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Old June 5, 2008, 05:46 PM
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I run two hdds in RAID0. one of my hard drives is experiencing a SMART error (bad enough that it won't boot)

I have no real interest in getting my data back (nothing irreplaceable, or even worthwhile). The problem is that I can't tell which one is dead (I wrote it down, on the computer that died).

I want to identify the dead one so that while I'm RMAing, I can just run on the other HDD (I'll install the new one without RAID when it comes)

Any ideas?
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Old June 5, 2008, 05:52 PM
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Hook up 1 drive at a time, the one that wont format will be the fubared unit.
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Old June 5, 2008, 07:11 PM
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you would need to break the raid array be4, otherwise just use killdisk (this application will write zero's all over the dick and break the raid array)
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Old June 6, 2008, 07:41 AM
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use the manufacturer's Diagnostic Utilities to verify HDD status. This is also an easy way to get RMA approved.
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Old June 6, 2008, 04:31 PM
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(this application will write zero's all over the dick and break the raid array)
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