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chkdsk on raid 5

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by cong

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Hi all

I have NT server 4.0 sp6a. The event
manager display this message
"The file system structure on the disk is corrupt and unusable. Please run the chkdsk utility on the device \Device\Harddisk0\Partition3 with label "".
but this is on a raid 5. Can I run chkdsk on a raid device.
event id 41

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by eric_clemens

Are you using software or hardware raid? You may want to consider removing the drive from the array and formatting it on a different PC then reinserting it into the array.

this is one of the downfalls of using the NT software raid solution. It doesn't allow for much troubleshooting.

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