First let me verify that you have a backup of the data, as our next steps can cause data loss. If you do have a backup what we need to do is retag the Virtual Disk, which is recreating the VD, but without initializing it as that will delete the data. What you will need to do is F2 from the main menu, then select Create VD, configure it as a 2 drive raid 1, as it was. Do NOT initialize the drive, once configured you will remove drive #3 (the one that was flashing amber) and then boot up. If all the data is accessible then go ahead and insert drive # 3 and it should rebuild to the Virtual Disk. There are 2 things you need to avoid doing; 1st is do not initialize the VD and 2nd is do not boot to the VD with drive #3 still in, as it can corrupt the data if it had indeed failed. It will have to be rebuilt after verifying data.
This is still a good list of steps to follow when RAID configuration gets lost and shows as Foreign. In my case, I pulled both drives, booted to RAID configuration utility, cleared the bad configuration, shut down, installed both drives, booted up, go to RAID configuration, import the foreign configuration and save, shutdown, pull drive that had been blinking orange, boot back up, Windows started correctly.
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August 21st, 2018 07:00
GCCIT,
First let me verify that you have a backup of the data, as our next steps can cause data loss. If you do have a backup what we need to do is retag the Virtual Disk, which is recreating the VD, but without initializing it as that will delete the data. What you will need to do is F2 from the main menu, then select Create VD, configure it as a 2 drive raid 1, as it was. Do NOT initialize the drive, once configured you will remove drive #3 (the one that was flashing amber) and then boot up. If all the data is accessible then go ahead and insert drive # 3 and it should rebuild to the Virtual Disk. There are 2 things you need to avoid doing; 1st is do not initialize the VD and 2nd is do not boot to the VD with drive #3 still in, as it can corrupt the data if it had indeed failed. It will have to be rebuilt after verifying data.
Let me know if this helps.
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August 3rd, 2023 12:00
This is still a good list of steps to follow when RAID configuration gets lost and shows as Foreign. In my case, I pulled both drives, booted to RAID configuration utility, cleared the bad configuration, shut down, installed both drives, booted up, go to RAID configuration, import the foreign configuration and save, shutdown, pull drive that had been blinking orange, boot back up, Windows started correctly.