Windows 2000 server raid 5 drive failure

[83SanDimas]

Hello, 1st post here...

Just started an older server that has been unused for many months. I was unable to boot as I was getting an lsass.exe error 0xc000000f. Since directory services would not start I could not boot. One of the three 36gig seagate cheetas was dead. I have never replaced a failed drive before in a raid 5 config and first thought it should boot? It is raid 5? After buying a replacement 36 seagate cheetah and installing it I have booted into safe mode to repair directory services thinking I could poke around and get raid 5 to repair the (stripe?) the drive. In disk manager here is what I have

disk0 c:4gig ntfs healthy (system)/ Volume2 (f 30.18 gb
ntfs healthy
disk1 34.18 gb Failed

Missing (offline) 34.18 gb Failed (I guess that is the drive I removed.

My only option on the new drive when I choose the create volume wizard is "simple volume" all others are grey and unsellactable.

When I right click on drive1 and choose reactivate nothing appears to happen.

Sugestions?

 

[83SanDimas]

found this online...
I am afraid to delete the volume. Is that what I should do

http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/Bb727102.aspx

 

[karlisi]

It seems you have no RAID5, because there are only 3 HDD on this system, one of them is basic (Disk 0, not included in any stripes), only 2 left for RAID. To make RAID5 you must have at least 3 HDD.
From picture it seems you have another failed disk, Disk 1. I think, you should replace it and restore files from backup. Or rebuild the server completely.
In general, you should avoid Windows built-in software RAID, it is better to use hardware RAID if you have one. More faster and stable, easier to diagnose and rebuild.

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Karlis
ECDL; MCSA

 

[83SanDimas]

I noticed that.... I am booting in safe mode, is it possible the boot drive reverts to basic (I know nothing about raid) Also, Drive1 That comes up as failed passes the adapted utility (verification?) on my 29160 controller. That drive just will not restart in windows server and gives me no error message when I try.

The drive I replaced was just plain dead. It would not spin up but the green light was on solid before I removed it. What are the chances of 2 drives failing in storage?

 

[83SanDimas]

also...at the top you see striped/dynamic with the red x and 68 gig capacity, could that have been a mirror of the 2 drives?

the first disk is basic with the os and f drive

The next 2 disks were striped (mirrored) and have both failed, one being cold dead and the other beang active in windows server but with a failed status?

I guess I have misunderstood how this server was congigured from the start. How can I check that "failed" drive?

 

[karlisi]

No, failed volume was not mirrored, it was striped without parity (RAID0), if one disk fails, data is lost, you must restore from backup. Sorry.
More about raid here

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/RAID

I suggest to build mirrored set in place of previous RAID0, or, if there is a place, add one more HDD and build RAID5.

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Karlis
ECDL; MCSA