Disk failure predicted, freeze, then reboot - Investigating Problems with Disks https://forums.softraid.com/investigating-problems-with-disks/disk-failure-predicted-freeze-then-reboot/ SoftRAID Discussion Board en-US Sat, 25 Apr 2026 00:33:07 +0000 wpForo 60 Disk failure predicted, freeze, then reboot https://forums.softraid.com/investigating-problems-with-disks/disk-failure-predicted-freeze-then-reboot/#post-2930 Fri, 19 Oct 2018 20:33:30 +0000 Investigating Problems with Disks SoftRAID Support https://forums.softraid.com/investigating-problems-with-disks/disk-failure-predicted-freeze-then-reboot/#post-2930 Disk failure predicted, freeze, then reboot https://forums.softraid.com/investigating-problems-with-disks/disk-failure-predicted-freeze-then-reboot/#post-2929 Fri, 19 Oct 2018 20:02:17 +0000 You may need direct support for this. Its clear that there is indeed a bad disk. Second, you really need to have a backup!!! Never rely on any single source for your data. Get a subscription to backblaze, buy a couple external disks, whatever, but keep at least one, if not two copies of your data, and one of them off site! Here is one thing you can do shut down. remove all the disks from your Thunderbay (pull them out one inch is enough) Run SoftRAID. Insert only one disk. See if it is predicted to fail. Pull it out an inch, then do the next, until you find the bad drive. then, IMPORTANT: Shut down again and insert all three "good" drives. Restart. Does your volume mount? if so, good. then I would make sure you are backed up, then you can insert the new disk and "Add disk" and rebuild your volume. I would not go any further until critical data is backed up! Thank you for the quick response and suggestion. Your point about backups is well taken. I maintain a nightly backup of the ThunderBay to a Mercury Elite Pro QX2 and have much of the raw data saved elsewhere. Regarding the potential solution. When you say
then, IMPORTANT: Shut down again and insert all three "good" drives. Restart.
Do you mean shut down the computer or SoftRAID? Cheers.]]> Investigating Problems with Disks Shodan https://forums.softraid.com/investigating-problems-with-disks/disk-failure-predicted-freeze-then-reboot/#post-2929 Disk failure predicted, freeze, then reboot https://forums.softraid.com/investigating-problems-with-disks/disk-failure-predicted-freeze-then-reboot/#post-2928 Fri, 19 Oct 2018 19:45:35 +0000 Investigating Problems with Disks SoftRAID Support https://forums.softraid.com/investigating-problems-with-disks/disk-failure-predicted-freeze-then-reboot/#post-2928 Disk failure predicted, freeze, then reboot https://forums.softraid.com/investigating-problems-with-disks/disk-failure-predicted-freeze-then-reboot/#post-548 Fri, 19 Oct 2018 19:35:29 +0000 Investigating Problems with Disks Shodan https://forums.softraid.com/investigating-problems-with-disks/disk-failure-predicted-freeze-then-reboot/#post-548