ZAR locks up on last block

[Timereaver]

I haven't been able to get the volume analysis phase to complete, after 4:30 hours it gets to the very end, and reports a 'red' or bad block. The logfile is full of the error at the end, but then the program hangs. I've tried clicking on the ignore bad blocks button, but no luck. Chkdsk and scandisk don't report any bad blocks on the drive. I'm not sure what to do - I posted the logfile in another reply but I can do it again if need be. Any ideas would be appreciated! I've tried rebooting etc.

Timereaver

[Alexey V. Gubin]

So you can try skipping that last block.

When prompted to select a volume, right click the volume and select "Define volume manually".

It will prompt for a volume parameters. Enter

1. (*) The volume is defined as follows:
2. Start location: Enter the same value as listed in the selection screen
3. Volume size: Subtract 20MB or so from a value listed for the volume, enter the result. If the size is listed in GBs, remember 1GB = 1024MB.

Click OK and scan the volume you have just defined.

[Timereaver]

Unfortunately I have only been able to see the option 'Define RAID Manually' when right-clicking on the drive, which does not apply in this situation as it is only a single drive. The option 'Define volume manually' is not showing.

Timereaver

[Timereaver]

Also, what does it mean when one of the devices shows up as 'FAULT' under 'status'? I cannot find any problem with the drive otherwise, it's fairly new so I'm puzzled. Thanks for your help!

Timereaver

[Alexey V. Gubin]

Originally Posted by Timereaver

Unfortunately I have only been able to see the option 'Define RAID Manually' when right-clicking on the drive, which does not apply in this situation as it is only a single drive. The option 'Define volume manually' is not showing.

Select a drive, click "Proceed". The option to define volume is in the volume list, rather than a physical device list.

So,

1. On the first screen click "Proceed".
2. Select "Recover simple volume", click "Proceed".
3. Select the appropriate physical drive, click "Proceed".
4. The volume list is shown, right click in it. There will be an option to define volume.

[Timereaver]

I've included a screenshot of what I am finding - I still cannot locate that option from the steps you have detailed sorry for that. Hopefully my attached screenshot will help. Thank you,

Timereaver

[Alexey V. Gubin]

Screenshots are good.

You're trying to use the "logical drive" mode, in which ZAR relies on the operating system to provide volume boundaries. In this mode, there is no way to adjust the volume boundaries.

To revert back

1. Start ZAR.
2. On the first screen, click "Advanced Configuration".
3. In there, switch to "Disks and partitions" tab.
4. Check the disk access mode at the top of the window. Your current setting is "Disk access using logical drives (C:, D:, etc)". Change it to "Disk access using physical devices".
5. Click OK to close configuration window.

This should regain the "Define volume manually" function, which you should use as described somewhere earlier.

[Alexey V. Gubin]

Also, the "FAULT" indication is pretty much useless with logical drives. With physical drives, ZAR queries the system for the percepted device status (i.e. if it is functioning OK, or has errors, or a SMART failure is sensed). However, the results in logical drive mode are to be taken with a grain of salt.

[Timereaver]

Hi there - thanks for the additional help - I did exactly what you suggested, and the menu is still the same, as per my new screenshot. There is only the option to define the RAID, which this is not. Am I at a brick wall?

Timereaver

[Alexey V. Gubin]

This is actually one step forward.

At the screenshot, we're looking at the list of a physical devices in the machine. From the position at your screenshot, select the drive on which the ext2 volume resides and double click it. ZAR will then provide one more list - of the volumes on this physical drive. There will be your "Linux Native" volume (ext2). Right click that volume, and you will arrive at what we need.