Raid 5 array dissapeared on Vista 32/Intel 975X mobo tbingel 12/28/2008 10:02:01 PM Hello, my problem is that my Raid 5 array has been dissappeared while I was installing an old disk back. Here's what happened: 1. I had a system Disk which had two partitions and Vista Ultimate 32 installed on C: partition. Also I had a 3 disk RAID 5 array controlled by Silicon Image controller on my Intel 975XBX motherboard. 2. System disk had gotten a strong trojan which could not cleaned by ESET. I have disconnected this drive and installed a brand new drive, installed OS and other softwares. 3. I have re-connected my old disk with two partitions and re-scanned with ESET and cleaned the trojan. After this I have wanted to re-organize my drive letters for all my disks and DVD drives into a more sensible order. 4. First, I moved my DVDs to letters W: and Y: in order to be able to assign letters D: and E: to my old system disk and RAID array respecively. 5. RAID array was functioning just fine up to this point. I have re-booted my PC and my RAID array was missing from the Windows Explorer. I have checked the Disk Management/Storage and there it was, saying Healthy and Dynamic. But the drive letter was gone. 6. I have re-booted and gone in to Silicon Image manager and there was no problem with the array itself. 7.When done booting I re-checked the drive on Disk Management and the array was showing "Unallocated". I suspect that this is something related with MBR or such. How can I get my data back? Any help is appreciated...

Re: Raid 5 array dissapeared on Vista 32/Intel 975X mobo "Neil Smith [MVP Digital Media]" <neil[ at ]nospam.com> 12/29/2008 10:45:15 PM This doesn't really sound like an appropriate question for this newsgroup, microsoft.public.windowsmedia (which is about windows media, not RAID configuration ?) Having said that, I'm not sure where you should post it ! Cheers - Neil On Sun, 28 Dec 2008 14:02:01 -0800, tbingel <tbingel[ at ]discussions.microsoft.com> wrote: [Quoted Text] >Hello, >my problem is that my Raid 5 array has been dissappeared while I was >installing an old disk back. Here's what happened: >1. I had a system Disk which had two partitions and Vista Ultimate 32 >installed on C: partition. Also I had a 3 disk RAID 5 array controlled by >Silicon Image controller on my Intel 975XBX motherboard. >2. System disk had gotten a strong trojan which could not cleaned by ESET. I >have disconnected this drive and installed a brand new drive, installed OS >and other softwares. >3. I have re-connected my old disk with two partitions and re-scanned with >ESET and cleaned the trojan. After this I have wanted to re-organize my drive >letters for all my disks and DVD drives into a more sensible order. >4. First, I moved my DVDs to letters W: and Y: in order to be able to assign >letters D: and E: to my old system disk and RAID array respecively. >5. RAID array was functioning just fine up to this point. I have re-booted >my PC and my RAID array was missing from the Windows Explorer. I have checked >the Disk Management/Storage and there it was, saying Healthy and Dynamic. But >the drive letter was gone. >6. I have re-booted and gone in to Silicon Image manager and there was no >problem with the array itself. >7.When done booting I re-checked the drive on Disk Management and the array >was showing "Unallocated". > >I suspect that this is something related with MBR or such. > >How can I get my data back? Any help is appreciated... ------------------------------------------------ Digital Media MVP : 2004-2008 http://mvp.support.microsoft.com/mvpfaqs

RE: Raid 5 array dissapeared on Vista 32/Intel 975X mobo Andrew E. 12/30/2008 1:48:01 AM A p975 intel chipset should use the "intel matrix storage manager",why are you running silicon-image...... "tbingel" wrote: [Quoted Text] > Hello, > my problem is that my Raid 5 array has been dissappeared while I was > installing an old disk back. Here's what happened: > 1. I had a system Disk which had two partitions and Vista Ultimate 32 > installed on C: partition. Also I had a 3 disk RAID 5 array controlled by > Silicon Image controller on my Intel 975XBX motherboard. > 2. System disk had gotten a strong trojan which could not cleaned by ESET. I > have disconnected this drive and installed a brand new drive, installed OS > and other softwares. > 3. I have re-connected my old disk with two partitions and re-scanned with > ESET and cleaned the trojan. After this I have wanted to re-organize my drive > letters for all my disks and DVD drives into a more sensible order. > 4. First, I moved my DVDs to letters W: and Y: in order to be able to assign > letters D: and E: to my old system disk and RAID array respecively. > 5. RAID array was functioning just fine up to this point. I have re-booted > my PC and my RAID array was missing from the Windows Explorer. I have checked > the Disk Management/Storage and there it was, saying Healthy and Dynamic. But > the drive letter was gone. > 6. I have re-booted and gone in to Silicon Image manager and there was no > problem with the array itself. > 7.When done booting I re-checked the drive on Disk Management and the array > was showing "Unallocated". > > I suspect that this is something related with MBR or such. > > How can I get my data back? Any help is appreciated...