Event ID 11 - please help

WinXP SP1A, patches up to date.

I've got an Asus P4C800-E Deluxe motherboard, which has built-in Intel
and Promise RAID controllers. I have two SATA WD 120GB hard drives
connected to the Intel controller configured as RAID-0 (striped), and
two more SATA WD 120 GB drives connected to the Promise controller
configured as RAID-1 (mirrored). The RAID-0 array consists of drives C:
- I: and the RAID-1 array is drive J:. I also have two USB drives used
to hold off-line backups, drives K: and L:.

I am using the latest (non-beta) version of the P4C800 BIOS (1017),
which includes the latest Intel RAID firmware (I was running an older
BIOS version when these problems surfaced, so I updated to see if this
would solve the problem).

The Event ID 11 message I get is "The driver detected a controller error
on \Device\Harddisk4\D". I've also had reports of this nature for
Harddisk5, Harddisk6, Harddisk7, Harddisk8, Hardisk9 and Harddisk10.

The KB says that the most likely cause of these errors is a bad cable.
In checking my cables, I noticed that the plastic SATA connector on the
motherboard for one of the Intel RAID connections had come loose.
Thinking that this was my problem, I swapped out the motherboard but the
problems persist. I also swapped the cables on the Intel controller with
those on the Promise controller. Since the problem did not move with the
cables, I assume the cables are not the problem (I don't have spares but
I've got some on order now).

This leads me to believe that the problem must be on a drive rather than
in the controller or cable, but I'm not sure which drive is having
problems (or even which controller the problem drive is connected to).
Does this sound reasonable?

I've found several articles in the KB and in these newsgroups that
advise looking at key HKLM\HARDWARE\DEVICEMAP in the registry to find
this information. However, since my drives are on RAID controllers, I
have no IDE keys and the SCSI keys refer only to the RAID controllers.
For example, "HKLM\HARDWARE\DEVICEMAP\Scsi\Scsi Port 0\Scsi Bus 0\Target
Id 0\Logical Unit Id 0" reports an Identifier "RAID 0 Volume" and a Type
"DiskPeripheral".

Further research lead to me the dmdiag utility included in the Support
Tools. Running this utility with the -v (verbose) option yields the
results I've pasted at the end of this message. Nothing in these results
exactly matches the " \Device\Harddisk4\D" reported in the error. The
closest I see is "E: = \Device\HarddiskVolume4 [Fixed]", but since the
drive designation is different I don't want to assume they are the same.
Also, I have no idea what the "\D" in the error message means.

Also, as I mentioned above, I've had these errors on Harddisk9 and
Harddisk10 (but only once - Harddisk4 turns up in every error event -
when 9 and 10 were reported, it was in series of error events with 4, 5,
6, 7, and 8). Since Harddisk9 and Harddisk10 appear to be my USB drives,
I can't see how they can be involved in this issue at all. Since I have
not seen them in an error event since I swapped in the new motherboard,
perhaps it as an issue with the USB controller on the old MB.

Could someone please confirm that " \Device\Harddisk4\D" and
"\Device\HarddiskVolume4" refer to the same drive volume?

I'd also like to know why the volumes are reported differently in the
error event and in the dmdiag report (assuming they are indeed the same
volume), and what the "/D" in the error event means.

Thanks!

P.S. Am I correct in assuming that I can ignore the "LDM" errors below
as I don't have dynamic drive volumes?


---------- Computer Name and OS Version ----------

Computer name: LEROYWORK
NT build: 2600
CPU Type: x86
DMDIAG Version: 5.1.2600.0 shp

---------- LDM File Versions ----------

2600.0.503.0 shp - C:\WINDOWS\System32\dmadmin.exe
2600.0.503.0 shp - C:\WINDOWS\System32\dmconfig.dll
2600.0.503.0 shp - C:\WINDOWS\System32\dmdlgs.dll
2600.0.503.0 shp - C:\WINDOWS\System32\dmdskmgr.dll
2600.0.503.0 shp - C:\WINDOWS\System32\dmdskres.dll
2600.0.503.0 shp - C:\WINDOWS\System32\dmintf.dll
2600.0.503.0 shp - C:\WINDOWS\System32\dmremote.exe
2600.0.503.0 shp - C:\WINDOWS\System32\dmserver.dll
2600.0.503.0 shp - C:\WINDOWS\System32\dmutil.dll
2600.0.503.0 shp - C:\WINDOWS\System32\dmview.ocx
2600.0.503.0 shp - C:\WINDOWS\System32\drivers\dmboot.sys
2600.0.503.0 shp - C:\WINDOWS\System32\drivers\dmio.sys
2600.0.503.0 shp - C:\WINDOWS\System32\drivers\dmload.sys

---------- Mount Points ----------


---------- Drive Letter Usage, Drive Type ----------

A: = \Device\Floppy0 [Removable]
C: = \Device\HarddiskVolume2 [Fixed]
D: = \Device\HarddiskVolume3 [Fixed]
E: = \Device\HarddiskVolume4 [Fixed]
F: = \Device\HarddiskVolume5 [Fixed]
G: = \Device\HarddiskVolume6 [Fixed]
H: = \Device\HarddiskVolume7 [Fixed]
I: = \Device\HarddiskVolume8 [Fixed]
J: = \Device\HarddiskVolume1 [Fixed]
K: = \Device\HarddiskVolume9 [Fixed]
L: = \Device\HarddiskVolume10 [Fixed]
Y: = \Device\CdRom1 [CDRom]
Z: = \Device\CdRom0 [CDRom]

---------- Consolidated LDM Configuration Data ----------

ERROR: scan operation failed:
A format error was found in the private region of the disk
ERROR: scan operation failed:
A format error was found in the private region of the disk
ERROR: scan operation failed:
A format error was found in the private region of the disk
ERROR: scan operation failed:
A format error was found in the private region of the disk
ERROR: scan operation failed:
A format error was found in the private region of the disk
ERROR: scan operation failed:
A format error was found in the private region of the disk
ERROR: scan operation failed:
A format error was found in the private region of the disk
ERROR: scan operation failed:
A format error was found in the private region of the disk

---------- \Device\Harddisk0 ----------

\Device\Harddisk0\DP(1)0x7e00-0x4e22c6e00+3 (Device)
\Device\Harddisk0\DP(2)0x4e22d6a00-0x27115f800+4 (Device)
\Device\Harddisk0\DP(3)0x75343e000-0x3a9627200+5 (Device)
\Device\Harddisk0\DP(4)0xafca6d000-0xc34f24e00+6 (Device)
\Device\Harddisk0\DP(5)0x1731999c00-0x15f8cea400+7 (Device)
\Device\Harddisk0\DP(6)0x2d2a68be00-0x32c5df400+8 (Device)
\Device\Harddisk0\DP(7)0x3056c73000-0x78d9a5200+9 (Device)
\Device\Harddisk0\DR0 (Device)
\Device\Harddisk0\Partition0 (SymbolicLink) - \Device\Harddisk0\DR0
\Device\Harddisk0\Partition1 (SymbolicLink) -
\Device\HarddiskVolume2
\Device\Harddisk0\Partition2 (SymbolicLink) -
\Device\HarddiskVolume3
\Device\Harddisk0\Partition3 (SymbolicLink) -
\Device\HarddiskVolume4
\Device\Harddisk0\Partition4 (SymbolicLink) -
\Device\HarddiskVolume5
\Device\Harddisk0\Partition5 (SymbolicLink) -
\Device\HarddiskVolume6
\Device\Harddisk0\Partition6 (SymbolicLink) -
\Device\HarddiskVolume7
\Device\Harddisk0\Partition7 (SymbolicLink) -
\Device\HarddiskVolume8

---------- \Device\Harddisk1 ----------

\Device\Harddisk1\DP(1)0x7e00-0x1beffb7a00+2 (Device)
\Device\Harddisk1\DR1 (Device)
\Device\Harddisk1\Partition0 (SymbolicLink) - \Device\Harddisk1\DR1
\Device\Harddisk1\Partition1 (SymbolicLink) -
\Device\HarddiskVolume1

---------- \Device\Harddisk2 ----------

\Device\Harddisk2\DP(1)0x7e00-0x1c9f7f4600+c (Device)
\Device\Harddisk2\DR10 (Device)
\Device\Harddisk2\Partition0 (SymbolicLink) -
\Device\Harddisk2\DR10
\Device\Harddisk2\Partition1 (SymbolicLink) -
\Device\HarddiskVolume9

---------- \Device\Harddisk3 ----------

\Device\Harddisk3\DP(1)0x7e00-0x2543150400+d (Device)
\Device\Harddisk3\DR11 (Device)
\Device\Harddisk3\Partition0 (SymbolicLink) -
\Device\Harddisk3\DR11
\Device\Harddisk3\Partition1 (SymbolicLink) -
\Device\HarddiskVolume10

---------- Partition Table Info Disk 0 ----------


29,186 Cylinders
255 Tracks/Cylinder
63 Sectors/Track
512 Bytes/Sector
12 MediaType
468,873,090 Sectors (total)
240,063,022,080 Bytes (total)
234,436,545 KB
228,942 MB
223.6 GB

0 StartingOffset
240,067,805,184 PartitionLength
0 HiddenSectors
0 PartitionNumber
0 PartitionType
0 BootIndicator
0 RecognizedPartition
0 RewritePartition

MBR PartitionStyle
28 PartitionCount
1d641d63 Signature

Starting Partition Hidden Total Partition
Partition Boot Recognized Rewrite
Offset (bytes) Length (bytes) Sectors Sectors Number
Type (HEX) Indicator Partition Partition

32,256 20,974,431,744 63 40,965,687 0
0x07 1 1 0
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0x07 0 1 0
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0x07 0 1 0
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0x05 0 0 0
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0x00 0 0 0
0 0 0 0 11
0x00 0 0 0
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0x07 0 1 0
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0x05 0 0 0
0 0 0 0 14
0x00 0 0 0
0 0 0 0 15
0x00 0 0 0
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0x07 0 1 0
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0x05 0 0 0
0 0 0 0 18
0x00 0 0 0
0 0 0 0 19
0x00 0 0 0
193,985,035,776 13,629,256,704 63 26,619,642 20
0x07 0 1 0
207,614,292,480 32,440,504,320 364,530,915 63,360,360 21
0x05 0 0 0
0 0 0 0 22
0x00 0 0 0
0 0 0 0 23
0x00 0 0 0
207,614,324,736 32,440,472,064 63 63,360,297 24
0x07 0 1 0
0 0 0 0 25
0x00 0 0 0
0 0 0 0 26
0x00 0 0 0
0 0 0 0 27
0x00 0 0 0

240,063,022,080 Bytes (468873090 sectors) Geometric size
240,067,805,184 Bytes (468882432 sectors) True size (measured)
240,067,805,184 Bytes (468882432 sectors) Reported size (Partition0)
0 Bytes ( 0 sectors) missing/wasted

---------- Partition Table Info Disk 1 ----------


14,589 Cylinders
255 Tracks/Cylinder
63 Sectors/Track
512 Bytes/Sector
12 MediaType
234,372,285 Sectors (total)
119,998,609,920 Bytes (total)
117,186,143 KB
114,440 MB
111.8 GB

0 StartingOffset
120,000,000,000 PartitionLength
0 HiddenSectors
0 PartitionNumber
0 PartitionType
0 BootIndicator
0 RecognizedPartition
0 RewritePartition

MBR PartitionStyle
4 PartitionCount
bdda2981 Signature

Starting Partition Hidden Total Partition
Partition Boot Recognized Rewrite
Offset (bytes) Length (bytes) Sectors Sectors Number
Type (HEX) Indicator Partition Partition

32,256 119,990,352,384 63 234,356,157 0
0x07 0 1 0
0 0 0 0 1
0x00 0 0 0
0 0 0 0 2
0x00 0 0 0
0 0 0 0 3
0x00 0 0 0

119,998,609,920 Bytes (234372285 sectors) Geometric size
120,000,000,000 Bytes (234375000 sectors) True size (measured)
120,000,000,000 Bytes (234375000 sectors) Reported size (Partition0)
0 Bytes ( 0 sectors) missing/wasted

---------- Partition Table Info Disk 2 ----------


14,946 Cylinders
255 Tracks/Cylinder
63 Sectors/Track
512 Bytes/Sector
12 MediaType
240,107,490 Sectors (total)
122,935,034,880 Bytes (total)
120,053,745 KB
117,240 MB
114.5 GB

0 StartingOffset
122,942,324,736 PartitionLength
0 HiddenSectors
0 PartitionNumber
0 PartitionType
0 BootIndicator
0 RecognizedPartition
0 RewritePartition

MBR PartitionStyle
4 PartitionCount
e4dae4da Signature

Starting Partition Hidden Total Partition
Partition Boot Recognized Rewrite
Offset (bytes) Length (bytes) Sectors Sectors Number
Type (HEX) Indicator Partition Partition

32,256 122,935,002,624 63 240,107,427 0
0x07 0 1 0
0 0 0 0 1
0x00 0 0 0
0 0 0 0 2
0x00 0 0 0
0 0 0 0 3
0x00 0 0 0

122,935,034,880 Bytes (240107490 sectors) Geometric size
122,942,324,736 Bytes (240121728 sectors) True size (measured)
122,942,324,736 Bytes (240121728 sectors) Reported size (Partition0)
0 Bytes ( 0 sectors) missing/wasted

---------- Partition Table Info Disk 3 ----------


19,457 Cylinders
255 Tracks/Cylinder
63 Sectors/Track
512 Bytes/Sector
12 MediaType
312,576,705 Sectors (total)
160,039,272,960 Bytes (total)
156,288,353 KB
152,625 MB
149.0 GB

0 StartingOffset
160,041,885,696 PartitionLength
0 HiddenSectors
0 PartitionNumber
0 PartitionType
0 BootIndicator
0 RecognizedPartition
0 RewritePartition

MBR PartitionStyle
4 PartitionCount
6aacc79b Signature

Starting Partition Hidden Total Partition
Partition Boot Recognized Rewrite
Offset (bytes) Length (bytes) Sectors Sectors Number
Type (HEX) Indicator Partition Partition

32,256 160,039,240,704 63 312,576,642 0
0x07 0 1 0
0 0 0 0 1
0x00 0 0 0
0 0 0 0 2
0x00 0 0 0
0 0 0 0 3
0x00 0 0 0

160,039,272,960 Bytes (312576705 sectors) Geometric size
160,041,885,696 Bytes (312581808 sectors) True size (measured)
160,041,885,696 Bytes (312581808 sectors) Reported size (Partition0)
0 Bytes ( 0 sectors) missing/wasted

---------- DMIO Kernel List ----------

Basic-info: version=21 maxspecio=512 maxio=512 maxkio=2048
Ktrans-state: dg=0.0 pendtid=0.0 state=UNKNOWN
#
# Kmem-regions:
#
#
# Disks: (cnt: 0)
#
#
# Devices: (cnt: 0)
#
#
# Groups: (cnt: 1)
#
Group NULLDG: iid=0.0 id=
diskset=00000000-0000-0000-0000-000000000000
configtid=0.0 logsize=0
kflag=()
vflag=(created|notempdb|noautoreimport|secondary)
# Group-Objects: (cnt: 0)
# End-group: NULLDG

---------- LDM Disk Header Harddisk0 ----------

ERROR: scan operation failed:
A format error was found in the private region of the disk

---------- LDM Disk Header Harddisk1 ----------

ERROR: scan operation failed:
A format error was found in the private region of the disk

---------- LDM Disk Header Harddisk2 ----------

ERROR: scan operation failed:
A format error was found in the private region of the disk

---------- LDM Disk Header Harddisk3 ----------

ERROR: scan operation failed:
A format error was found in the private region of the disk

---------- LDM Disk Config Harddisk0 ----------

ERROR: scan operation failed:
A format error was found in the private region of the disk

---------- LDM Disk Config Harddisk1 ----------

ERROR: scan operation failed:
A format error was found in the private region of the disk

---------- LDM Disk Config Harddisk2 ----------

ERROR: scan operation failed:
A format error was found in the private region of the disk

---------- LDM Disk Config Harddisk3 ----------

ERROR: scan operation failed:
A format error was found in the private region of the disk

---------- LDM Disk KLOG Harddisk0 ----------

ERROR: scan operation failed:
A format error was found in the private region of the disk

---------- LDM Disk KLOG Harddisk1 ----------

ERROR: scan operation failed:
A format error was found in the private region of the disk

---------- LDM Disk KLOG Harddisk2 ----------

ERROR: scan operation failed:
A format error was found in the private region of the disk

---------- LDM Disk KLOG Harddisk3 ----------

ERROR: scan operation failed:
A format error was found in the private region of the disk

---------- DMAdmin Simple Query ----------


---------- DMAdmin Verbose Query ----------

I do not know enough to fully answer your question soundly, but I can
offer some suggestions and thoughts. First off, you asked:
Could someone please confirm that " \Device\Harddisk4\D" and
"\Device\HarddiskVolume4" refer to the same drive volume?
I am thinking \Device\Harddisk4 refers to a 5th hard drive whereas
\Device\HarddiskVolume4 refers to the 5th volume on a hard drive, but I
do not know how you have your computer set up. It sounds like you have
a ton of drives.

Are you using Intel Application Accelerator for RAID? Have you double
checked the settings in the BIOS? Have you run diagnostic tools on all
of the drives?

----
Nathan McNulty


Leroy Casterline wrote:
WinXP SP1A, patches up to date.

I've got an Asus P4C800-E Deluxe motherboard, which has built-in Intel
and Promise RAID controllers. I have two SATA WD 120GB hard drives
connected to the Intel controller configured as RAID-0 (striped), and
two more SATA WD 120 GB drives connected to the Promise controller
configured as RAID-1 (mirrored). The RAID-0 array consists of drives C:
- I: and the RAID-1 array is drive J:. I also have two USB drives used
to hold off-line backups, drives K: and L:.

I am using the latest (non-beta) version of the P4C800 BIOS (1017),
which includes the latest Intel RAID firmware (I was running an older
BIOS version when these problems surfaced, so I updated to see if this
would solve the problem).

The Event ID 11 message I get is "The driver detected a controller error
on \Device\Harddisk4\D". I've also had reports of this nature for
Harddisk5, Harddisk6, Harddisk7, Harddisk8, Hardisk9 and Harddisk10.

The KB says that the most likely cause of these errors is a bad cable.
In checking my cables, I noticed that the plastic SATA connector on the
motherboard for one of the Intel RAID connections had come loose.
Thinking that this was my problem, I swapped out the motherboard but the
problems persist. I also swapped the cables on the Intel controller with
those on the Promise controller. Since the problem did not move with the
cables, I assume the cables are not the problem (I don't have spares but
I've got some on order now).

This leads me to believe that the problem must be on a drive rather than
in the controller or cable, but I'm not sure which drive is having
problems (or even which controller the problem drive is connected to).
Does this sound reasonable?

I've found several articles in the KB and in these newsgroups that
advise looking at key HKLM\HARDWARE\DEVICEMAP in the registry to find
this information. However, since my drives are on RAID controllers, I
have no IDE keys and the SCSI keys refer only to the RAID controllers.
For example, "HKLM\HARDWARE\DEVICEMAP\Scsi\Scsi Port 0\Scsi Bus 0\Target
Id 0\Logical Unit Id 0" reports an Identifier "RAID 0 Volume" and a Type
"DiskPeripheral".

Further research lead to me the dmdiag utility included in the Support
Tools. Running this utility with the -v (verbose) option yields the
results I've pasted at the end of this message. Nothing in these results
exactly matches the " \Device\Harddisk4\D" reported in the error. The
closest I see is "E: = \Device\HarddiskVolume4 [Fixed]", but since the
drive designation is different I don't want to assume they are the same.
Also, I have no idea what the "\D" in the error message means.

Also, as I mentioned above, I've had these errors on Harddisk9 and
Harddisk10 (but only once - Harddisk4 turns up in every error event -
when 9 and 10 were reported, it was in series of error events with 4, 5,
6, 7, and 8). Since Harddisk9 and Harddisk10 appear to be my USB drives,
I can't see how they can be involved in this issue at all. Since I have
not seen them in an error event since I swapped in the new motherboard,
perhaps it as an issue with the USB controller on the old MB.

Could someone please confirm that " \Device\Harddisk4\D" and
"\Device\HarddiskVolume4" refer to the same drive volume?

I'd also like to know why the volumes are reported differently in the
error event and in the dmdiag report (assuming they are indeed the same
volume), and what the "/D" in the error event means.

Thanks!

P.S. Am I correct in assuming that I can ignore the "LDM" errors below
as I don't have dynamic drive volumes?


---------- Computer Name and OS Version ----------

Computer name: LEROYWORK
NT build: 2600
CPU Type: x86
DMDIAG Version: 5.1.2600.0 shp

---------- LDM File Versions ----------

2600.0.503.0 shp - C:\WINDOWS\System32\dmadmin.exe
2600.0.503.0 shp - C:\WINDOWS\System32\dmconfig.dll
2600.0.503.0 shp - C:\WINDOWS\System32\dmdlgs.dll
2600.0.503.0 shp - C:\WINDOWS\System32\dmdskmgr.dll
2600.0.503.0 shp - C:\WINDOWS\System32\dmdskres.dll
2600.0.503.0 shp - C:\WINDOWS\System32\dmintf.dll
2600.0.503.0 shp - C:\WINDOWS\System32\dmremote.exe
2600.0.503.0 shp - C:\WINDOWS\System32\dmserver.dll
2600.0.503.0 shp - C:\WINDOWS\System32\dmutil.dll
2600.0.503.0 shp - C:\WINDOWS\System32\dmview.ocx
2600.0.503.0 shp - C:\WINDOWS\System32\drivers\dmboot.sys
2600.0.503.0 shp - C:\WINDOWS\System32\drivers\dmio.sys
2600.0.503.0 shp - C:\WINDOWS\System32\drivers\dmload.sys

---------- Mount Points ----------


---------- Drive Letter Usage, Drive Type ----------

A: = \Device\Floppy0 [Removable]
C: = \Device\HarddiskVolume2 [Fixed]
D: = \Device\HarddiskVolume3 [Fixed]
E: = \Device\HarddiskVolume4 [Fixed]
F: = \Device\HarddiskVolume5 [Fixed]
G: = \Device\HarddiskVolume6 [Fixed]
H: = \Device\HarddiskVolume7 [Fixed]
I: = \Device\HarddiskVolume8 [Fixed]
J: = \Device\HarddiskVolume1 [Fixed]
K: = \Device\HarddiskVolume9 [Fixed]
L: = \Device\HarddiskVolume10 [Fixed]
Y: = \Device\CdRom1 [CDRom]
Z: = \Device\CdRom0 [CDRom]

---------- Consolidated LDM Configuration Data ----------

ERROR: scan operation failed:
A format error was found in the private region of the disk
ERROR: scan operation failed:
A format error was found in the private region of the disk
ERROR: scan operation failed:
A format error was found in the private region of the disk
ERROR: scan operation failed:
A format error was found in the private region of the disk
ERROR: scan operation failed:
A format error was found in the private region of the disk
ERROR: scan operation failed:
A format error was found in the private region of the disk
ERROR: scan operation failed:
A format error was found in the private region of the disk
ERROR: scan operation failed:
A format error was found in the private region of the disk

---------- \Device\Harddisk0 ----------

\Device\Harddisk0\DP(1)0x7e00-0x4e22c6e00+3 (Device)
\Device\Harddisk0\DP(2)0x4e22d6a00-0x27115f800+4 (Device)
\Device\Harddisk0\DP(3)0x75343e000-0x3a9627200+5 (Device)
\Device\Harddisk0\DP(4)0xafca6d000-0xc34f24e00+6 (Device)
\Device\Harddisk0\DP(5)0x1731999c00-0x15f8cea400+7 (Device)
\Device\Harddisk0\DP(6)0x2d2a68be00-0x32c5df400+8 (Device)
\Device\Harddisk0\DP(7)0x3056c73000-0x78d9a5200+9 (Device)
\Device\Harddisk0\DR0 (Device)
\Device\Harddisk0\Partition0 (SymbolicLink) - \Device\Harddisk0\DR0
\Device\Harddisk0\Partition1 (SymbolicLink) -
\Device\HarddiskVolume2
\Device\Harddisk0\Partition2 (SymbolicLink) -
\Device\HarddiskVolume3
\Device\Harddisk0\Partition3 (SymbolicLink) -
\Device\HarddiskVolume4
\Device\Harddisk0\Partition4 (SymbolicLink) -
\Device\HarddiskVolume5
\Device\Harddisk0\Partition5 (SymbolicLink) -
\Device\HarddiskVolume6
\Device\Harddisk0\Partition6 (SymbolicLink) -
\Device\HarddiskVolume7
\Device\Harddisk0\Partition7 (SymbolicLink) -
\Device\HarddiskVolume8

---------- \Device\Harddisk1 ----------

\Device\Harddisk1\DP(1)0x7e00-0x1beffb7a00+2 (Device)
\Device\Harddisk1\DR1 (Device)
\Device\Harddisk1\Partition0 (SymbolicLink) - \Device\Harddisk1\DR1
\Device\Harddisk1\Partition1 (SymbolicLink) -
\Device\HarddiskVolume1

---------- \Device\Harddisk2 ----------

\Device\Harddisk2\DP(1)0x7e00-0x1c9f7f4600+c (Device)
\Device\Harddisk2\DR10 (Device)
\Device\Harddisk2\Partition0 (SymbolicLink) -
\Device\Harddisk2\DR10
\Device\Harddisk2\Partition1 (SymbolicLink) -
\Device\HarddiskVolume9

---------- \Device\Harddisk3 ----------

\Device\Harddisk3\DP(1)0x7e00-0x2543150400+d (Device)
\Device\Harddisk3\DR11 (Device)
\Device\Harddisk3\Partition0 (SymbolicLink) -
\Device\Harddisk3\DR11
\Device\Harddisk3\Partition1 (SymbolicLink) -
\Device\HarddiskVolume10

---------- Partition Table Info Disk 0 ----------


29,186 Cylinders
255 Tracks/Cylinder
63 Sectors/Track
512 Bytes/Sector
12 MediaType
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---------- Partition Table Info Disk 2 ----------


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ERROR: scan operation failed:
A format error was found in the private region of the disk

---------- LDM Disk Header Harddisk1 ----------

ERROR: scan operation failed:
A format error was found in the private region of the disk

---------- LDM Disk Header Harddisk2 ----------

ERROR: scan operation failed:
A format error was found in the private region of the disk

---------- LDM Disk Header Harddisk3 ----------

ERROR: scan operation failed:
A format error was found in the private region of the disk

---------- LDM Disk Config Harddisk0 ----------

ERROR: scan operation failed:
A format error was found in the private region of the disk

---------- LDM Disk Config Harddisk1 ----------

ERROR: scan operation failed:
A format error was found in the private region of the disk

---------- LDM Disk Config Harddisk2 ----------

ERROR: scan operation failed:
A format error was found in the private region of the disk

---------- LDM Disk Config Harddisk3 ----------

ERROR: scan operation failed:
A format error was found in the private region of the disk

---------- LDM Disk KLOG Harddisk0 ----------

ERROR: scan operation failed:
A format error was found in the private region of the disk

---------- LDM Disk KLOG Harddisk1 ----------

ERROR: scan operation failed:
A format error was found in the private region of the disk

---------- LDM Disk KLOG Harddisk2 ----------

ERROR: scan operation failed:
A format error was found in the private region of the disk

---------- LDM Disk KLOG Harddisk3 ----------

ERROR: scan operation failed:
A format error was found in the private region of the disk

---------- DMAdmin Simple Query ----------


---------- DMAdmin Verbose Query ----------

Hi nathan,

Thanks for responding. I am using the Intel Application Accelerator for
RAID, my BIOS settings are correct and I have run the 'quick' version of
the latest WD diagnostics without error.

I hope to be able to identify the physical drive involved in this
problem so I can run extended diagnostics on that drive.

It seems strange that it's not easier to figure this out.

Nathan McNulty wrote:

I do not know enough to fully answer your question soundly, but I can
offer some suggestions and thoughts. First off, you asked:
Could someone please confirm that " \Device\Harddisk4\D" and
"\Device\HarddiskVolume4" refer to the same drive volume?
I am thinking \Device\Harddisk4 refers to a 5th hard drive whereas
\Device\HarddiskVolume4 refers to the 5th volume on a hard drive, but I
do not know how you have your computer set up. It sounds like you have
a ton of drives.

Are you using Intel Application Accelerator for RAID? Have you double
checked the settings in the BIOS? Have you run diagnostic tools on all
of the drives?

----
Nathan McNulty

I think the hardest part is that it appears you have a ton of hard
drives/partitions. Your RAID 0 array is not fault tolerant and if one
of those drives were to fail, your data would be lost. Your RAID 1 array
is fault tolerant and if one of those drives failed, your data would be
safe.

Also, I was off on the \Device\Harddisk4\D thing. I am used to seeing
\Device\Harddisk\Partition\ format and don't have than many partitions
(only use 2) on a single SATA drive for now. I'm not really sure what
that is all about. I have never really had the money to spend on
multiple hard drives to get a chance to work with RAID. I've only set
it up on a few computers for others, but never myself.

One thing I would suggest is a software program that can read the SMART
readings for your drives and see if any values are not passing. Everest
Home from www.lavalys.com can do this for you and will also tell you a
bit more info about your RAID configurations

----
Nathan McNulty


Leroy Casterline wrote:
Hi nathan,

Thanks for responding. I am using the Intel Application Accelerator for
RAID, my BIOS settings are correct and I have run the 'quick' version of
the latest WD diagnostics without error.

I hope to be able to identify the physical drive involved in this
problem so I can run extended diagnostics on that drive.

It seems strange that it's not easier to figure this out.

Nathan McNulty wrote:


I do not know enough to fully answer your question soundly, but I can
offer some suggestions and thoughts. First off, you asked:
Could someone please confirm that " \Device\Harddisk4\D" and
"\Device\HarddiskVolume4" refer to the same drive volume?
I am thinking \Device\Harddisk4 refers to a 5th hard drive whereas
\Device\HarddiskVolume4 refers to the 5th volume on a hard drive, but I
do not know how you have your computer set up. It sounds like you have
a ton of drives.

Are you using Intel Application Accelerator for RAID? Have you double
checked the settings in the BIOS? Have you run diagnostic tools on all
of the drives?

----
Nathan McNulty

Thanks for the pointer to Everest. I downloaded it, but it shows no
SMART info for my drives at all. I expect this is because of the RAID
controllers. But I expect if there were a problem with the SMART data,
the WD diags would have caught it.

I've got my RAID 1 array partitioned as a single 120 GB volume. I've got
a program (Acronis True Image) that runs every night and stores a
compressed image of all 7 of my RAID 0 volumes on the RAID 1 volume.
That way if a RAID 0 drive fails, I can restore the image from the RAID
1 drive and, worst case, I lose a day's work. If a RAID 1 drive fails, I
don't lose anything 'cause it's mirrored, and if they both fail I've got
the same data on my RAID 0 array.

The cool thing about True Image is that if an image file already exists,
it appends only the deltas between that image file and my current
volumes on the end of the existing image file. I end up with a full
image of all 7 of my RAID 1 volumes for each day of the week in the
image file, and the image file stays under 55 GB or so for a whole
week's data. Every Sunday night I've got a task than moves the week's
image file to one of my USB drives. Then when True Image runs the next
night it creates a new base image file for the coming week.

If I have a problem, True Image allows me to restore any image whenever
I want, reformatting and overwriting the partition with the image data.
Even better, I can mount any of the images in the image file as if it
were a hard drive and use Explorer to copy individual files or
directories. And when I mount the image, True Image allows me to mount
the image as it appeared on any day of the week.

I found out for sure that the RAID 0 mirroring works a couple of months
ago when one of the mirrored drives failed. WD sent me a new drive, I
plugged it in, and the firmware restored my array like magic.

I'm a software developer and this is my workstation, so the drives are a
business expense - I can't afford to take chances with my clients'
projects!

-Leroy

Nathan McNulty wrote:

I think the hardest part is that it appears you have a ton of hard
drives/partitions. Your RAID 0 array is not fault tolerant and if one
of those drives were to fail, your data would be lost. Your RAID 1 array
is fault tolerant and if one of those drives failed, your data would be
safe.

Also, I was off on the \Device\Harddisk4\D thing. I am used to seeing
\Device\Harddisk\Partition\ format and don't have than many partitions
(only use 2) on a single SATA drive for now. I'm not really sure what
that is all about. I have never really had the money to spend on
multiple hard drives to get a chance to work with RAID. I've only set
it up on a few computers for others, but never myself.

One thing I would suggest is a software program that can read the SMART
readings for your drives and see if any values are not passing. Everest
Home from www.lavalys.com can do this for you and will also tell you a
bit more info about your RAID configurations

That sounds like an awesome setup. Just a suggestion here. You should
look at RAID 10 instead of RAID 0+1. This will offer you much better
security in the case of drive failures. I assure you the performance
will still be very close to the same, but it is a safer RAID.

As for the actual problem, I am at a loss. I know the errors you are
seeing happen because the I/O buffer is failing to flush before Windows
is shut down or the drive is removed. All I can suggest is updating the
RAID/chipset drivers and pray that helps. I would also contact ASUS who
has excellent technical support and see if they can help you at all as well.

----
Nathan McNulty


Leroy Casterline wrote:
Thanks for the pointer to Everest. I downloaded it, but it shows no
SMART info for my drives at all. I expect this is because of the RAID
controllers. But I expect if there were a problem with the SMART data,
the WD diags would have caught it.

I've got my RAID 1 array partitioned as a single 120 GB volume. I've got
a program (Acronis True Image) that runs every night and stores a
compressed image of all 7 of my RAID 0 volumes on the RAID 1 volume.
That way if a RAID 0 drive fails, I can restore the image from the RAID
1 drive and, worst case, I lose a day's work. If a RAID 1 drive fails, I
don't lose anything 'cause it's mirrored, and if they both fail I've got
the same data on my RAID 0 array.

The cool thing about True Image is that if an image file already exists,
it appends only the deltas between that image file and my current
volumes on the end of the existing image file. I end up with a full
image of all 7 of my RAID 1 volumes for each day of the week in the
image file, and the image file stays under 55 GB or so for a whole
week's data. Every Sunday night I've got a task than moves the week's
image file to one of my USB drives. Then when True Image runs the next
night it creates a new base image file for the coming week.

If I have a problem, True Image allows me to restore any image whenever
I want, reformatting and overwriting the partition with the image data.
Even better, I can mount any of the images in the image file as if it
were a hard drive and use Explorer to copy individual files or
directories. And when I mount the image, True Image allows me to mount
the image as it appeared on any day of the week.

I found out for sure that the RAID 0 mirroring works a couple of months
ago when one of the mirrored drives failed. WD sent me a new drive, I
plugged it in, and the firmware restored my array like magic.

I'm a software developer and this is my workstation, so the drives are a
business expense - I can't afford to take chances with my clients'
projects!

-Leroy

Nathan McNulty wrote:


I think the hardest part is that it appears you have a ton of hard
drives/partitions. Your RAID 0 array is not fault tolerant and if one
of those drives were to fail, your data would be lost. Your RAID 1 array
is fault tolerant and if one of those drives failed, your data would be
safe.

Also, I was off on the \Device\Harddisk4\D thing. I am used to seeing
\Device\Harddisk\Partition\ format and don't have than many partitions
(only use 2) on a single SATA drive for now. I'm not really sure what
that is all about. I have never really had the money to spend on
multiple hard drives to get a chance to work with RAID. I've only set
it up on a few computers for others, but never myself.

One thing I would suggest is a software program that can read the SMART
readings for your drives and see if any values are not passing. Everest
Home from www.lavalys.com can do this for you and will also tell you a
bit more info about your RAID configurations

RAID 10 sounds interesting. I wonder if my hardware supports it. I've
already upgraded to the latest BIOS and drivers from the Asus site. My
new SATA cables should be here today, perhaps they will make a
difference.

Anyway, thanks for your help Nathan.

Nathan McNulty wrote:

That sounds like an awesome setup. Just a suggestion here. You should
look at RAID 10 instead of RAID 0+1. This will offer you much better
security in the case of drive failures. I assure you the performance
will still be very close to the same, but it is a safer RAID.

As for the actual problem, I am at a loss. I know the errors you are
seeing happen because the I/O buffer is failing to flush before Windows
is shut down or the drive is removed. All I can suggest is updating the
RAID/chipset drivers and pray that helps. I would also contact ASUS who
has excellent technical support and see if they can help you at all as well.

Here is a little more info on RAID 10:
http://www.acnc.com/04_01_10.html

This is almost what you have set up, but slightly different. RAID 10
will most likely require a new RAID controller though, so it would end
up costing you money.

----
Nathan McNulty


Leroy Casterline wrote:
RAID 10 sounds interesting. I wonder if my hardware supports it. I've
already upgraded to the latest BIOS and drivers from the Asus site. My
new SATA cables should be here today, perhaps they will make a
difference.

Anyway, thanks for your help Nathan.

Nathan McNulty wrote:


That sounds like an awesome setup. Just a suggestion here. You should
look at RAID 10 instead of RAID 0+1. This will offer you much better
security in the case of drive failures. I assure you the performance
will still be very close to the same, but it is a safer RAID.

As for the actual problem, I am at a loss. I know the errors you are
seeing happen because the I/O buffer is failing to flush before Windows
is shut down or the drive is removed. All I can suggest is updating the
RAID/chipset drivers and pray that helps. I would also contact ASUS who
has excellent technical support and see if they can help you at all as well.