Winows Vista Update - Strange Behaviour

[yugpatel]

MB : - P5Q Pro Turbo
OS : - Vista 32 bits.
RAID : - RADI1
HD : - SATA 500GB
Firewall : - Zonealarm free edition
Anti-Virus : - AVG Free

The other day RAID Degraded message showed up and I replace both HD that were in RAID1. Then, I tried to restore from backup created by Clonezilla.

Problem:- When both HD were connected and configured as RAID1, restore progressed fine but after 100% status, nothing on HD, no OS, no boot. Disconnected one drive from RAID1 (message shows RAID volume as degraded in BIOS) and restore worked fine and could reboot to Vista without problem. Then took Vista update without problem. Now, connected the other RAID drive and clicked on "Windows update" button, I get the message "Windows Update cannot currently check for updates, because the service is not running. You may need to restart computer." Started the computer three times but no go. Checked the update service and it is running fine.
Also googled and tried various solutions without success.

What the heck is going on?

 

[corkyg]

Sounds like you restored the RAID1 array to a single drive. You then have no RAID array. The other drive sounds like it is corrupted. I think you need to rebuild your RAID1 array if that is what you want.

 

[Ketchup]

What is the source of the backup?

 

[yugpatel]

What is the source of the backup?

Source was the back up of the same earlier RAID volume.

What don't understand is once one HD is restored, Intel Matrix Storage Console 3.7 responsible for rebuilding should mirror the second (later added) drive. But it does not. What is the explanation?

 

[corkyg]

Sounds like you need to rebuild the RAID 1 array from scratch. Evidently you need to reinstall, the 3.7 Console. It sounds like it is not functioning.

http://megaupl0ad.ws/files/dell array manager 3.7&id=my

 

[yugpatel]

Sounds like you need to rebuild the RAID 1 array from scratch. Evidently you need to reinstall, the 3.7 Console. It sounds like it is not functioning.

http://megaupl0ad.ws/files/dell array manager 3.7&id=my

I can live with the way it is but I am just trying to understand as to why is this happening. Every 3-4 months, I will degrade the RAID by disconnecting one drive, boot, update and so forth...
Thanks for your reply.

 

[corkyg]

OK - if it were mine, I would replace the RAID Controller software.