Degraded Raid Array; Missing Hard Drive Member; Failed Hard Drive Member - MSI G52-M7246X1 Instructions Manual

A RAID 1, RAID 5 or RAID 10 volume is reported as degraded when one of its
hard drive members fails or istemporarily disconnected, and data mirroring is lost. As
a result, the system can only utilize the remaining functional hard drive member. To
re-establish data mirroring and restore data redundancy, refer to the procedure
below that corresponds to the current situation.

Missing Hard Drive Member

1. Make sure the system is powered off.
2. Reconnect the hard drive.
3. Reboot the system to W indows; the rebuild will occur automatically.

Failed Hard Drive Member

1. Make sure the system is powered off.
2. Replace the failed hard drive with a new one that is of equal or greater
capacity.
3. Reboot the system to Intel RAID Option ROM by press <Ctrl> and <I> keys
simultaneously during the Power-On Self Test (POST).
4. Select the port of the destination disk for rebuilding, and then press ENTER.
Introduction to Intel ICH7R SATA RAID

Degraded RAID Array

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