Win 2k8 server in basement has 4 HDs;
80GB OS drive
and three storage drives;
Seagate 750GB 7200.11
Seagate 1.5TB 7200.11
Samsung 750GB Spinpoint F1
Last night everything was working fine, this morning the 750GB Seagate drive took a dump. It is still listed in device manager but not in my computer. When I go into disk management it says that the drive is not initialized. Here are my questions;
First off, how can I get my fiels off the drive? My first idea is to throw in Bart PE and see if I can access the drive with that. I have had good success with accessing failed drives using Bart PE in the past, I just dont want to have to go unplug the server and bring it upstairs to do all this. Is there a program I can use that can be run in Windows that can access drives like this?
Secondly, what should I do with the drive after I get my files off? Its still covered by warranty;
Should I replace it?
Do I need to?
What could cause a drive to fail like this?
Would reinitializing it be fine or is this just likely to happen again?
80GB OS drive
and three storage drives;
Seagate 750GB 7200.11
Seagate 1.5TB 7200.11
Samsung 750GB Spinpoint F1
Last night everything was working fine, this morning the 750GB Seagate drive took a dump. It is still listed in device manager but not in my computer. When I go into disk management it says that the drive is not initialized. Here are my questions;
First off, how can I get my fiels off the drive? My first idea is to throw in Bart PE and see if I can access the drive with that. I have had good success with accessing failed drives using Bart PE in the past, I just dont want to have to go unplug the server and bring it upstairs to do all this. Is there a program I can use that can be run in Windows that can access drives like this?
Secondly, what should I do with the drive after I get my files off? Its still covered by warranty;
Should I replace it?
Do I need to?
What could cause a drive to fail like this?
Would reinitializing it be fine or is this just likely to happen again?