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FastTrak S150 SX4 / SX4000 / SX4000 Lite User Manual

Unable to Partition or Format Array

There are two possible causes:

• The FastTrak Controller is the bootable device but the array is not set to be

bootable.

• The Reserve Sector of one of the drives has become corrupt or bad.

If the FastTrak Controller is the bootable device, make sure that the array is set

to be bootable:

1. During boot-up, press Ctrl-F to enter the FastBuild BIOS utility.

2. Choose option 2, Define Array.

3. Press the Up and Down Arrow keys to highlight the array that you want to

boot from.

4. Press the Spacebar to select.

An * asterisk will appear next to the array number indicating it as bootable. The

system will now recognize this array as the first array seen. The system will then

use this bootable array as the (fixed) boot C: drive.

The Reserve Sector of one of the drives has become corrupt or bad. Removing

the Reserve Sector will remedy any issue related directly to a Bad Reserve

Sector.

Warning

Before removing the Reserve Sector of the drive(s), backup

any existing data. Removal of the reserve sector of any

drive permanently deletes all existing data on the hard

drive.

For Mirrored arrays (RAID 1), remove the Reserve Sector from the mirrored

drive first (this will appear during Step 3 below) then rebuild the mirrored array.

Remove the Sector on the Master Drive only as a last resort.

For Striped arrays (RAID 0 and 5), removing the Reserve Sector from any of the

drives that are striped will destroy the arrayed data.

For JBOD, removing the Reserve Sector from any of the drives will destroy the

data on that drive.