crcdisk.sys error with SATA RAID Vista x64 Ultimate

splosher

splosher

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Hi
It's been a while since i've listed anything on this brilliant forum due to the fact that with people like Brink/ Shawn giving you infomation regarding a problem you've got, you suddenly don't have that problem anymore!
So, as this goes against my usual grain, in the space of just 4 days I have had 2 crcdisk.sys boot errors, which have resulted in 2 complete rebuilds - not a happy bunny, I can tell you.
I'm running an ASUS P5N32-E SLI that's fully flashed to latest BIOS and have happily run it with a Q6600, 4 gig RAM and Vista x64 Ultimate on SATA RAID0 for the last 18 months and had no problems whatsoever. However, on Monday I put the computer to sleep instead of shutting down, so just pressed the "off" button and went to bed - big mistake! Next morning, defaults have been loaded at POST, it wouldn't boot and going through safe mode showed the dreaded "crcdisk.sys" stopping place in the boot list, so tried and tried to no avail and then spent 12 hours reloading, updating and installing right up to SP2.
Woke up this morning, switched on and suddenly the POST screen flashes up and it says that defaults have been loaded for some reason and lo and behold! we're off again with "crcdisk.sys" error and once again, it's taken another 10/ 12 hours to get back to a semblence of order.
My question is this: is there ANY workaround when faced with the crcdisk.sys error? Bearing in mind I run a SATA RAID set-up, so the problem does appear to be the loss or corruption of the Nvidia SATA RAID boot drivers. Surely someone must have worked out a way of salvaging their operating system rather than doing a rebuild? I have tried repair but that doesn't work, even if you wait for 3 hours for it to end its cycle, nor does the memory check do anything of value.
Have searched Google but nothing's come of that, so i'm hoping one of you guys with the big brains can sort this out.
By the way, sorry if in wrong topic/ section.
Many thanks
 

My Computer

System One

  • CPU
    Q6600@stock
    Motherboard
    Asus P5N32-E SLI
    Memory
    4GB Geil DDR2 PC6400 CAS4
    Graphics card(s)
    1 x BFG 8800 GTS 512mb OC
    Hard Drives
    2 x 80Gb Samsung SATAll in RAID 0 2 x 80Gb Maxtor SATA1 in RAID 1 1 x 120Gb Maxtor SATA1 back-up
    Internet Speed
    Bt Broadband, so about same as 56k modem!
Come on Fellas, there must be someone who's got an idea regarding this problem?
 

My Computer

System One

  • CPU
    Q6600@stock
    Motherboard
    Asus P5N32-E SLI
    Memory
    4GB Geil DDR2 PC6400 CAS4
    Graphics card(s)
    1 x BFG 8800 GTS 512mb OC
    Hard Drives
    2 x 80Gb Samsung SATAll in RAID 0 2 x 80Gb Maxtor SATA1 in RAID 1 1 x 120Gb Maxtor SATA1 back-up
    Internet Speed
    Bt Broadband, so about same as 56k modem!
Where exactly does this crcdisk.sys error occur? During boot, before the Windows Splash screen pops up, when you attempt to boot into Safe Mode? What exactly does the error message say?

If it occurs before Windows starts loading, have you tried to rebuild the RAID array?
 

My Computer

System One

usasma said:
Where exactly does this crcdisk.sys error occur? During boot, before the Windows Splash screen pops up, when you attempt to boot into Safe Mode? What exactly does the error message say?

If it occurs before Windows starts loading, have you tried to rebuild the RAID array?
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Many thanks for the reply
It occurs when the system won't boot, so then I boot in safe mode and the list of loading drivers stops at crcdisk.sys and won't go any further.
Of course I have rebuilt the RAID array but my question is asking if anyone knows of a potential work around of this problem so that I - and others - don't have to rebuild a perfectly working RAID array and lose any important info.
Perhaps there's a way to get around it by adjusting certain BIOS settings or can you reload your MoBo SATA RAID drives at Vista repair without deleting your array before hand?
Any suggestions would be great, thanks.
 

My Computer

System One

  • CPU
    Q6600@stock
    Motherboard
    Asus P5N32-E SLI
    Memory
    4GB Geil DDR2 PC6400 CAS4
    Graphics card(s)
    1 x BFG 8800 GTS 512mb OC
    Hard Drives
    2 x 80Gb Samsung SATAll in RAID 0 2 x 80Gb Maxtor SATA1 in RAID 1 1 x 120Gb Maxtor SATA1 back-up
    Internet Speed
    Bt Broadband, so about same as 56k modem!
OK, I see what you're getting at here. As I understand it, the screen stopping at crcdisk.sys is an indication that crcdisk.sys was successfully loaded - and it's the driver after that that didn't load.

There is likely to be a way to fix this - but first we've gotta figure out what to fix :)
Without knowing why the system isn't working, we have to perform some diagnostics in order to locate the issues.


So, get to the point where you feel that the system will lock up at crcdisk.sys the next time that you boot.
Then enable boot logging (in the Safe Mode screen) and go ahead and let it lock up.
Reboot and perform the steps necessary to successfully boot into Windows (to get a successful boot log report).
Then locate the boot log file (usually at C:\Windows\ntbtlog.txt) and upload it with your next post.

Most likely that will tell us what the driver was that didn't load (although this is sometimes 'iffy') and we can work from there.
 

My Computer

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usasma said:
OK, I see what you're getting at here. As I understand it, the screen stopping at crcdisk.sys is an indication that crcdisk.sys was successfully loaded - and it's the driver after that that didn't load.

There is likely to be a way to fix this - but first we've gotta figure out what to fix :)
Without knowing why the system isn't working, we have to perform some diagnostics in order to locate the issues.


So, get to the point where you feel that the system will lock up at crcdisk.sys the next time that you boot.
Then enable boot logging (in the Safe Mode screen) and go ahead and let it lock up.
Reboot and perform the steps necessary to successfully boot into Windows (to get a successful boot log report).
Then locate the boot log file (usually at C:\Windows\ntbtlog.txt) and upload it with your next post.

Most likely that will tell us what the driver was that didn't load (although this is sometimes 'iffy') and we can work from there.
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The "Reboot... successfully boot into Windows" cannot be done as the system will not boot into Windows without reinstalling Vista again, but i know the system stops on crcdisk.sys in safe mode as i've been through all that, plus repair, tried reinstalling SATA RAID drives, etc. The thing is, none of these work and each time i'm going back to a rebuild of the entire operating system, which has been done now anyway, so cannot check the bootlog anyhow.

I really don't want obtuse as I appreciate you taking time to answer my query, but the real questions are simply these - why would a defaulting of my ASUS P5N32-E SLI BIOS result in the complete loss of my SATA RAID drives, even though I can turn back on SATA RAID in the menus and can see the array in my boot info and secondary, if this problem has happened to me with this board, it must have occured with other people and if so, does anyone know of there being a work around/ trick/ BIOS update/ driver download available to save your operating system without having to rebuild your system again?

Many thanks.
 

My Computer

System One

  • CPU
    Q6600@stock
    Motherboard
    Asus P5N32-E SLI
    Memory
    4GB Geil DDR2 PC6400 CAS4
    Graphics card(s)
    1 x BFG 8800 GTS 512mb OC
    Hard Drives
    2 x 80Gb Samsung SATAll in RAID 0 2 x 80Gb Maxtor SATA1 in RAID 1 1 x 120Gb Maxtor SATA1 back-up
    Internet Speed
    Bt Broadband, so about same as 56k modem!
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