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May 30th, 2016 11:00
Foreign Configuration Found
This is regarding a T7400 Desktop with a PERC H310 controller. The setup of this system was done when I purchased the machine I have not changed it. Recently the unit rebooted and came up with a message about a "Foreign Configuration". I have been trying to figure out exactly what this means and what to do about it. I believe that the machine was set up with a virtual drive and there was some kind of RAID set up with the physical drive and the virtual drive. I don't know for sure what level RAID, 0 or 1. I hoping to recover data on the hard drive but I need help with what steps to take. I have included pictures of the different screens I currently see with regard to the boot up and controller setup. I'm looking for advice. Thanks for any help.
Admin4U
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May 30th, 2016 20:00
Go to foreign configuration tab. Highlight the controller. Hit F2 for options. Foreign configuration options, import.
JCM II
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June 8th, 2016 19:00
Sorry for the delay in response. This suggestion did fix my problem. Unfortunately as soon as the computer re-booted, AT&T lost our internet service for about 20 hours so I couldn't respond right away and I forgot about it. Thank you very much for the help.
JCM II
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June 13th, 2016 11:00
I hate to dredge this back up, but something's still not right with my system. While the suggestion did get my main drive with content back, it did change my system. It would be nice to get it back. My system has two physical drives that are identical 500Gb drives. Logically they were separate before, and now somehow they have merged into one bigger drive. I have attached the boot screen I get now. The way I believe this was set up originally (at Dell) was, there was a virtual drive on the main hard drive and that virtual drive and the main drive made us some kind of RAID thing. I don't understand the point of that, but that is how it came. I had them add a second hard drive which I have used to back up software on. Now I only have one large logical drive. Is it possible to separate the one RAID controller based drive back into the two logical drives like it was? If so, can you suggest how to do that? I have attached the boot screen I see now. Thanks again for all of the help.
Jim Millener
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