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Loss of NVIDIA Raid 1
Hi:
This forum has been a remarkable resource in the past, so I thought I would again reach out for help for an extremely perplexing issue (before I cause damage by trying to fix it myself).
My AMD machine utilizes an ASUS M2N-SLI Deluxe motherboard, which includes an NVIDIA nForce 570 raid controller. When I installed Windows 7, the install was a fresh copy of Windows 7 Professional, and I properly installed the Raid controller. Specifically, I had two Western Digital 640 GB HDD in a RAID 1 configuration, and all was well until yesterday, when I logged in and saw double the number of disks that I should have. Of course, the double number was due to the fact that for some reason, my RAID 1 configuration broke down. Windows 7 was now recognizing the other drive as a brand new piece of hardware. Furthermore, when I start up the machine, the RAID controller screen that was typically part of the start up sequence has disappeared entirely.
My questions are:
1. How is it that my RAID controller has broken? I mean, how is it that the driver was somehow removed? Is this an act of some strange malware? I have Avast running, and it's never complained. But, I also have not made any significant system changes that may have lead to this issue.
2. What is the safest way to fix this? I would like to realign the disks into RAID 1.
As always, thank you for your help.