I think it is trying to finish the operation with a Rescue CD. I know how the program changes the MBR, which is why I can' even boot to Windows. When the computer boots, I get a 'Healthy' and 'Optimal' from the CERC2 SATA RAID controller so I know the drives are there and spinning. The CD boots into PM but none of the operation can 'see' a valid drive or partition. I do have a bootable PM CD, but it was not made on this particular server so it does not seem to have the correct RAID driver. On restart, I get 'Process interrupted.Insert Rescue media.'. I had no choice but to do the unthinkable.a hard restart by holding the power button.

After about 2 more hours, nothing had changed and there was no getting out of the operation. I tried to press 'esc' and 'CTRL+C' but neither worked. knowing this process can take a LONG time, I took note of the progress timers and came back 3 hours later. Upon returning, the screen appeared to be frozen, having barely begun the operation. I have done this before with PM and it worked well.Īfter initiating the resize operation and the program switching to the 'outside Windows' mode, the process started normally and I walked away for about 2 hours. I used the resize partition wizard that moves the data on D to make the free space adjacent to C and then enlarges C.

I installed Paragon Partition Manager v10 to free up some space on D to give to C. It has an 80GB array made up of 2 physical drives split into 2 partitions (C and D). I have a Dell PE SC420 Server Running Server 2003 which has a SERC2 SATA RAID 1 configuration. This is a bit long winded so here is the core question: Should I try to fix the MBR after a failed operation with Partition Manager or should I try to get the correct RAID drivers loaded on the Recue CD?

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