...Microsoft Certified Professional Microsoft MVP [Windows] http://www.microsoft.com/protect... sata). With RAID5-BIOS, Windows Server 2003 started formatting my 4...couldn't complete it ("the format did not complete successfully"). The...onboard-RAID functions. Neither Quick-format nor longformat could complete the...success. Any ideas? Should I use another special format utility? Marcel...

... doing this from text mode portion of Windows setup or from within Windows ... newsgroup. Microsoft Certified Professional Microsoft MVP [Windows] http://www.microsoft.com/protect "Marcel"...-controller with a costy 3ware SATA RAID5-controller. Now, the stuff is running like a charm. But I would really like to know why Windows Server 2003 couldn't complete the SIL3114 RAID-format. ...

...Patrick ....Please no email replies - reply in newsgroup. Microsoft Certified Professional Microsoft MVP [Windows] http://www.microsoft.com/protect "Marcel" wrote: Hi Dave, I'm trying to format from with the Windows GUI on a ready Windows Server. I didn't try it from text setup, because I learned it's not a good idea to ...

... reply in newsgroup. Microsoft Certified Professional Microsoft MVP [Windows] http://www.microsoft.com/protect "Marcel" wrote: I'm speaking of a simple format command from within in the Windows GUI (my computer -> manage -> disk management tool) which ... job. Just before the end of the format job, windows says "can't complete format ". I have no idea why this happens. Using a ...