SYMPTOMS
After you restart a Microsoft Windows 2000-based computer that has RAW Dynamic disk mirrored volumes or RAW RAID-5 volumes, your volumes may resynchronize. Although the Disk Management snap-in typically shows the Resynching status of RAW Dynamic disk
mirrored volumes or of RAW RAID-5 volumes only after an unexpected restart operation or a system crash, the resynchronizing operation may occur after every shutdown. This resynchronizing operation occurs if a write operation was performed on the RAW Dynamic disk mirrored volumes or on the RAW RAID-5 volumes before the shutdown. This symptom does not occur on volumes that contain a formatted file system such as the following file systems:
Note A RAW volume is a volume that was never formatted and does not contain a file system such as FAT, FAT32, or NTFS. A RAW volume is typically written to by a program that does not require a file system. The program performs direct I/O to the RAW volume instead. For example, Microsoft SQL Server does not require a file system. It performs direct I/O to the RAW volume instead.
RESOLUTION
Hotfix Information
A supported hotfix is now available from Microsoft, but it is only intended to correct the problem that this article describes. Apply it only to systems that are experiencing this specific problem.
To resolve this problem, contact Microsoft Product Support Services to obtain the hotfix. For a complete list of Microsoft Product Support Services telephone numbers and information about support costs, visit the following Microsoft Web site:
Note In special cases, charges that are ordinarily incurred for support calls may be canceled if a Microsoft Support Professional determines that a specific update will resolve your problem. The usual support costs will apply to additional support questions and issues that do not qualify for the specific update in question.
Prerequisites
No prerequisites are required.
Restart Requirement
You must restart your computer after you apply this hotfix.
Hotfix Replacement Information
This hotfix does not replace any other hotfixes.
File Information
The English version of this hotfix has the file attributes (or later) that are listed in the following table. The dates and times for these files are listed in coordinated universal time (UTC). When you view the file information, it is converted to local time. To find the difference between UTC and local time, use the
Time Zone tab in the Date and Time tool in Control Panel.
Date Time Version Size File name
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24-Feb-2004 22:42 2195.6901.297.3 138,640 Dmio.sys
WORKAROUND
To work around this problem, format the RAW volume or volumes by using one of the following supported file systems:
Note You cannot work around this problem by using RAW volumes.