Recover RAID 0 Data drive from Win 10 crash

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Hi Everyone,

Thanks in advance for any advice.

I built a Win 10 computer recently that has since failed to boot. I suspect a motherboard failure as I don't hear any beeps during/after POST. But, it did work for awhile after I built it and there are some files on the Data drives that I'd like to retrieve/preserve as I fix whatever is wrong.

The build uses an m.2 SSD for the OS. I then created a RAID 0 Data drive from two 1Tb SSDs. The Data drive is totally separate hardware from the OS drive. The files I hope are still viable are on the Data drive.

So 2 questions/scenarios. This assumes that the Data drive is un-corrupted/working. (Apologies in advance if I mangle any technical jargon or leave out essential info).

1. If the problem is in my motherboard, it may take a while to RMA the part and then recreate the build, etc. Is there some way to take the two RAID 0 Data drives out and put them into another computer to access them? (I still have my old Win 7 tower working).

2. If I wait for new parts and re-create the build, is it OK to just plug the two SSD drives (for the RAID 0 Data) into the new Win 10 build? Or will I have to reformat the drives to access them.

In both cases, I don't need to keep the RAID 0 Data drive alive very long. Just need to vaccuum out the files, if they are still there.

Thanks,

Brian.
 
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Yes you would need to connect the drives to your tower. The way I would do it is make a bootable Linux USB flash drive and use the ddrescue command to make the clones. Or I believe DMDE will let you make a clone image from Windows. You might take the time to clone a spare drive as a test so you understand the process.

Windows may prompt you to format but it will not automatically perform a format.

If you get stuck or need help I am happy to assist remotely.
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Option 1 is possible. If the drives are fine then RAID recovery software should be able to help. Some popular choices are R-Studio or UFSexplorer or DMDE. You will need to enter the correct drive order and chunk aka stripe size.

It's' possible if you duplicated the original config exactly then option 2 may work. I would first make backup clone images of each drive to be safe.

Some would question the risk/benefit of placing 2 SSD's in a RAID0. Just be sure you have a good backup plan in place.
 
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Thanks for the quick reply.

So from back to front ... The RAID 0 Data setup was put in place to allow me to access the two drives as 1 big drive. I was not trying for additional speed by striping. I had a non-SSD 3T drive ready to use as a backup, but it all came apart just before I could install it.

When you say make 'backup clone images' of each drive, would that be done by installing them in my old Win 7 tower and then using a cloning software, or how?

And again, if I am using RAID recovery software in my Win 7 tower, could you suggest a few more details on the order of events on how to do this, please? I don't want to attach these two SSDs to SATA ports in the old computer and somehow they get formatted when 'the OS recognizes new hardware' or some such bone headed thing due to ignorance on my part.

Thanks much!

Brian.
 
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Yes you would need to connect the drives to your tower. The way I would do it is make a bootable Linux USB flash drive and use the ddrescue command to make the clones. Or I believe DMDE will let you make a clone image from Windows. You might take the time to clone a spare drive as a test so you understand the process.

Windows may prompt you to format but it will not automatically perform a format.

If you get stuck or need help I am happy to assist remotely.
 
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