Trying to recover data from failed Wide Ultra 320 SCSI Hard Drive

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3 .. dont know why they didnt post

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Boot Controller Order

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This is the Boot Controller Order*

The previous was the boot order...

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I have the Windows Small Biz Server 2003 disc. I get the same boot procedure regardless if the disc is inside the server or not.

[Michael A. McKenney]

Can you access the RAID controller from POST, usually F8. See if the RAID array is intact and what its health is.

When it posts does it show RAID arrays or logical drives on the LSI Logic part (first JPG)? My LSI Logic SAS RAID controller at home and my HP RAID controllers on my Proliants show the RAID arrays or number of arrays configured?

In the CMOS Boot order, what shows up? I usually do CD/DVD, RAID controller. On the RAID controller I set the RAID array to boot from.

[Michael A. McKenney]

Your controller did not change so the array if rebuilt should boot.

If RAID 5 has Windows OS on it, the crash will damage active directory and registry of the OS. Does Windows start booting at all?

If the controller can't find the RAID 5 array at all on POST and won't boot it, the array crashed and is lost.

I have been doing SCSI for 25+ years. Usually in RAID 5 I don't do less than 4 drives. That way you have two data and one parity stripe on failure.

[Ali]

Hi there,

Sorry I was away.

Checked all the screen shots you have shared.

Now as per ORCA, logical drive status is OK..
Boot Controller order is fine
Boot Order is also fine.

1 logical drive issue is fixed... atleast you can recover the data.

now coming to windows issue..
Non system disk error... means Operating system boot files has been corrupted or not found... purely a windows issue.

procedure remains the same for recovering the OS... we have to boot the server from the windows CD.

change the boot order to CDROM and see if it is booting from CD.

If you got any other bootable CD, try that just to isolate whether it is booting from any CD.... or we have problem with CDROM drive itself... check the cdrom drive cable connections from inside.

If you have any other CDROM drive like USB CDROM, you can try that or if you have Compaq Remote Lights-Out Edition in this server, you can login to ILO and use virtual media to run the windows setup.

hope this helps,

thanks
Aftab

[Ali]

As per your post, the server is Ml350 G2... is it correct