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TomatoSmasher
I am facing a fairly complex problem: my PC was
configured with a SATA RAID-0 configuration (two 60-GB
HDs) and two PATA HDs. These two ATA drives were
converted to dynamic, and they are used to keep a handy
backup. I had to reinstall WinXP (Pro) from scratch
because of a hardware problem (changed the two SATA disks
to newer ones), but I had no way to convert the dynamic
disks to basic prior to reinstall Windows. Now I cannot
access the drives. The problem occurs at boot time: it
seems to me that the PC cannot initialize when the
dynamic disks are present - I get a boot failure. If I
take them out, the system works fine. I need to get my
data back from the dynamic disks, but it seems not
feasible. Any thoughts? Maybe if I get an external (USB
or FireWire) enclosure? Please help!
configured with a SATA RAID-0 configuration (two 60-GB
HDs) and two PATA HDs. These two ATA drives were
converted to dynamic, and they are used to keep a handy
backup. I had to reinstall WinXP (Pro) from scratch
because of a hardware problem (changed the two SATA disks
to newer ones), but I had no way to convert the dynamic
disks to basic prior to reinstall Windows. Now I cannot
access the drives. The problem occurs at boot time: it
seems to me that the PC cannot initialize when the
dynamic disks are present - I get a boot failure. If I
take them out, the system works fine. I need to get my
data back from the dynamic disks, but it seems not
feasible. Any thoughts? Maybe if I get an external (USB
or FireWire) enclosure? Please help!