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mecarboy
Hello,
Here is a problem that has been driving me nuts for a day or so....
First, the simple stuff.... Windows 2k with SP4. Norton AV up to date,
recent full scan clean, no spyware present. OS and application suite
located on a Promise Technologies "Fast Track 100" RAID card configured
for RAID 1 (Mirrored) (once booted, the OS sees just one drive, not two).
The RAID array is currently the boot array (eg, the c: drive) on the Asus
P4C800-E Deluxe mobo. System starts and runs just fine.
And herein the problem begins.....
I have installed an additional 250GB SATA drive in the system and wish to
copy the OS and application suites images . The Windows disk manager sees
the new HDD and allows me to establish a NTFS partition on the new HDD
(call it the Z: drive for easy discussion). Once the drive is formatted, I
can copy files on and off the new Z drive without any problems.
What I want to do is to move the entire OS and application suite off the
RAID array and have the new Z: drive be the boot disk.
The PROBLEM begins when I use Norton Ghost 9.0 or Partition magic to copy
the boot array OS and application suite onto the new Z: drive. The process
appears to go smoothly.. I make sure to do a full copy and to make the
target disk (the Z: drive) bootable and I make sure the MBR is copied too.
Once the Ghost drive copy is complete, I reboot. As I reboot, the POST
process takes place and then the FASTTRACK driver(s?) load and show, via a
text lines, that the array is "functional" and that it is still a bootable
array (All this before the BIOS interupt opportunity appears). Once the
ASUS splash screen appears, I dive into BIOS setup and check the boot
assignment and make sure the new HDD (the Z: drive) is the ONLY boot
device (all others - CD, DVD, the RAID array etc.. are all disabled). I
save all my settings and go through the reboot process. The system starts
up fine and appears to have booted from the new Z: drive.
THE PROBLEM
If I shutdown and then remove the FAST TRAK RAID card and the array
drives, I am screwed.. Even thought the Z: drive remains the sole boot
device in the BIOS setup, the system goes into a looping error once the
Windows load commences.
The white Windows splash screen appears, then the usual blue Windows logo
screen as user settings are configured. While Windows 2000 is "configuring
user settings", the system hangs for maybe 15 seconds as it is "Executing
Z:\WINNT\SYSTEM32\cryptnet.dll. After this very long pause the machine
will start a looping shutdown/startup process (all with the Windows
screens appearing). I can never get to a desktop, nor do I have a blue
screen of death. I try to restart in Safe Mode and the same thing happens,
just at a slower pace. If I then shutdown and reinstall the RAID array and
keep the boot device as the new Z: drive, the system starts up.
What the devil is the cryptnet.dll file, what does it do and how do I make
it behave so I can migrate a live OS and application suite onto the
Z:drive?
I really do want to move off the Fast Trak 100 RAID card as it is so
hampering performance. Any ideas on how to transfer a good bootable copy
off the RAID array to a new HDD????
Thanks,
Michael
Here is a problem that has been driving me nuts for a day or so....
First, the simple stuff.... Windows 2k with SP4. Norton AV up to date,
recent full scan clean, no spyware present. OS and application suite
located on a Promise Technologies "Fast Track 100" RAID card configured
for RAID 1 (Mirrored) (once booted, the OS sees just one drive, not two).
The RAID array is currently the boot array (eg, the c: drive) on the Asus
P4C800-E Deluxe mobo. System starts and runs just fine.
And herein the problem begins.....
I have installed an additional 250GB SATA drive in the system and wish to
copy the OS and application suites images . The Windows disk manager sees
the new HDD and allows me to establish a NTFS partition on the new HDD
(call it the Z: drive for easy discussion). Once the drive is formatted, I
can copy files on and off the new Z drive without any problems.
What I want to do is to move the entire OS and application suite off the
RAID array and have the new Z: drive be the boot disk.
The PROBLEM begins when I use Norton Ghost 9.0 or Partition magic to copy
the boot array OS and application suite onto the new Z: drive. The process
appears to go smoothly.. I make sure to do a full copy and to make the
target disk (the Z: drive) bootable and I make sure the MBR is copied too.
Once the Ghost drive copy is complete, I reboot. As I reboot, the POST
process takes place and then the FASTTRACK driver(s?) load and show, via a
text lines, that the array is "functional" and that it is still a bootable
array (All this before the BIOS interupt opportunity appears). Once the
ASUS splash screen appears, I dive into BIOS setup and check the boot
assignment and make sure the new HDD (the Z: drive) is the ONLY boot
device (all others - CD, DVD, the RAID array etc.. are all disabled). I
save all my settings and go through the reboot process. The system starts
up fine and appears to have booted from the new Z: drive.
THE PROBLEM
If I shutdown and then remove the FAST TRAK RAID card and the array
drives, I am screwed.. Even thought the Z: drive remains the sole boot
device in the BIOS setup, the system goes into a looping error once the
Windows load commences.
The white Windows splash screen appears, then the usual blue Windows logo
screen as user settings are configured. While Windows 2000 is "configuring
user settings", the system hangs for maybe 15 seconds as it is "Executing
Z:\WINNT\SYSTEM32\cryptnet.dll. After this very long pause the machine
will start a looping shutdown/startup process (all with the Windows
screens appearing). I can never get to a desktop, nor do I have a blue
screen of death. I try to restart in Safe Mode and the same thing happens,
just at a slower pace. If I then shutdown and reinstall the RAID array and
keep the boot device as the new Z: drive, the system starts up.
What the devil is the cryptnet.dll file, what does it do and how do I make
it behave so I can migrate a live OS and application suite onto the
Z:drive?
I really do want to move off the Fast Trak 100 RAID card as it is so
hampering performance. Any ideas on how to transfer a good bootable copy
off the RAID array to a new HDD????
Thanks,
Michael