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Any help please? RAID 0 Sata problem

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azneinstein

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Hi guys, I was wondering if somebody can help me figure out a way to solve this dilemna

So in the first generation of SATA, I had the Asus A7N8X deluxe motherboard with a barton 2500 (one of the best/stable combo's ever IMO). With that I had two SATA drives, western digital 250gb running RAID 0 throught the SATA connections. Here's the problem, so eventually I upgraded and didn't really back up the information which contains gigs of important pictures, documents, and your usual gigs of music/movies/anime. When my brother tried to take it out and use it on his new machine, it detected it but the data would have been lost and the drives would be reformatted. So my question is if there's any way I can get the data off. It seems like it has to be the same RAID controller, on the Asus I believe it was the "Promise" controller. I currenly have a Biostar K8NHA pro Motherboard with the S754 platform. So would I have to get the same motherboard or controller to access the data? Or am I screwed and I'll never be able to get that information back again? (I don't think I'll ever go back to RAID...) Thanks guys and I hope you guys can help! -Ken
 
Any way you can hook up the old system? That would be the best way even if you had to bench assemble it (no case) and transfer the necessary data through the nic. Otherwise you could try a standalone controller or a recovery app but either of those two options are more 'last ditch, probably not going to work but still going to try it' avenues.
 
Most RAID sets are very particular about being moved from one controller to another, as most controller manufacturers have at least slightly different implementations. Your best bet is to connect the RAID set back to its old controller and then backup the data before migrating the drives. Alternately, you can look up the onboard controller specifications and go to that manufacturer's website to see if they make a PCI card that uses the same chipset. If so then there's a good chance you'll be able to hook that up into any machine you like and have the RAID set be recognized.

Hope this helps.
 
i vote for ---you need to put it back together for any real hope of getting that data. its really the simplest and best way, its not the only way
 
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