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I am getting an access is denied error when attempting to access a stripped dynamic drive, can anyone please help as i would like to keep the info on it.

After a graphics card burnout that necessitated a motherboard replacement (costly smoky and rather smelly) i have had to reinstall win2k.

I have managed to keep most of the data on drive c that is a basic fat disk containing the system but although i can see drive d in the file manager i cant access it.

When i try and get its properties it is reported as being 0 bytes.

When i look at it in the disk manager it correctly reports it as 1x 20 gb stripped dynamic healthy NTFS composed of 2 x 10 gb hdds that are said to be online and healthy.

I should probably say something about my hardware, i have a promice ultra DMA66 controller, but all apears to be working as the dynamic drives show up in the drive manager.

I would greatly apreciate any help so as i dont have to lose the data stored on these drives.

I have searched these forums and microsofts support site but have not found anything that helps so far.

Many thanks

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[DosFreak]

Hmmm, did you ever backup your old NT install? I believe the information for the software RAID is stored in NT in the registry but I could be wrong.... Unsure how to recover a software RAID from a fresh install without a backup.

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Thanks for taking a look, dont i feel silly now i found out the problem.

For some reason when i reinstalled win2k the administrator did not have permission for that drive. i gave administrator permission and all was back to normal

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DosFreak i guess we posted at the same time as i didnt see your reply. yes but long ago, and before so many hardware changes, but not before the burn out unfortunatly, lol that made me feel silly too thanks anyway