DBAN I can do.

Array and data are just fine, for now.

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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 1:06 PM, Greg Sevart <[email protected]> wrote:

> 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
> > >
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