[SOLVED] ex-RAID HDD Issues

metalspawned · 09-25-2008, 04:18 PM

I built my own computer at the end of 2005. Dual-core, tons of RAM, tons of HDD space, a real beauty back in the day and still a pretty decent machine. Mid-2006, I had some real problems and took the computer to some techies to fix it. It's running fine now and has been for a while.

Originally, I had two Raptor 74gb HDDs in a RAID 0 and two 300gb HDDs in a RAID 1. When I had the techies fix my machine, I asked them to break both RAIDs and I would use all four HDDs individually. The two 300gb HDDs are sucessfully back as two completely separate drives. However, I ran into an issue with the 74gb HDDs.

One of the 74gb drives realizes that it is no longer in a RAID. It works fine and now acts as my main drive. The other 74gb drive that was in the RAID 0, however, does not. It shows itself as a drive with double the capacity it should have (the capacity it HAD as a part of the RAID 0). When I double-click the drive in My Computer, I receive a message saying "This drive is not formatted. Would you like to format it now?" I tried to reformat it and received a message saying something along the lines of "Windows could not finish formatting this drive."

How can I make this drive realize that it is no longer in a RAID? I assume I need to wipe the drive header, but how do I do that and will that actually fix the problem?

Thanks in advance!

metalspawned · 09-25-2008, 04:22 PM

Oh ... my god ... I think I fixed it ...

*waits on format* ....

metalspawned · 09-25-2008, 04:59 PM

If anyone else experiences this problem, delete the partition, then reformat...

09-25-2008, 04:18 PM	#1 (permalink)
metalspawned Registered User Join Date: Sep 2008 Posts: 3 OS: Windows XP Home SP3	[SOLVED] ex-RAID HDD Issues I built my own computer at the end of 2005. Dual-core, tons of RAM, tons of HDD space, a real beauty back in the day and still a pretty decent machine. Mid-2006, I had some real problems and took the computer to some techies to fix it. It's running fine now and has been for a while. Originally, I had two Raptor 74gb HDDs in a RAID 0 and two 300gb HDDs in a RAID 1. When I had the techies fix my machine, I asked them to break both RAIDs and I would use all four HDDs individually. The two 300gb HDDs are sucessfully back as two completely separate drives. However, I ran into an issue with the 74gb HDDs. One of the 74gb drives realizes that it is no longer in a RAID. It works fine and now acts as my main drive. The other 74gb drive that was in the RAID 0, however, does not. It shows itself as a drive with double the capacity it should have (the capacity it HAD as a part of the RAID 0). When I double-click the drive in My Computer, I receive a message saying "This drive is not formatted. Would you like to format it now?" I tried to reformat it and received a message saying something along the lines of "Windows could not finish formatting this drive." How can I make this drive realize that it is no longer in a RAID? I assume I need to wipe the drive header, but how do I do that and will that actually fix the problem? Thanks in advance!

09-25-2008, 04:22 PM	#2 (permalink)
metalspawned Registered User Join Date: Sep 2008 Posts: 3 OS: Windows XP Home SP3	Re: ex-RAID HDD Issues Oh ... my god ... I think I fixed it ... waits on format ....

09-25-2008, 04:59 PM	#3 (permalink)
metalspawned Registered User Join Date: Sep 2008 Posts: 3 OS: Windows XP Home SP3	Re: [SOLVED] ex-RAID HDD Issues If anyone else experiences this problem, delete the partition, then reformat...