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I checked the controller itself (PCI add in card) and there are no sata lights, and the drives themselves are packed tightly and i'm unsure if they have any led on them. I'll try to find some Seagate software to test the drives individually. I did have the machine off for a few days while trying to research a solution, when I started it the drives booted and were recognized. I'm leaning toward controller failure too. to be continued...

I am having issues with my Windows server 2008 recognizing my Raid 5 array. The entire drive does not show up in the system at times. I have captured 3 screenshots of various states of the raid, including the log file and information. After reboot of the server, the drive is accessable sometimes and it shows up correctly in the raid array manager. Im not sure if its the raid controller failing, or multiple drive failures. (hopefully you can clearly read the screenshots, if not i'll link them elsewhere as full image) [ATTACH=full]186[/ATTACH][ATTACH=full]187[/ATTACH][ATTACH=full]188[/ATTACH]

Good day everyone. My name is Jon, i'm 30 years old, and have been working with or playing around with computers since I was 9 (commodore 64). I have many years of call center support (yea I now that's not real tech) but I have been quickly promoted to top tier support at multiple support companies. I look forward to learning more about my Windows Server 2008 and various other systems. Jon