OK. It is close to 1am here and i have just fired up my server and got disk 4 of my 5 disk array ‘missing’ and the drive has turned up in the unassigned drives as needing formating.

 

I do not have a parity drive, but have the important data backed up.

 

firstly, is there anything i can do to Resurrect this drive?

 

secondly, if there is nothing i can do, how do i get my fifth drive into the fourth slot so i can start the server?

 

Thanks in advance,

M0zz

Your diagnostics might give the guys a better understanding of your system so they can offer the best answer.

Please post it in your next post (Tools / Diagnostics)

 

Diagnostics attached.

tower-diagnostics-20210315-0927.zip

Constant ATA errors, replace cables on that disk and try again.

Cheers JorgeB

 

Finally got round to sorting this out. With the machine shut down, I took the opportunity to add a couple of extra drives, replace all SATA cables, label drives and give the whole PC a clean.

 

On boot up all is back to normal. A big relief. 

 

Now to look into expanding my backup regimen and maybe getting a parity drive if I can afford it and something is on offer.

 

M0zz