D975XBX2 - Intel RAID - Windows defrag

PJ · Post by PJ » Wed Apr 04, 2007 10:18 pm

It seems that every so often defragmenting the RAID boot drive results in an error which requires either a drive rebuild or system that fails to restart. In some cases the problem requires a re-install of the OS. This happens with both XP and Vista Ultimate. Any thoughts????

liqnit · Post by **liqnit** » Wed Apr 04, 2007 11:37 pm

Are you using the system own defrag software?

Sparky · Post by **Sparky** » Thu Apr 05, 2007 8:00 am

I'm using Intel Matrix Raid and Executive Software Diskeeper and am having no problems with defraging.

Curious to learn more about the problem PJ is having.

PJ · Post by PJ » Thu Apr 05, 2007 7:52 pm

I am refering to the Windows XP and Windows Vista Ultimate defrag utilities with the Intel RAID.

Chassis Coolermaster Centurian 5
Motherboard Intel D975XBX2 w/ 2674 BIOS
Processor Intel Core 2 Duo E6600
Memory 2GB Crucial DDR2-533
Hard Drive 3-320GB Seagate Barracuda ES - RAID 5
CD/DVD Burner Plextor 760A
Floppy Drive Sony MPF-920
Graphics Card Matrox P650 PCIe
Power Supply PC Power & Cooling TurboCool 510 ASL

I just added another 320GB Seagate Barracuda ES and configured the system for 2 - RAID 0 drives with the same result -- every so often -- a system crash which may or may not require a repair or reload.

Sparky · Post by **Sparky** » Thu Apr 05, 2007 7:58 pm

I opted not to use the built in defrag because it never fully defraged my HD's and it was slooooow. You can download a demo of Diskeeper here:

http://consumer.diskeeper.com/downloads ... eid=&Apid=