Fatal Error: Reqblocks miscalculated - need help please

I had 2 drives in a RAID 1 config (uses Intel Matrix Storage) that are 250gb, and replaced with 2 drives that are 1TB which have been running for a month as smaller

drives because the array doesn't repartition. Vista Business 32bit.

Installed the new version of Intel Matrix Storage and ran it, which allowed me to extend the drive to use the unused area of the drive. Rebooted fine. Used it for

a while yesterday with no problems.

Installed Acronis DD 10 (just purchased) and was able to see the partitions. I wanted a larger contiguous "C" drive, rather than adding a new separate partition,

so I went through the process on DD to do the following:

My drive originally had 3 partitions (Dell did this... 10gb recovery, 167gb main c drive, 55gb backup)
I instructed it to:
shorten the backup from 55gb to 10gb because I don't use it.
move that partition to the end
combine the original C drive partition with the new unused space, plus recovered space from the "backup" area.

I committed the changes and it asked to reboot, which I did.

Boot process started and DD intercepted before windows booted and I watched as it gave me status on a black screen with white letters.

It performed steps 1/2/3 without any problems.

On step 4, it failed with this message:

Operation Error: Reqblocks Miscalculated

Now the drive won't boot. It asks for my windows CD and I should repair windows. I have not done this step.

I still have the old drives that I can put in and run (although they are out of date), so at least I can boot, but what exact steps do I need to do to restore my

new drives and data? Are there any other utilities I need to be able to recover my drives intact?

I have an external USB enclosure that I can use to attach one of the drives if that will help... I presume I can attempt to format that way if needed.

PLEASE HELP!

Thank you!
Mark

 

I chatted with Adnan and he instructed me to do the following:

Adnan: 1. Put the Windows Vista installation disc in the CD\DVD disc
drive, and then (re)start the computer

Adnan: 2. Press a key when you are prompted

Adnan: 3. Select language, time, currency, keyboard or input method, and
then click “Next”.

Adnan: 4. Click Repair your computer

Adnan: 5. Click the operating system that you want to repair, and then
click “Next”.

Adnan: 6. In the System Recovery Options dialog box click Command Prompt.

Adnan: 7. Type the following:

Adnan: Bootrec.exe /FixMbr

Adnan: Bootrec.exe /FixBoot

Adnan: Bootrec.exe /RebuildBcd

Adnan: This command scans all disks for installations that are compatible
with Windows Vista. Additionally, this option lets you select the
installations that you want to add to the Boot Configuration Data store.
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I started to follow his advice and did these steps:
put in win cd
pressed enter to continue
selected defaults of lang/time/curr/kb and pressed next
clicked repair
it says: win found prob w startup options, repair & restart? details shows:
startup will be deleted: ms win vista partition not found
startup will be added: win vista bus recovered (C: 886701mb)
part e: 10240mb
copy of current boot config will be put here:
c:\boot\bcd.backup.0001

clicked repair and restart. it restarted
did not click any key to start from cd (win CD still in drive)
acronis started up in blk/white 100% flashed quickly
it restarted again quickly without asking
again not clikcing to boot from cd
now showing "win error recovery", launch startup repair recom OR start win
normally

Note: it did NOT show me the " System Recovery Options dialog box " so I
was not able to enter those commands.

So the question is: What do I do now? Launch startup repair (recommended)
OR Start windows normally OR redo the repair process?

Thank you.
Mark

 

Mark,

Welcome to the forum.

Assuming the partitions are actually not corrupted, DD probably didn't "unhook" itself from the Windows booting process because it failed.

When you boot to the DD CD and look at the drive, do your partitions look correct?

Normally, it's best to do the type of changes you did when booted to the DD CD instead of from Windows. It's also best to do them one at a time instead of telling DD to do them all automatically. This allows you to have control over the process and also know if one step fails or doesn't complete properly before the next one starts.

If you boot to the Vista DVD and enter the Repair mode and start the Command Prompt, does chkdsk report that there are errors on the Vista partition? At this point, I wouldn't use either the /f or /r options to fix any errors, just check to see if there are any.

Do you have a backup of the drive (an image backup, for example)?