I have this drive that formats fine (full format) and appears to be fine operationally in Windows

 

but then move it to unraid and i get instant errors... drive seems unusable

 

move it back to windows.. recreate partition on it and reformat (full format) and it's fine again.. I can copy files move stuff back and forth and everything appears normal..

 

I'm on 4.4.2..  Is my drive really dead? I don't get it..

 

EDIT: I've checked and replaced the cables.. no difference..still says it's dead in unraid

I have this drive that formats fine (full format) and appears to be fine operationally in Windows

 

but then move it to unraid and i get instant errors... drive seems unusable

 

move it back to windows.. recreate partition on it and reformat (full format) and it's fine again.. I can copy files move stuff back and forth and everything appears normal..

 

I'm on 4.4.2..  Is my drive really dead? I don't get it..

IDE or SATA?

 

Obviously, you are using a different power supply, disk controller, memory, and cables in the two machines.  Any could be the problem, and the disk might be fine.

 

Post a syslog so we can see the errors.  Instructions under "Troubleshooting" in the wiki.  Then run a "smartctl" status report on the same drive, it will tell you if the drive is healthy.

 

Joe L.

it was a SATA drive..

 

I replaced it with a brand new SATA drive and this errored out too during the rebuild..

 

So i downgraded to 4.4 and it rebuilt fine..

 

no more 4.4.2 for me..

it was a SATA drive..

 

I replaced it with a brand new SATA drive and this errored out too during the rebuild..

 

So i downgraded to 4.4 and it rebuilt fine..

 

no more 4.4.2 for me..

Great that you are working, but did you get a chance to grab a copy of the errors in the syslog when you were booted on 4.4.2? 

 

I know 4.4 is working for you better, but Tom will want to get 4.4.3 working for you too (not yet released)  As you said, it is probably driver related.  More specifics will help.  What Motherboard are you using?  What SATA controller?  What disk drive model?

 

Joe L.