M0zza Posted March 15, 2021 Share Posted March 15, 2021 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 Quote Link to comment
ChatNoir Posted March 15, 2021 Share Posted March 15, 2021 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) Quote Link to comment
M0zza Posted March 15, 2021 Author Share Posted March 15, 2021 Diagnostics attached. tower-diagnostics-20210315-0927.zip Quote Link to comment
JorgeB Posted March 16, 2021 Share Posted March 16, 2021 Constant ATA errors, replace cables on that disk and try again. Quote Link to comment
M0zza Posted March 20, 2021 Author Share Posted March 20, 2021 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 1 Quote Link to comment
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