I have the exact same problem as was discussed in this thread: ICH10R - RAID 5 - Problem replacing failed drive
However, the array that is in "rebuild" mode is my Windows 7 boot volume, so I cannot access Intel's RSTe application.
My system:
Intel Core i7-3930K
Asus P9X79 Deluxe motherboard
32GB (4 x 8GB) Mushkin DDR3-1866MHz
3 x 1TB WD RE4 7200rpm drives
I had one drive go bad, then rebuilt the array. It stayed ok for a week or so, then dropped out of the array again. I again attempted to rebuild the array, but the rebuild process was running overnight (which was all that was required the first time) and seemed to be stuck between 10 and 20 percent, so I shut the computer down (the temperature in my room was getting uncomfortable from leaving the computer on so long). Anyway, when I booted the computer again, the drive still showed as bad, so I filled out an RMA with WD, grabbed the drive from my PC, and sent it in to be repaired/replaced.
Now that I have the replacement drive, I'm trying to boot into Windows, expecting the array to simply show as "Degraded", but it is marked as "Failed". There is no option to mark anything as a spare in the boot options, only the options to create an array, delete an array, or mark drives as non-RAID.
Now, my guess is that some flag/bit is set in the raid configuration that marks the array as being in the process of a rebuild, and that if someone was brave enough, that bit/byte/sector could be unset somehow. I would be comfortable attempting to do this, as I am fairly comfortable with Linux and the tools that can be used to do low-level writes to a drive. I have Ubuntu set up on a solid state drive, which is what I've been using while waiting on my drive to come back from RMA. I just need to know if an Intel engineer who is familiar with this motherboard RAID system could tell me what bits to twiddle to "turn off" the rebuild process.
Thanks,
Matt