I'm running an Intel DG45ID system on Windows Vista Home Premium. I had a Raid 1 set up with 2ea 500 MB drives. I had to replace one of the drives a couple of years ago and installed a 1TB drive. Had no problems rebuilding to the new drive. This year i decided to try to install a second 1TB drive to increase the size of my Raid array. I installed the new 1TB drive in place of the 500MB drive and rebuilt the array. No problems except that the size of the array is still 500MB. Unfortunately the new drive failed overnight and I had to send it back to the vendor. I then tried to reinstall the original 500MB drive, but now Intel Matrix Storage Manager told me that the original drive was a Member drive off line, and it shows a missing member drive. When I tried to rebuild to the 500MB drive i got an error message. I then reset the 500MB drive to a non-raid drive and attempted to rebuild the array again, but i get the same error message.
Is it possible to rebuild my array without loss of data or reinstalling my operating system?
System Information
Kit Installed: 8.8.0.1009
Kit Install History: 8.8.0.1009, Uninstall
Shell Version: 8.8.0.1009
OS Name: Microsoft® Windows Vista™ Home Premium
OS Version: 6.0.6002 Service Pack 2 Build 6002
System Name: INTEL-DG45ID-09
System Manufacturer: Intel Corporation
System Model: DG45ID
Processor: Intel(R) Core(TM)2 Quad CPU Q8200 @ 2.33GHz
BIOS Version/Date: Intel Corp. IDG4510H.86A.0131.2010.0712.0906, 07/12/2010
Language: ENU
Intel(R) Matrix Storage Manager
Intel RAID Controller: Intel(R) ICH8R/ICH9R/ICH10R SATA RAID Controller
Number of Serial ATA ports: 6
RAID Option ROM Version: 8.8.0.1009
Driver Version: 8.8.0.1009
RAID Plug-In Version: 8.8.0.1009
Language Resource Version of the RAID Plug-In: 8.8.0.1009
Create Volume Wizard Version: 8.8.0.1009
Language Resource Version of the Create Volume Wizard: 8.8.0.1009
Create Volume from Existing Hard Drive Wizard Version: 8.8.0.1009
Language Resource Version of the Create Volume from Existing Hard Drive Wizard: 8.8.0.1009
Modify Volume Wizard Version: 8.8.0.1009
Language Resource Version of the Modify Volume Wizard: 8.8.0.1009
Delete Volume Wizard Version: 8.8.0.1009
Language Resource Version of the Delete Volume Wizard: 8.8.0.1009
ISDI Library Version: 8.8.0.1009
Event Monitor User Notification Tool Version: 8.8.0.1009
Language Resource Version of the Event Monitor User Notification Tool: 8.8.0.1009
Event Monitor Version: 8.8.0.1009
Array_0000
Status: No active migrations
Hard Drive Data Cache Enabled: Yes
Size: 1863 GB
Free Space: 931.5 GB
Number of Hard Drives: 2
Hard Drive Member 1: ST1000DM003-1CH162
Hard Drive Member 2: Missing hard drive
Number of Volumes: 1
Volume Member 1: Raid1_2/15/09
Raid1_2/15/09
Status: Degraded
System Volume: Yes
Volume Write-Back Cache Enabled: No
RAID Level: RAID 1 (mirroring)
Size: 465.7 GB
Physical Sector Size: 3072 Bytes
Logical Sector Size: 512 Bytes
Number of Hard Drives: 2
Hard Drive Member 1: ST1000DM003-1CH162
Hard Drive Member 2: Missing hard drive
Parent Array: Array_0000
Hard Drive 0
Usage: Non-RAID hard drive
Status: Normal
Device Port: 0
Device Port Location: Internal
Current Serial ATA Transfer Mode: Generation 2
Model: ST3500418AS
Serial Number: 9VM0AFF6
Firmware: CC34
Native Command Queuing Support: Yes
System Hard Drive: No
Size: 465.7 GB
Physical Sector Size: 512 Bytes
Logical Sector Size: 512 Bytes
Hard Drive 1
Usage: Array member
Status: Normal
Device Port: 3
Device Port Location: Internal
Current Serial ATA Transfer Mode: Generation 2
Model: ST1000DM003-1CH162
Serial Number: Z1DCDMAJ
Firmware: CC49
Native Command Queuing Support: Yes
Hard Drive Data Cache Enabled: Yes
Size: 931.5 GB
Physical Sector Size: 3072 Bytes
Logical Sector Size: 512 Bytes
Number of Volumes: 1
Volume Member 1: Raid1_2/15/09
Parent Array: Array_0000
Hard Drive 2
Status: Missing
Unused Port 0
Device Port: 1
Device Port Location: Internal
Unused Port 1
Device Port: 4
Device Port Location: Internal
Unused Port 2
Device Port: 5
Device Port Location: External
CD/DVD Drive 0
Device Port: 2
Device Port Location: Internal
Current Serial ATA Transfer Mode: Generation 1
Model: TSSTcorp CDDVDW SH-S203N
Serial Number: Data not reported
Firmware: SB01