Hang on Reboot Autocheck of Stripe Set with Parity

 Last reviewed: May 14, 1997
Article ID: Q110942

The information in this article applies to:
  • Microsoft Windows NT Advanced Server version 3.1

SYMPTOMS

If you restart after a system failure that caused data corruption, Microsoft Windows NT Advanced Server stops responding (hangs) while autochecking a stripe set with parity.

CAUSE

When you reboot after a system failure, CHKDSK calls NTFS to search for data corruption. When NTFS finds discrepancies in the redundant data, it attempts to replace the bad sector with its redundant sector. The FTDISK driver calls the SCSI driver to read the redundant sector, but Windows NT hangs because the SCSI driver's asynchronous procedure call (APC) completion thread does not have priority over the FTDISK driver synchronous thread waiting for the call to return.

STATUS

Microsoft has confirmed this to be a problem in Windows NT and Windows NT Advanced Server version 3.1. This problem has been corrected in the latest U.S. Service Pack for Windows NT and Windows NT Advanced Server version 3.1. For information on obtaining the Service Pack, query on the following word in the Microsoft Knowledge Base (without the spaces): 

   S E R V P A C K

Additional query words: prodnt
Keywords : kbbug3.10 kbother ntboot ntdriver ntfault
Version : 3.1
Platform : WINDOWS

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Last reviewed: May 14, 1997
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