It's important that the disk you are trying to add (which should be same size or bigger than the source disk) has no volume. So you need to 'delete volume. Once Disk Management finds a sufficiently big unassigned disk, the 'Mirror' option on the source
disk will no longer be greyed out.

On Monday, July 18, 2005 at 11:30:48 AM UTC-7, Merv Porter [SBS-MVP] wrote:

Thanks for the update. Keep us posted Chaz!

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"Chaz Howell" <ChazHowell@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message news:FAD2C710-D8E3-4303-A533-FD012BB94738@microsoft.com...

Dear Merv,

I followed the instructions to the letter (a few times).

The drives started to sync but, the process just stopped after 1% - 2% completion.

One thing: I ran the diagnostic software that the hard drive manufacturer puts out and it said that Disk0 is failing.

So, I got a brand new drive sent to me from Dell. That's my day, today... I'm going to try and clone the C drive to the D drive, move the D drive into
Disk0 position, hope that it boots correctly, install the brand new drive into D position, and see if I can mirror it then.

Wish me luck!!!

Thanks for all you efforts to help me.

-Chaz

"Merv Porter [SBS-MVP]" wrote:

Humor me here...

Take the D: Drive back to an "unallocated space" state and use the
following
instructions to create the mirror...

Mirroring Drives in Windows 2003
http://thelazyadmin.com/2005/02/mirroring-drives-in-windows-2003.htm

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"Chaz Howell" <ChazHowell@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:F3E90D38-A3EB-4A75-8346-96168EE53A98@microsoft.com...

Dear Merv,

Most definitely, yes.

I did a low-level format of the D Drive that wrote zeros to every
sector
on
the hard drive. Completely wiped it. Then I went into the Disk Manager >> > and
re-actived that disk. Once the disk was recognized, I made it a Dymanic >> > disk
of type MBR. I right-clicked on the unallocated space and chose "New
Volume"
and got a new window prompting me to choose which kind of volume I
wanted.
I
chose mirror.

I then takes me to a series of screen that is asking me to choose which >> > two
disks to mirror. I chose C, as D is already listed as one of the disks. >> > At
that point the it only allows me to create a 7MB mirror volume.

It's like it's looking at the C drive, seeing that it has a volume that >> > already has a mirror associated with it (the broken mirror from when
the
original drive failed) and then it says "Well, you can't use that
volume
on
C. I'll just give you an arbitrary 7MB that happens be left at the end >> > of
the
C drive to mirror onto the D drive."

You see, we had a C and a D drive. The C drive only had one volume on >> > it
that took up the whole disk. It was being mirrored onto the D drive.
The C
drive crashed and a Dell tech came out and moved the D drive into the
primary
master disk position (C dirve) and then intalled a new drive as the D
drive.
He then "broke the mirror" and packed up his gear and split. (Dell does >> > not
support software raid.)

So, that is what I'm left with. A C drive that was the old D drive, and >> > a
new D drive that won't allow me to create a mirror volume of more than >> > 7MB.

Does that make sense?

-Chaz



"Merv Porter [SBS-MVP]" wrote:

Is all of the D: drive listed as "unallocated" space before you try to >> >> create the mirror?

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"Chaz Howell" <ChazHowell@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message >> >> news:C7ECA663-61C8-4F0A-BA44-A708E06BAC4D@microsoft.com...

Dear Jenny,

Thanks, I appreciate it.

A quick update...

I downloaded a diagnostic tool from Maxtor that checks the integrity >> >> > of
their hard drives and does low-level formatting. I ran that tool on >> >> > the
C
and
D drives and found them to be OK.

Next, I low-level formatted the D drive in the hopes that it would
return
it
to the same size as its identical twin, the C drive. It did.

Then, I tried to create a volume of type "Mirror" on the D drive. It >> >> > would
finally allow me to choose the mirror option in the create volume
window
(whereas that option was grayed out before).

Interestingly, while it would let me create a mirror volume, it
would
only
let me create one 7MB in size.

I'm guessing that since the mirror was broken on the original two
drives
when a replacement drive was added to the system after the crash of >> >> > the
original C drive (D became C and the replacement drive became the
current
D
drive) that there is some remanant mirror information on the current >> >> > C
drive
that is preventing me from creating a mirror volume on D that is the >> >> > same
size as the volume currently taking up the entirety of the C drive. >> >> >
In simple terms, since I low-level formatted the D drive the "add
mirror..."
menu option is available again when I right click on the volume on >> >> > the
C
drive. Also, the option to create a mirror volume on D is no longer >> >> > grayed
out since the low-level formatting of the D drive. But, I can only
create
a
mirror volume on D that is 7MB in size.

Is there some way to fix this so I can create a mirror volume on D >> >> > that
is
the same size as the volume on C (there is only one volume on C
which
is
about 74.5MB) or will I have to back up C, reformat it, make it
dynamic
MBR,
create a new volume and then restore the backup to C before trying >> >> > to
create
a mirror volume on D in an effort to add a mirror to the C drive?

Confused yet?

Thanks, in advance.

-Chaz

""Jenny wu"" wrote:

Hi ChazHowell,

Thanks for your update.

I appreciate you time and effort. I am currently standing by for >> >> >> you
about
the test result. I am always happy to be of further assistance.

Have a nice weekend!

Best Regards,
Jenny Wu
Microsoft Windows Online Support

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