I have a raid 0 computer. I defraged my computer with a bad sector on one of the hard drives. I now need to recover some data.
Can i recover data by plugging one HD at a time into a 2.5" HD enclosure and having another computer take the data off it?
Sure providing the drive is still functional and the data you are looking for isnt corrupt
I have on my server 2 x 1000GB Seagate hard drives connected to a raid controller, which means both have the same data. One day they both stopped working. both have the same damage.
I need to recover the data is very important! I usually use a data recovery program but in this case is difficult because i’m not able to c the drives, I can only c them on Device manager for less than 5 minutes.
Please i need a solution.
Thanks
Hi
so it did-not occur to you to buy a third and forth drives for when one drive failed then.
raid systems usually use a hot swap able drives for redundancy.
the case of a little knowledge being a dangerous thing didn’t spring to mind then.
Copying the contents of those drives should have been paramount to a systems manager.
if employed by a company dismissal would be immediate.
so sadly you have lost something it could just be the power supply…if it is you are lucky.
but if both have failed, what can one say…………………………….?
there is another old saying in the computer world and it is this ITS NOT A CASE IF IT WILL FAIL BUT WHEN.
I had two SATA 250GB drive in a RAID 0 setup. Both working together. My primary SATA hard drive had a malfunction and I had to remove it, and replaced it with a new drive. Computer works fine.
But unfortunately I lost some data. I can’t even find it in my backup. I think it’s still in that malfunctioning hard drive.
When I put the "bad" hard drive into a docking bay and hook it up to my computer, the computer will recognize it. But it says do you want to format the disk? Of course I have not.
The disk is still usable, but has no operating system. Are there any ways for me to recover data from that disk? How do I find out if there’s still even data on the disk?
Any help or suggestions are welcomed.
Maybe there was something wrong with your partition table.You can try to fix it.I know a software named wondershare data recovery which has the function of patition recovery. Hope u can get your datas !
My old desktop died a few months ago as a capacitor blew on the motherboard. Unfortunately I had a raid 0 set-up for my data and can no longer access that data. I’ve tried various USB to sata connections and recovery software to no avail.
I want to resurrect this machine in order to access those drives but I am having difficulty sourcing the original motherboard (MSI 865PE Neo2-PFISR.) My only option has been ordering one off of ebay from China for $130.
However I am finding other socket 478 (with the ICH5/ICH5R raid chip) boards on ebay for much less and from US sellers. For instance the Asus P4P800-MX Socket 478 MotherBoard 865/865GV.
My question is; Will my computer boot with a different motherboard considering most if not all the specs are the same as the originial (478, ICH5/ICH5R, etc.?) And will the raid drives work?
Thanks!
-Lee
I would get the exact motherboard that you had before.
A different motherboard may have a different BIOS that does not recognize your HDDs for RAID.
Also, might I suggest you get an external USB HDD to backup your stuff.
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A few days ago I had a problem with my computer . I acidently unhooked my 2 hard drives. I was able to conect them again but it wiped my hard drive. Do i need to buy an all new os disk? (I think i have RAID 0, i dont knoiw much about computers.)
try reversing the hook up on the drives..it may be reading the wrong one first…cheers
My Vista install cannot boot. I’m attempting to recover data from a RAID 0 array. I can boot other OS’s off of USB keys, and I have done so easily. I need an OS, presumably a Linux environment with a GUI, that can read the array. It is an Nvidia "fakeraid", that was made in the BIOS of my 750i chipset motherboard.
So, if anyone has such a distro that can recognize RAID0 arrays that has a GUI, I’d greatly appreciate the help!!!
Take a look at running Knoppix from a LiveCD which should allow you to access your data
http://www.knoppix.net/
LUg.
I cannot login to Win XP because it says a system/file is missing. It won’t let me get into Windows recovery mode using the WinXP install CD either (when i try it asks to select a hard drive and then doesn’t do anything).
I have tried using knoppix linux live cd to retrieve the files of the hard drive, however it wont let me open the hd (i have tried to mount it via the terminal as well but no luck there either). I have heard that knoppix does not support SATA (raid) hard drives so this would explain why that doesn’t work.
Im pretty sure the hard drive is ok (it is picked up in the system check on start up and also in knoppix as a storage medium). Any ideas would be much appreciated!
I cannot login to Win XP because it says a system/file is missing. It won’t let me get into Windows recovery mode using the WinXP install CD either (when i try it asks to select a hard drive and then doesn’t do anything).
I have tried using knoppix linux live cd to retrieve the files of the hard drive, however it wont let me open the hd (i have tried to mount it via the terminal as well but no luck there either). I have heard that knoppix does not support SATA (raid) hard drives so this would explain why that doesn’t work.
Im pretty sure the hard drive is ok (it is picked up in the system check on start up and also in knoppix as a storage medium). Any ideas would be much appreciated!
– Knoppix does not work and i cannot change the hd to a slave because their are two that act as one (when one fails the other takes over) and there don’t seem to be jumper setting like on ATA drives.
– I have downloaded an ISO of slax linux but im not sure if that has SATA Raid hd support either.
I know there is a device that will let you connect your sata hard drive to a fully operational pc via usb cable. The way it works is by (in layman’s terms) turns your hard drive into a thumb drive through the sata to usb converter. I’ve used one before and it worked like a charm. Check out this site on ebay you can get the converter for as little as $8 or less:
http://search.ebay.com/search/search.dll?from=R40&_trksid=m37&satitle=sata+to+usb&category0=
You may want to get one that has 2 usb ends attached to it or hot wire another usb end if you feel comfortable doing so. So you can be sure that you will have the extra power needed to run the hard drive. If you cant find one then using one that only has 1 usb end should work just as well.
If you dont want to spend the money you could always try making that hard drive a slave and putting it into another computer that supports sata and then pull of the information from there.
One of my internal hard disk went out. They were set up in RAID 0 and lost all data. Got a new hard drive and re-installed Windows XP. Had to start from "scratch" as I could run the Acronis Recovery for some reason.
I still have the backup material. Only thing I want are my family pictures and videos. Any ideas on how to get it back?
I know it’s there somewhere.
if it is in a floppy then insert it into the computer and copy your picture or whatever or if they are in a CD or DVD then insert the disk and again copy it to your computer or if its in a hardisk than use that hardisk instead of one u are using now
I have a Dell M1730 with 400 GB of storage (2 x 200). I have bought 2 larger (500GB) hard drives and want to copy an exact image of the old disks to the new disks. The tricky part is that Dell has a recovery partition I would like to keep and also a hidden partition for their media direct software. I have tried Aesus Disk Copy and it didn’t work out. I had a "No OS" error when I started up my laptop with the new hard drives… Any suggestions? I would prefer to not pay for software (the Easus program is freeware), but will if I absolutely must…
You need a program that will make in image of your hard drive.
…. maybe something like nLite or WinISO.
I think Roxio can create drive images too.
The reason you are getting a ‘No OS’ error is because unless it says otherwise, hard drives generally come unformatted.
To format a hard drive, you need an OS disc (windows, mac, linux, etc).
Turn on your computer with the disc in and select ‘boot from disc’
Hi
I am working as a system admin on a server system(RAID).
I am the admin.
So some times i used to watch,edit my personal pictures.
Recently i found one recovery software.
when i am using that software i found plenty of personal pictures of mine.
How can i delete the pictures with out any problem to my system.
Plz help me.
Thank you .
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