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Rebuilding Windows Server 2019 Boot
I have a Windows 2019 Server that has been in service for about 8 months. It is an MSI 670P motherboard and implements a RAID10. It won't boot. Apparently there was a power failure, and the system ...
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How to tell if a hard drive with Windows was used in AHCI or RAID mode?
I have a computer with a corrupted windows installation that will not boot into the OS. I am trying to fix the operating system, but I am not sure at this point if the drive was using RAID or AHCI. ...
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Disk operations hang after deleting folder on large NTFS volume
We have a customer system where a disk is completely inaccessible for a long time after deleting files. Typically, the disk is inaccessible for more than 45 minutes.
The system is a production system ...
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BitLocker on Intel RST RAID controller?
I have mirror RAID based on Intel Rapid Storage Technology. I want to use BitLocker on RAIDed, non-system partition.
The general BitLocker rule is "Hardware RAIDs are supported, software RAIDs ...
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Windows 10 RAID - Readable from Linux?
I've got a Win 10 machine whose hard drive (actually an M.2) is listed as RAID in the UEFI.
Image of Dell Inspiron 15 5501's UEFI.
When booting from a Ubuntu 22.04 USB, the hard drive is not detected. ...
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Can you return old RAID 1 disks(and keep all the files on them) to Windows Server machine if migrating to new disks fails?
I'm looking for some help regarding RAID 1 and migration to bigger disks.
Here is the thing. I have to migrate Dell PowerEdge T30 disks that are in RAID 1 to new and bigger disks. From what I ...
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If I have a RAID 1, is it better to have 2 partitions or 2 logical drives?
I have the need to create 2 drives on a single RAID 1 (1 + 1 TB) configuration under Windows Server. I can create partitions using Windows Disk Management, or I can create logical drives using the ...
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"ICRC, ABRT" errors with IRST (Intel Rapid Storage Technology, imsm): Could it be software?
I have a system with two IRST RAID1: sda+sdb (2TB), sdc+sdd (1TB) (in Linux-speech)
Each pair of disks was bought in one order, i.e. they are the same disk drives of the same age.
The 2TB RAID ...
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access data from old SSD from laptop
I would like to know if its possible to retrieve the data that I had from my ssd drive which was previously from my laptop. This ssd drive was in a Raid 0 config (with 2 X 128 SSD) which it was in my ...
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AMD RAID 5 not booting after Windows Server 2012 updates
I've recently been working to reconfigure my home server. I decided to setup a RAID 5 for my operating system and virtual machines using my Asus M5A97 R2.0 built in AMD RAID. I was able to setup the ...
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"Disk read error occurred" booting from hard drive or USB on Windows Server 2008
Here's the setup: an Athlon X2, 4 GB of RAM, and a 2x2 RAID 10 array of 4 500GB drives, which also houses the OS.
After a usual reboot the machine didn't respond to ping. I connected it to a display ...
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Internal Drive errors on specific drives; others are OK
I'm running Windows 8.1
All my drives are formatted NTFS
I have several internal disk drives on my desktop. My C: (boot drive) is fine. But on my D: and E: drives (3 2TB Seagate drives in RAID 5 ...
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Does switching SATA/AHCI mode in BIOS affect Windows OS and data in the hard disks
Suppose the following situation:
Each desktop machine have 3 internal SATA hard disks of different sizes (500GB, 1TB and 2TB)
The BIOS have 3 types of SATA/AHCI mode (Disabled/IDE, RAID and AHCI)
The ...
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Windows recovery can't find Windows install
I'm trying to repair my boot loader for Windows after a Ubuntu install killed it. I'm trying to use the Windows Repair CD (actually USB stick), but Windows recovery can't find my Windows install. I ...
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How do I mark a disk as OK (Asus/Intel Software RAID)
I have an Asus P8Z77V_PRO mobo using Intel RAID (Windows 7 x64).
A drive has an error, but after examining it with SMART tools, I'm satisfied the drive is fine. Unfortunately, I can't figure out how ...
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