Raid 0 recovery (Yeah, laugh it up guys)

[SCiFiRE]

Had all my photos and software on a RAID 0 array temporarily. a little too temporarily it turns out. I moved the computer from one room to another and bang, all of a sudden the onboard raid controller says "not a valid raid set! press F4 to enter RAID utility"

The harddrives are pretty new, and i dont think either have failled. Its just gotten corrupted somehow. Rebuilding doesnt seem to be working. any ideas how to make a recovery? software packages around?

[fri2219]

You're screwed. You'd have better luck making Dick Cheney honest.

RAID 0 is god's way of telling you that your data wasn't really needed.

[Crosshairs]

I wont laugh...been there done that.You wont see another RAID 0 array in one of my rigs ever....just not worth it IMHO..
Anyway..with my speech out of the way..:)

There are software apps that will recover a RAID 0 array, but they are expensive and not alway 100% effective.

Google for a bunch.
I have used File Scavenger, but never with a RAID 0 array..so I cant tel you how good it would be at that..I know it works great for regular data recovery though, and its only $40.00..


You can also opt to send the drives out for recovery..whichever you chose, I wish you all the luck in the world.

[drizzt81]

I am not laughing, I am merely basking in my feeling of superiority and `told-you-so'-ness...

However, since I don't get any satisfaction out of that, I suggest you may want to give this software a try:
http://www.runtime.org/raid.htm

[Brahmzy]

Again, there's nothing wrong with RAID0. It serves it's purpose VERY well. Ya just got bit by temporarily putting important data on it.

I love RAID0 and will always continue to use it. At any given time, my array can destroy itself and I won't lose sleep 'cause all the critical stuff is on another drive and then backuped up weekly off of that drive onto another PC.

That's very weird you lost the array anyways - I've had RAID0 setups for the last 8 years and never lost a drive or an array (knock on wood.)

[Sparkyy]

However, since I don't get any satisfaction out of that, I suggest you may want to give this software a try:
http://www.runtime.org/raid.htm

Take a look at them, the have RAID Reconstructor which works for RAID 0 and RAID 5 then just use GetDataBack and see if you can recovery those important files from it.

I actually use RAID 0 in my rig as well and have used the same 2 drives for 2 1/2 yrs, ran for a long time with no backup at all. :eek: Now I just run Genie-Soft to back up my array to my server. Much simpler. :D

[PilotKD]

This may be a stupid question, but have you checked for loose cables?

[ALL4AMD]

Again, there's nothing wrong with RAID0. It serves it's purpose VERY well. Ya just got bit by temporarily putting important data on it.

I love RAID0 and will always continue to use it. At any given time, my array can destroy itself and I won't lose sleep 'cause all the critical stuff is on another drive and then backuped up weekly off of that drive onto another PC.

That's very weird you lost the array anyways - I've had RAID0 setups for the last 8 years and never lost a drive or an array (knock on wood.)


i never had a problem with raid 0 for the 4 years i have been using it, nor have i lost a drive or the array.

[thebeephaha]

Again, there's nothing wrong with RAID0. It serves it's purpose VERY well. Ya just got bit by temporarily putting important data on it.

I love RAID0 and will always continue to use it. At any given time, my array can destroy itself and I won't lose sleep 'cause all the critical stuff is on another drive and then backuped up weekly off of that drive onto another PC.

That's very weird you lost the array anyways - I've had RAID0 setups for the last 8 years and never lost a drive or an array (knock on wood.)

I feel the same, I have only been using my RAID0 for a year now but I keep my important stuff on my RAID5 which is to this date been a life saver.

[aardvark sandwich]

You're screwed. You'd have better luck making Dick Cheney honest.

Or Dennis Kucinich;)

[SCiFiRE]

I am not laughing, I am merely basking in my feeling of superiority and `told-you-so'-ness...

However, since I don't get any satisfaction out of that, I suggest you may want to give this software a try:
http://www.runtime.org/raid.htm

that looks very promising. Ill try it as soon as i get home. I really dont think there will be much lost if anything at all. Its really strange, i didnt even remove those drives. I moved the box to a new room, plugged in an IDE drive to back it up, and boom, raid array gone, with both drives seemingly spinning happily.

Again, there's nothing wrong with RAID0. It serves it's purpose VERY well. Ya just got bit by temporarily putting important data on it.

I love RAID0 and will always continue to use it. At any given time, my array can destroy itself and I won't lose sleep 'cause all the critical stuff is on another drive and then backuped up weekly off of that drive onto another PC.

That's very weird you lost the array anyways - I've had RAID0 setups for the last 8 years and never lost a drive or an array (knock on wood.)

yes im a bit wierded out, seems very strange.

This may be a stupid question, but have you checked for loose cables?

No such a silly question. I have checked the cables but they dont seem loose. I have a gut feeling maybe one of the cables is screwy...However i have no spares atm to try.

[Mtnduey]

yeah I'm in the same boat as you OP. I was moving data between computers and used my Raid 0 as a temp holding space. Got backed up at work and didnt have time to finish the project at home and what do you know, one of the drives in my raid 0 starts making that loud clunking noise. F-Bomb! Not many options beyond sending it to a recovery specialist but I dont think they'll get much as the drive itself is unable to even be recognized as it's just sitting there, clunk, clunk, clunk, clunk *woot* :(

So I feel your pain man. This is the 2nd time I've been bitten by Hitachi drives failing on me. Sucks but not much that can be done.

[fri2219]

I suggest you may want to give this software a try:
http://www.runtime.org/raid.htm

That company makes some truly useful software, but it requires some fairly hefty spare disk space to use- It requires you to pay for one program to create an image, and then shell out more money for the program that recovers the data from the image- meaning that if you have 2x160GB Drives, you need 320GB free space for the image,and that much space again, even with sparse datasets.

And even then, it's slow. Excruciatingly slow, and you're very limited in the range of filesystems it will work on: FAT16 or NTFS.

For that amount of risk of loss, money, hardware, and time (we're talking a week for those two hypothetical drives), you might be better off sending the drives to DriveSavers (http://www.drivesavers.com/enterprise_solutions/index.html). (Call them for a free quote at the link)

P.S. What's the emoticon for wince?

[leSLIe]

Had all my photos and software on a RAID 0 array

are u using your mobo´s RAID controller? or do u have a PCI Raid Controller card?


i´m sorry for your lost pr0n :(

[SCiFiRE]

Yes, loss of pr0n is a sad day indeed.
Motherboards RAID controller.

fri2219 > I've thought about sending it off to a recover place like that (one in melbourne), but im in debate. Theres a few things on there i dont exactly want the local authorities seeing, if you know what i mean, and im not sure on their policies on grey-area of software/mp3s/etc

[leSLIe]

Motherboards RAID controller.

...theres a few things on there i dont exactly want the local authorities seeing, if you know what i mean

:D

well in the future, if u want to have a RAID setup i would recommend to u to get yourself a good Raid Controller card, it could cost a little bit more (like 200 bucks more) but the good reliability is well worth it ;)

[SCiFiRE]

You wouldnt believe it, My luck has certainly changed for the better.
(if you didnt already know in the same week this happened, I also bought a new car which was promptly smashed into, then the loan car i got from insurance company was smashed into, then the ceiling of my bedroom caved in because of rain/storm damage. just hasnt been my week)

I went to try the Raid recovery software. I booted up, as usual the RAID controller yelled at me "RAID set is broken!!!!!" or whatever it says.... i get in, copy some stuff to C:, then out of nowhere appears 'D:'...... wtf...its all there, happy as larry.

quickly moving stuff onto other drives as i type. lol
phew.

learnt my lesson. no more raid0.

[Old Hippie]

You wouldnt believe it, My luck has certainly changed for the better.
(if you didnt already know in the same week this happened, I also bought a new car which was promptly smashed into, then the loan car i got from insurance company was smashed into, then the ceiling of my bedroom caved in because of rain/storm damage. just hasnt been my week)

How could it have gotten any worse? :eek:

Good Luck! :D

[ALL4AMD]

learnt my lesson. no more raid0.


i wouldn't be that extreme. just don't put important stuff on ur raid 0 lesson learned.

[Brahmzy]

i wouldn't be that extreme. just don't put important stuff on ur raid 0 lesson learned.

QFT.

[SCiFiRE]

I dont have anything sizable enough to require a RAID that ISNT important. lol.