this operation is not allowed on invalid disk pack ??
I've got a Windows 2008 Enterprise 64Bit box running in a test environment The system as 2 Seagate 1.5TB drives running as a striped volume and loaded with data. This morning the volume went offline and both drives show up in the Disk Manager as both being Invalid. When I try to bring the disks back online I get the following error message: "this operation is not allowed on invalid disk pack" Can anyone shed light on this error message? Ive yet to find anything on it. Any thoughts on whether Ill be able to recover the volume or at the very least some of the data? Any help would be greatly appreciated.
January 23rd, 2009 12:14am

Hi Crugory, Please try a "Fast Format Recover" with Recover My Files. http://www.recovermyfiles.com/ntfs-fat-recovery-software.php In the drive selection window, can you see the "physical" drive listed? Thanks and regards, ScoprioMCTS, MCITP:Enterprise Admin
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January 26th, 2009 9:37am

Hi Crugory, Please try a "Fast Format Recover" with Recover My Files. http://www.recovermyfiles.com/ntfs-fat-recovery-software.php In the drive selection window, can you see the "physical" drive listed? Thanks and regards, ScoprioMCTS, MCITP:Enterprise Admin
January 26th, 2009 9:37am

I am beta testing Windows 7 and when i connect my external USB hard drive i cannot activate it, i get the same error message... I know this is not really helpful, but i hope we can both find an answer.
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February 4th, 2009 5:56am

Hi william,if it is possible, i think you may find an answer in Windows 7 beta forum, or you may post there for better answer.http://social.technet.microsoft.com/Forums/en-US/category/w7itpro/Thanks and regards,ScorprioMCTS/MCITP: Enterprise Admin
February 4th, 2009 6:01am

Hi william,if it is possible, i think you may find an answer in Windows 7 beta forum, or you may post there for better answer.http://social.technet.microsoft.com/Forums/en-US/category/w7itpro/Thanks and regards,ScorprioMCTS/MCITP: Enterprise Admin
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February 4th, 2009 6:01am

Suggestion to see an article about repair invalid dynamic disk: http://www.dynamic-disk.com/invalid-dynamic-disk.htmlAnd a named Dynamic disk converter can revert dynamic invalid to basic disk.
March 9th, 2010 1:26pm

I had a similar problem. Solution was that I had my Raid-0 setup using another Raid-0 card. So windows was not sure how the Raid data is stored. Solution was simple I have to use the same card again to recover the content. One more thing, I went back from 2008 to 2003 and it didn't read the content. I hope this helps someone.
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January 17th, 2011 12:27pm

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