That will not wipe the RAID signature. I would just boot to a DBAN disc and run a quick erase on the suspect drive.
Before we get too far along though, all of the data on the array is still accessible, correct? Areca cards, especially on older firmware, sometimes get temperamental when drives drop... > -----Original Message----- > From: [email protected] [mailto:hardware- > [email protected]] On Behalf Of Brian Weeden > Sent: Wednesday, September 22, 2010 10:48 AM > To: [email protected] > Subject: Re: [H] Degraded RAID array question > > I popped it into a Win7 system and when I opened the disk management > dialog it asked if I wanted to setup the drive with either MBR or GUID. I > choose MBR, created a new volume, then deleted it. > > That tells me the drive is working just fine and should suffice to re-set it for > the RAID, no? I can also hit it with Spinrite just to make sure. > > --------------------------- > Brian Weeden > Technical Advisor > Secure World Foundation <http://www.secureworldfoundation.org> > +1 (514) 466-2756 Canada > +1 (202) 683-8534 US > > > On Wed, Sep 22, 2010 at 11:44 AM, Christopher Fisk > <[email protected]>wrote: > > > On Wed, 22 Sep 2010, Brian Weeden wrote: > > > > Thanks guys. Is there an easy way to wipe that first 25 MB under > Windows? > >> I don't have access to a Linux system at the moment. > >> > > > > I don't know of a way, but you can quickly download a bootable iso of > > linux and use that. > > > > > > http://mirrors.kernel.org/gentoo/releases/x86/autobuilds/current- > iso/install-x86-minimal-20100921.isois a 108MB download. > > > > A liveCD will give you what you need as well. If you're not familiar > > with the linux commands are are worried about accidentally overwriting > > the wrong drive, disconnect the other drives in the system during the > process. > > > > > > > > Christopher Fisk > > -- > > BEANS ARE NEITHER FRUIT NOR MUSICAL > > BEANS ARE NEITHER FRUIT NOR MUSICAL > > Bart Simpson on chalkboard in episode 1F22 > > > > > > -- > > This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by > > MailScanner, and is believed to be clean. > > > >
