I amRunning SBS 2k3, on raid 5, other partitions on raid (dell utility) boot. With the raid drivers system sees the drive. Booted to the windows recovery ran chkdsk /r and /p came back with 'The volume appears to contain one or more unrecoverable problems' . I then booted to Helix rescue cd (v3) and the drive shows up as an Unknow partition in Gparted. Ran fdsik -l and it returnd a file system id # 7, NTFS. tried to force mount as NTFS but it errors out with, "dosen't have a vaild ntfs". Any ideas on how to repair the file system, or get to the data on the drive?
> I amRunning SBS 2k3, on raid 5, other partitions on raid (dell > utility) boot. With the raid drivers system sees the drive. Booted to > the windows recovery ran chkdsk /r and /p came back with 'The volume > appears to contain one or more unrecoverable problems' . I then booted > to Helix rescue cd (v3) and the drive shows up as an Unknow partition > in Gparted. Ran fdsik -l and it returnd a file system id # 7, NTFS. > tried to force mount as NTFS but it errors out with, "dosen't have a > vaild ntfs". > Any ideas on how to repair the file system, or get to the data on the > drive?
> > I amRunning SBS 2k3, on raid 5, other partitions on raid (dell > > utility) boot. With the raid drivers system sees the drive. Booted to > > the windows recovery ran chkdsk /r and /p came back with 'The volume > > appears to contain one or more unrecoverable problems' . I then booted > > to Helix rescue cd (v3) and the drive shows up as an Unknow partition > > in Gparted. Ran fdsik -l and it returnd a file system id # 7, NTFS. > > tried to force mount as NTFS but it errors out with, "dosen't have a > > vaild ntfs". > > Any ideas on how to repair the file system, or get to the data on the > > drive?- Hide quoted text -
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The Dell utilities wich are stirpted across the raid (at least what Dell tech said) , I can boot in to that (passed all HW test) and that the in the Perc BIOS show raid as optmal makes me think the raid is good.
ok, but your error was about the volume, not the controller or any of the drives. Each of the "partitions" on the RAID5 set is a "volume" and each of them can have problems of their own. Just because you can start one of them is no reason to expect the others to start.
afaik, there is no magic bullet. The three sources of recovery that I know about are: 1. The utilities furnished by the hardware manufacturer; 2. A third party program similar to the link I gave you; and 3. Restore from Backup after replacing, repairing the fault.
The link I gave you is the best I know. If you suspect problems with a corrupted volume created by Windows, MS will try their best. If the problem is with the controller, MS will (probably) disavow all knowledge.
The link I gave you has a trial version that will give you some indication of whether or not the info can be recovered. Further, I hope you have a recent viable backup, as you may very well need it.
__ Larry Please post the resolution to your issue so that others may benefit.
> > I amRunning SBS 2k3, on raid 5, other partitions on raid (dell > > utility) boot. With the raid drivers system sees the drive. Booted to > > the windows recovery ran chkdsk /r and /p came back with 'The volume > > appears to contain one or more unrecoverable problems' . I then booted > > to Helix rescue cd (v3) and the drive shows up as an Unknow partition > > in Gparted. Ran fdsik -l and it returnd a file system id # 7, NTFS. > > tried to force mount as NTFS but it errors out with, "dosen't have a > > vaild ntfs". > > Any ideas on how to repair the file system, or get to the data on the > > drive?- Hide quoted text -
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The Dell utilities wich are stirpted across the raid (at least what Dell tech said) , I can boot in to that (passed all HW test) and that the in the Perc BIOS show raid as optmal makes me think the raid is good.
wizards.com> wrote: > ok, but your error was about the volume, not the controller or any of the > drives. Each of the "partitions" on the RAID5 set is a "volume" and each of > them can have problems of their own. Just because you can start one of them > is no reason to expect the others to start.
> afaik, there is no magic bullet. The three sources of recovery that I know > about are: 1. The utilities furnished by the hardware manufacturer; 2. A > third party program similar to the link I gave you; and 3. Restore from > Backup after replacing, repairing the fault.
> The link I gave you is the best I know. If you suspect problems with a > corrupted volume created by Windows, MS will try their best. If the problem > is with the controller, MS will (probably) disavow all knowledge.
> The link I gave you has a trial version that will give you some indication > of whether or not the info can be recovered. Further, I hope you have a > recent viable backup, as you may very well need it.
> __ > Larry > Please post the resolution to your > issue so that others may benefit.
> > > I amRunning SBS 2k3, on raid 5, other partitions on raid (dell > > > utility) boot. With the raid drivers system sees the drive. Booted to > > > the windows recovery ran chkdsk /r and /p came back with 'The volume > > > appears to contain one or more unrecoverable problems' . I then booted > > > to Helix rescue cd (v3) and the drive shows up as an Unknow partition > > > in Gparted. Ran fdsik -l and it returnd a file system id # 7, NTFS. > > > tried to force mount as NTFS but it errors out with, "dosen't have a > > > vaild ntfs". > > > Any ideas on how to repair the file system, or get to the data on the > > > drive?- Hide quoted text -
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> The Dell utilities wich are stirpted across the raid (at least what > Dell tech said) , I can boot in to that (passed all HW test) and that > the in the Perc BIOS show raid as optmal makes me think the raid is > good.- Hide quoted text -
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Still running the program you sugesed but so far it's finding the files.Will Let you know but so far so good, Thank steps i did
imaged unknown raid partition with Helix linux Cd over to a usb drive then installed that program on to computer ran it (default promts) on usb attachd storage Has errros but not shore if its raid, dirve or USB problems
> On Dec 7, 7:21 pm, "Larry Struckmeyer [SBS-MVP]" <lstruckme...@mis-
> wizards.com> wrote: > > ok, but your error was about the volume, not the controller or any of the > > drives. Each of the "partitions" on the RAID5 set is a "volume" and each of > > them can have problems of their own. Just because you can start one of them > > is no reason to expect the others to start.
> > afaik, there is no magic bullet. The three sources of recovery that I know > > about are: 1. The utilities furnished by the hardware manufacturer; 2. A > > third party program similar to the link I gave you; and 3. Restore from > > Backup after replacing, repairing the fault.
> > The link I gave you is the best I know. If you suspect problems with a > > corrupted volume created by Windows, MS will try their best. If the problem > > is with the controller, MS will (probably) disavow all knowledge.
> > The link I gave you has a trial version that will give you some indication > > of whether or not the info can be recovered. Further, I hope you have a > > recent viable backup, as you may very well need it.
> > __ > > Larry > > Please post the resolution to your > > issue so that others may benefit.
> > > > I amRunningSBS2k3, on raid 5, other partitions on raid (dell > > > > utility) boot. With the raid drivers system sees the drive. Booted to > > > > the windows recovery ran chkdsk /r and /p came back with 'The volume > > > > appears to contain one or more unrecoverable problems' . I then booted > > > > to Helix rescue cd (v3) and the drive shows up as an Unknow partition > > > > in Gparted. Ran fdsik -l and it returnd a file system id # 7, NTFS. > > > > tried to force mount as NTFS but it errors out with, "dosen't have a > > > > vaild ntfs". > > > > Any ideas on how to repair the file system, or get to the data on the > > > > drive?- Hide quoted text -
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> > The Dell utilities wich are stirpted across the raid (at least what > > Dell tech said) , I can boot in to that (passed all HW test) and that > > the in the Perc BIOS show raid as optmal makes me think the raid is > > good.- Hide quoted text -
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> Still running the program you sugesed but so far it's finding the > files.Will Let you know but so far so good, Thank > steps i did
> imaged unknown raid partition with Helix linux Cd over to a usb drive > then installed that program on to computer > ran it (default promts) on usb attachd storage > Has errros but not shore if its raid, dirve or USB problems
> On Dec 7, 7:21 pm, "Larry Struckmeyer [SBS-MVP]" <lstruckme...@mis-
> wizards.com> wrote: > > ok, but your error was about the volume, not the controller or any of > > the > > drives. Each of the "partitions" on the RAID5 set is a "volume" and each > > of > > them can have problems of their own. Just because you can start one of > > them > > is no reason to expect the others to start.
> > afaik, there is no magic bullet. The three sources of recovery that I > > know > > about are: 1. The utilities furnished by the hardware manufacturer; 2. A > > third party program similar to the link I gave you; and 3. Restore from > > Backup after replacing, repairing the fault.
> > The link I gave you is the best I know. If you suspect problems with a > > corrupted volume created by Windows, MS will try their best. If the > > problem > > is with the controller, MS will (probably) disavow all knowledge.
> > The link I gave you has a trial version that will give you some > > indication > > of whether or not the info can be recovered. Further, I hope you have a > > recent viable backup, as you may very well need it.
> > __ > > Larry > > Please post the resolution to your > > issue so that others may benefit.
> > > As an aside to others who read this, this is why I don't advise > > > placing > > > the > > > system on RAID5. Raid1 is much easier to deal with.
> > > -Larry
> > > "smeg" <linema...@gmail.com> wrote in message
> > > > I amRunningSBS2k3, on raid 5, other partitions on raid (dell > > > > utility) boot. With the raid drivers system sees the drive. Booted > > > > to > > > > the windows recovery ran chkdsk /r and /p came back with 'The volume > > > > appears to contain one or more unrecoverable problems' . I then > > > > booted > > > > to Helix rescue cd (v3) and the drive shows up as an Unknow > > > > partition > > > > in Gparted. Ran fdsik -l and it returnd a file system id # 7, NTFS. > > > > tried to force mount as NTFS but it errors out with, "dosen't have a > > > > vaild ntfs". > > > > Any ideas on how to repair the file system, or get to the data on > > > > the > > > > drive?- Hide quoted text -
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> > The Dell utilities wich are stirpted across the raid (at least what > > Dell tech said) , I can boot in to that (passed all HW test) and that > > the in the Perc BIOS show raid as optmal makes me think the raid is > > good.- Hide quoted text -
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> Still running the program you sugesed but so far it's finding the > files.Will Let you know but so far so good, Thank > steps i did
> imaged unknown raid partition with Helix linux Cd over to a usb drive > then installed that program on to computer > ran it (default promts) on usb attachd storage > Has errros but not shore if its raid, dirve or USB problems
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