I have a Compaq Proliant server running Windows 2000 Server in which the slot 3, port 1, bay 0 drive failed. When the new drive arrived I inserted it into bay 0 and wasn’t quite sure what procedure I must follow. So I did nothing. Today, the event log shows at the time I put in the new drive the status changed to rebuilding and then 2 hours later, the status changed to recovered and then a few minutes after that, the status changed to OK. My question is: How can I check to see that the drive is REALLY working? I thought I would have to format it and name it etc…..I’m not sure how to see it in Disk Management…..I’m not completely comfortable with reading just the event log….can you help?
