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    Long story short

    "A hard disk is failing" report on the system drive - so I had duplication on - replaced the system disk and did a restore.

    Two weeks later I get the same message again - so I hold out for RTM Vail - however I finally do a manual rebuild last week (replacing the PSU and PCIE sata card) by installing a fresh WHS on a NEW HD and copying data from the old WHS to the new pool (6x 1TB drives).

    Last night I get home and the WHS has crashed - reboot and get the clicking of death from my system drive.

    I managed to GHOST the drive to another NEW drive (only difference that it was from a 1TB to a 1.5TB) - however while WHS boots fine - the new system disk is not in the pool , saying the old system disk is missing and file conflicts galore, migrator service not running, backup service not running etc etc.

    Any ideas how to repair this?

    At the moment the only thing I hate more than WHS is the Seagate HDs' that keep failing!

     

     

    Saturday, September 4, 2010 10:56 PM

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    Cloning a system drive isn't a supported way of migrating to a new drive, and is known to cause exactly the problems you describe unless a very specific procedure is followed. At this point, you can try a server recovery (possibly referred to as a reinstallation, depending on the age of your installation media), following the procedure outlined here. A couple of notes: you may need to wipe the system drive completely (simulating the complete failure and replacement of the drive), and you must supply storage drivers to let setup see all of your hard drives. If your system drive is a SATA drive running in a mode other than legacy IDE, you'll probably need to supply drivers twice: once in the initial GUI phase of setup, and then just after the reboot into text mode, at the "Press F6" prompt. In the latter case, the drivers will almost certainly have to be on a floppy disk.
    I'm not on the WHS team, I just post a lot. :)
    • Proposed as answer by kariya21Moderator Sunday, September 5, 2010 6:27 PM
    • Marked as answer by vilcadude Sunday, September 5, 2010 10:13 PM
    Sunday, September 5, 2010 3:06 AM
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    Cloning a system drive isn't a supported way of migrating to a new drive, and is known to cause exactly the problems you describe unless a very specific procedure is followed. At this point, you can try a server recovery (possibly referred to as a reinstallation, depending on the age of your installation media), following the procedure outlined here. A couple of notes: you may need to wipe the system drive completely (simulating the complete failure and replacement of the drive), and you must supply storage drivers to let setup see all of your hard drives. If your system drive is a SATA drive running in a mode other than legacy IDE, you'll probably need to supply drivers twice: once in the initial GUI phase of setup, and then just after the reboot into text mode, at the "Press F6" prompt. In the latter case, the drivers will almost certainly have to be on a floppy disk.
    I'm not on the WHS team, I just post a lot. :)
    • Proposed as answer by kariya21Moderator Sunday, September 5, 2010 6:27 PM
    • Marked as answer by vilcadude Sunday, September 5, 2010 10:13 PM
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    Thanks muchly for the advice!

     

    If you have links to the "very specific procedure" it would be greatly appreciated.

    The HD is behaving for now - but I know it is only a matter of time - so I will swap ASAP by either the cloning (and wiping of the sys partition and a re installation) or if you can supply me with the procedure as stated  above.

     

    Again many thanks
    Sunday, September 5, 2010 10:13 PM
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    ... If you have links to the "very specific procedure" it would be greatly appreciated. ...

    The HD is behaving for now - but I know it is only a matter of time - so I will swap ASAP by either the cloning (and wiping of the sys partition and a re installation) or if you can supply me with the procedure as stated  above.

     

    Again many thanks
    It's too late. Your system drive is already out of sync with internally-maintained information about drives; that's what causes the errors you're already seeing. You won't be able to clone from your current system drive no matter what you do. Just replace the drive and go through the standard recovery process.
    I'm not on the WHS team, I just post a lot. :)
    Monday, September 6, 2010 1:32 PM
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    I realise  that - I was going to take down the WHS - Ghost the sys disk again - and either wipe the sys partition and do a repair, or follow the proceedure -just like you suggested.
    Tuesday, September 7, 2010 12:26 AM
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    You will probably need to wipe the entire system disk, removing all partitions.
    I'm not on the WHS team, I just post a lot. :)
    Tuesday, September 7, 2010 12:49 AM
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