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OK, for the record this is a very ham-fisted attempt to recover a SATA RAID1 set with limited hardware options available.
My main PC is not set up for RAID and I do not want it to be.
So, all I have is this old ASUS P5AD2-E Premium board based PC to work with.

I have set up two IDE HDDs as a JBOD on the ITE 8212F IDE RAID controller.
HDD #1 is an old 30GB Quantum Fireball LM30A011 ATA/66.
HDD #2 is an old 40GB Maxtor D740X-6L ATA/133
They show un during POST as a JBOD
They show up in the BIOS as a JBOD

I want to install Windows on the JBOD to try to recover the SATA drives from.
The Win7 install disc cannot see the JBOD in order to do the installation.

Any suggestions as to how to get the install disc to see the JBOD?
If it is even possible.
I suppose this is like trying to cob together a Model T & a Model A.
 
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Sorry to have been away so long.
But, I have been overwhelmed by another problem with other drives in another PC.
That thread is also in this forum.
When I get that worked out, then I can fix this one by placing them into that PC.
It has an add-on SATA RAID card with a "REPAIR RAID SET" function.
If that fixes it, great.
If not, I'll just break the pair up and use them as individual drives.
I have a use for then in that mode.
My gal friend wanted some data off of them, but has gotten used to the idea that she may never see it again.
That makes my life easier.

The ITE controller has no drivers for any Win7 flavor. I had to go back to WinXP Pro 32bit to get the drivers F6 installed.
WinXP is installed on the JBOD and cannot work the...
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Hawkeye22

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You need to install the RAID drivers during the OS install. This is always the case when making a bootable RAID volume (putting the OS on RAID).

Also, if that was indeed a RAID 1 array and one of the drives failed, you should still be able to slave the working drive in another computer and get the data off of it. In fact, you should have been able to just replace the bad drive and the array should have rebuilt itself.
 
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The F6 driver install is for the Intel ICH6R South Bridge.
It is a SATA RAID controller.
[I did the F6 driver install in order to facilitate the SATA drives after the OS was installed. It had no effect on the IDE drives.]
It also supports 1 Ultra DMA drive, but not as RAID.
The IDE DVD burner is connected to that.

There is also a Silicone Image 3114R SATA RAID controller.
I have used it.
Drivers do not need to be installed prior to the OS install.
Because of the way the ITE 8212F IDE RAID controller JBOD is shown in both POST and board BIOS, and has its own BIOS, I'm inclined to think that it operates very similar to the Silicone Image controller.

Right now the SATA RAID set is not important.
What I am working on now is why won't the OS install on the JBOD?
Without an OS I can't get that far.

Note:
I have stated what I believe. If I'm wrong, let me know.


qazzi
are you trying to recover the files on RAID1?? or are you trying to rebuild your RAID?
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Maybe I'm using the wrong terminology, but I've been using those terms interchangeably.
The end result of all this is to recover [rebuild] the RAID set [array].
Then, I will do a file recovery as needed.
POST has shown it as "DEGRADED" or as "BROKEN" at different times.
 
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Even when I delete the JBOD, the 2 IDE drives are still not recognized by the Win7 install disc. The problem is getting the IDE drives to be usable in any form. I could get a minimal OS installed on the 40GB IDE drive just to do the recovery [rebuild], if I could get it recognized.
I have used SATA drives as non RAID drives while connected to a RAID controller. I expect that IDE drives connected to an IDE RAID controller can be used similarly.
What I think I'll try next is to b/u [make an image] the OS partition on the SSD in my main PC. then, install it in the old PC to clean install Win7 on. That will give me all SATA drives to work with. It will probably relieve the problem with setting up a system that can deal with the SATA RAID drives.
This is not my 1st option, but may be my only option.
 
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It shouldn't matter which raid controller the drives are attached to. If the OS will be booting off a raid array, then the drivers (even silicon image) need to be installed during the OS installation. My example of F6 in xp, is to install 3rd party drivers, not just for ICH6R. I can't remember how to get to this option during win 7 install, but it's there.
 
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i see then why not just boot from an OS independent recovery software??? as long as the bios see's the raid you can do a recovery.

i think Active@ partition recovery enterprise edition has a bootable cd creator for an OS independent recovery.
 
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Sorry to have been away so long.
But, I have been overwhelmed by another problem with other drives in another PC.
That thread is also in this forum.
When I get that worked out, then I can fix this one by placing them into that PC.
It has an add-on SATA RAID card with a "REPAIR RAID SET" function.
If that fixes it, great.
If not, I'll just break the pair up and use them as individual drives.
I have a use for then in that mode.
My gal friend wanted some data off of them, but has gotten used to the idea that she may never see it again.
That makes my life easier.

The ITE controller has no drivers for any Win7 flavor. I had to go back to WinXP Pro 32bit to get the drivers F6 installed.
WinXP is installed on the JBOD and cannot work the SATA drives in the ICH6R RAID sertup. They are "FAILED".
No recourse!!!

EDIT:
I connected them to the add-on SATA RAID card in the other PC.
They show in POST and in the card's BIOS.
They are not recognized as a RAID set anymore.
I'll format them and use them as individual drives.

 
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