeks, and we eventually found that when we started the server in recovery mode and opened the command prompt, entering CHKDSK /f - we get the error The second NTFS boot sector is unwriteable.
We have 2 SATA drives configured in a simple RAID 1 mirror using the on board RAID controller of the Proliant ML360 G5p server.
Has anyone else experienced this problem or know what we can do to resolve it?
Many thanks.
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One other thing, is there a magical utility that could re format the drive block by block, without destroying the data? ie relocate a block, format the block, then re locate the data? I know its a shot in the dark, but thought I would ask!
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many thanks, both helped.
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We use the HP Smartstart CD which creates the arrays, and installation and all otther operations function OK. I could understand if this was just one server which had the problem, but to have three....
The OS was installed directly from 3 different Genuine DVD's so I don't think it would be the source software.
Yes, backup is a problem, and to be honest that is a daunting thought!! Which drive would we replace though, that is the problem. I am having difficulty proving where the fault is.
Thanks for your help though.
Regards,
Nigel.