Guest Tischelo Posted August 11, 2008 Posted August 11, 2008 Hello, I have an IDE primary drive (c:) and a SATA RAID 1 as programs & data drive. The raid is an intel southbridge raid controller on the motherboard. My RAID contains my d: and e: drives which contain Program Files and all user data. One of the SATA drives of the RAID died. So I purchased a new identical 160 Gig drive and replaced the bad drive. With the intel RAID controller the array is rebuilt in the OS not the BIOS. So I have to boot the machine into WinXP in order to rebuild the array. Ok, so here lies the rub. When I try to boot the machine with both drives installed, windows hangs in the WGALogon.dll. If I remove the new drive so that the RAID is degraded, the system will boot. How am I supposed to rebuild my array, if WGA will not allow the system to boot? Paul
Guest HeyBub Posted August 11, 2008 Posted August 11, 2008 Re: RAID mirror degraded, replaced drive, now wgalogon hangs Tischelo wrote: > Hello, > I have an IDE primary drive (c:) and a SATA RAID 1 as programs & data > drive. The raid is an intel southbridge raid controller on the > motherboard. My RAID contains my d: and e: drives which contain > Program Files and all user data. One of the SATA drives of the RAID > died. So I purchased a new identical 160 Gig drive and replaced the > bad drive. With the intel RAID controller the array is rebuilt in > the OS not the BIOS. So I have to boot the machine into WinXP in > order to rebuild the array. > > Ok, so here lies the rub. When I try to boot the machine with both > drives installed, windows hangs in the WGALogon.dll. If I remove the > new drive so that the RAID is degraded, the system will boot. How am > I supposed to rebuild my array, if WGA will not allow the system to > boot? > Is this a striped or mirrored array (or both). If striped, you're a goner.
Guest Tischelo Posted August 11, 2008 Posted August 11, 2008 Re: RAID mirror degraded, replaced drive, now wgalogon hangs "HeyBub" wrote: > Tischelo wrote: > > Hello, > > I have an IDE primary drive (c:) and a SATA RAID 1 as programs & data > > drive. The raid is an intel southbridge raid controller on the > > motherboard. My RAID contains my d: and e: drives which contain > > Program Files and all user data. One of the SATA drives of the RAID > > died. So I purchased a new identical 160 Gig drive and replaced the > > bad drive. With the intel RAID controller the array is rebuilt in > > the OS not the BIOS. So I have to boot the machine into WinXP in > > order to rebuild the array. > > > > Ok, so here lies the rub. When I try to boot the machine with both > > drives installed, windows hangs in the WGALogon.dll. If I remove the > > new drive so that the RAID is degraded, the system will boot. How am > > I supposed to rebuild my array, if WGA will not allow the system to > > boot? > > > > Is this a striped or mirrored array (or both). If striped, you're a goner. > > > Drive is RAID 1, mirrored. Like I said, it boots fine degraded. It just hangs in wgalogon.dll if a new drive is in place of the failed one...
Guest HeyBub Posted August 11, 2008 Posted August 11, 2008 Re: RAID mirror degraded, replaced drive, now wgalogon hangs Tischelo wrote: > "HeyBub" wrote: > >> Tischelo wrote: >>> Hello, >>> I have an IDE primary drive (c:) and a SATA RAID 1 as programs & >>> data drive. The raid is an intel southbridge raid controller on the >>> motherboard. My RAID contains my d: and e: drives which contain >>> Program Files and all user data. One of the SATA drives of the RAID >>> died. So I purchased a new identical 160 Gig drive and replaced the >>> bad drive. With the intel RAID controller the array is rebuilt in >>> the OS not the BIOS. So I have to boot the machine into WinXP in >>> order to rebuild the array. >>> >>> Ok, so here lies the rub. When I try to boot the machine with both >>> drives installed, windows hangs in the WGALogon.dll. If I remove >>> the new drive so that the RAID is degraded, the system will boot. >>> How am I supposed to rebuild my array, if WGA will not allow the >>> system to boot? >>> >> >> Is this a striped or mirrored array (or both). If striped, you're a >> goner. >> >> >> > > Drive is RAID 1, mirrored. Like I said, it boots fine degraded. It > just hangs in wgalogon.dll if a new drive is in place of the failed > one... Okay. During the boot process, before XP, do you get a chance to enter the RAID maintence section? If so, there might be an opportunity there to rebuild the array.
Guest Tischelo Posted August 12, 2008 Posted August 12, 2008 Re: RAID mirror degraded, replaced drive, now wgalogon hangs "HeyBub" wrote: > Tischelo wrote: > > "HeyBub" wrote: > > > >> Tischelo wrote: > >>> Hello, > >>> I have an IDE primary drive (c:) and a SATA RAID 1 as programs & > >>> data drive. The raid is an intel southbridge raid controller on the > >>> motherboard. My RAID contains my d: and e: drives which contain > >>> Program Files and all user data. One of the SATA drives of the RAID > >>> died. So I purchased a new identical 160 Gig drive and replaced the > >>> bad drive. With the intel RAID controller the array is rebuilt in > >>> the OS not the BIOS. So I have to boot the machine into WinXP in > >>> order to rebuild the array. > >>> > >>> Ok, so here lies the rub. When I try to boot the machine with both > >>> drives installed, windows hangs in the WGALogon.dll. If I remove > >>> the new drive so that the RAID is degraded, the system will boot. > >>> How am I supposed to rebuild my array, if WGA will not allow the > >>> system to boot? > >>> > >> > >> Is this a striped or mirrored array (or both). If striped, you're a > >> goner. > >> > >> > >> > > > > Drive is RAID 1, mirrored. Like I said, it boots fine degraded. It > > just hangs in wgalogon.dll if a new drive is in place of the failed > > one... > > Okay. During the boot process, before XP, do you get a chance to enter the > RAID maintence section? If so, there might be an opportunity there to > rebuild the array. > > > I can enter the Intel RAID BIOS management section, but the Intel RAID controller does not provide the option to rebuild the array in the BIOS. The array can only be rebuilt inside the OS using the Intel RAID Windows Management App. The root of my problem is that WGALogon.dll hangs during boot. Can I disable WGA or is there something else I can do to get the system to boot...
Guest Bob I Posted August 12, 2008 Posted August 12, 2008 Re: RAID mirror degraded, replaced drive, now wgalogon hangs Tischelo wrote: > > "HeyBub" wrote: > > >>Tischelo wrote: >> >>>"HeyBub" wrote: >>> >>> >>>>Tischelo wrote: >>>> >>>>>Hello, >>>>>I have an IDE primary drive (c:) and a SATA RAID 1 as programs & >>>>>data drive. The raid is an intel southbridge raid controller on the >>>>>motherboard. My RAID contains my d: and e: drives which contain >>>>>Program Files and all user data. One of the SATA drives of the RAID >>>>>died. So I purchased a new identical 160 Gig drive and replaced the >>>>>bad drive. With the intel RAID controller the array is rebuilt in >>>>>the OS not the BIOS. So I have to boot the machine into WinXP in >>>>>order to rebuild the array. >>>>> >>>>>Ok, so here lies the rub. When I try to boot the machine with both >>>>>drives installed, windows hangs in the WGALogon.dll. If I remove >>>>>the new drive so that the RAID is degraded, the system will boot. >>>>>How am I supposed to rebuild my array, if WGA will not allow the >>>>>system to boot? >>>>> >>>> >>>>Is this a striped or mirrored array (or both). If striped, you're a >>>>goner. >>>> >>>> >>>> >>> >>>Drive is RAID 1, mirrored. Like I said, it boots fine degraded. It >>>just hangs in wgalogon.dll if a new drive is in place of the failed >>>one... >> >>Okay. During the boot process, before XP, do you get a chance to enter the >>RAID maintence section? If so, there might be an opportunity there to >>rebuild the array. >> >> >> > > > I can enter the Intel RAID BIOS management section, but the Intel RAID > controller does not provide the option to rebuild the array in the BIOS. The > array can only be rebuilt inside the OS using the Intel RAID Windows > Management App. The root of my problem is that WGALogon.dll hangs during > boot. Can I disable WGA or is there something else I can do to get the > system to boot... > Perhaps moving the user files back to the C: drive so that you don't need a working "D:" to boot up?
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