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Magnusfarce
I have two new identical Western Digital WD2500KSRTL drives purchased to use
in a RAID 1 configuration. These are SATA II drives with a 16 meg cache. I
am using them with an Abit AN8 Fatal1ty SLI motherboard with appropriate
other hardware. My main (OS) drive is a 74 gig Raptor.
After many tries, I found that I could not get the RAID array to work, and
have now tested each of the two 250's separately on different SATA channels
with various cables. It is clear that one works fine, but the other
doesn't. It will not complete formatting in XP, but instead, hangs each
time at around 52 percent. I have tried formatting it on different SATA
channels and cables with no improvement. Interestingly, I tried a "quick"
format one time, and it seemed to work. The drive would accept file copies
and the files were uncorrupted. However, when I then tried to do a complete
format, it failed in the usual way. Keep in mind that its partner, an
identical drive, is working fine.
I assume that this will end up being a warrently replacement, but in the
meantime, any idea what's going on?
- Magnusfarce
in a RAID 1 configuration. These are SATA II drives with a 16 meg cache. I
am using them with an Abit AN8 Fatal1ty SLI motherboard with appropriate
other hardware. My main (OS) drive is a 74 gig Raptor.
After many tries, I found that I could not get the RAID array to work, and
have now tested each of the two 250's separately on different SATA channels
with various cables. It is clear that one works fine, but the other
doesn't. It will not complete formatting in XP, but instead, hangs each
time at around 52 percent. I have tried formatting it on different SATA
channels and cables with no improvement. Interestingly, I tried a "quick"
format one time, and it seemed to work. The drive would accept file copies
and the files were uncorrupted. However, when I then tried to do a complete
format, it failed in the usual way. Keep in mind that its partner, an
identical drive, is working fine.
I assume that this will end up being a warrently replacement, but in the
meantime, any idea what's going on?
- Magnusfarce