On my main system my on-board Promise RAID mirror has died. It was the mirror that contained the OS only. Now I have a spare new HD but its about 100 Mbs smaller for some stupid reason. I guess I could use it as a replacement drive but its not letting me for either that reason or some other reason.

So I am reduced to posting off of my server. It appears that the RAID software says the failed drive is the secondary one. Now if I delete the array will it delete or make inaccessible my data? I thought you could break the mirror as I have done before on my secondary mirror (Intel) by just removing the bad hd then replace it and regenerate the mirror. Guess with Promise its different?

Anyone know the best way to get my system booted up so I can backup some of the data?

Its a Asus P4C800-E Delux mobo and the RAID Mirror is on the Promise ATA IDE controller.

Many thanks for any help.