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JustPlainJef   04-18-2006 at 03:51:11 PM

I got me a dead computer. :(

Here's the issue... I had an Adaptec RAID controller w/ 2 WD 80 Gb drives, RAID 1. I need to get the data off the drives. My thoughts would be to install the drivers on another PC, shut down, and install the PCI card & HDDs. Then boot up and copy the data off.

Any thoughts / suggestions / tips for me?

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qoop   04-18-2006 at 04:13:40 PM
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mail it to me.....I'll fix it for ya, but my fee is the computer.....

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fishmahn   04-18-2006 at 04:26:13 PM
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That should work.

Mike.

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JustPlainJef   04-18-2006 at 04:43:55 PM
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Sure poop. Right on top of that... :roll:

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qoop   04-18-2006 at 04:45:05 PM
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great fef....I'll be waiting by the mailbox then :roll:

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Tom_Smart   04-18-2006 at 05:21:49 PM
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Here's a tip. When caught up in a raid, pass your stash to a stooge.

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qoop   04-18-2006 at 05:38:59 PM
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I think he IS the stooge.....

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dwellman   04-18-2006 at 05:58:23 PM
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Technically, you would only need to connect one of the drives-- in fact you may try to connect it read only via standard IDE or USB to IDE. . . otherwise, there's nothing wrong with installing the card drive combo as is in another PC

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JustPlainJef   04-18-2006 at 06:15:18 PM
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Well, yeah, Adaptec's site did say to plug in only one drive to break a mirror. My problem was that the PC is dead...I was going to plug the whole mess into my other PC, then boot it and let it find it and make sure all was well, then reboot and disconnect a drive...

Do you think it would work without the RAID controller?

Hopefully, all that will do the trick. I'll let y'all know... Since there are two drives, maybe I'll try it with one direct to IDE and see if it works. If it doesn't, I still have the other one to hook to the RAID card...

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dwellman   04-18-2006 at 07:21:59 PM
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That's the beauty of RAID 1. . .

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mpjesse   04-18-2006 at 11:53:48 PM
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Do you think it would work without the RAID controller?



No. The drive has RAID information in the boot sector that wouldn't allow a normal BIOS to read it. The BIOS would likely tell you to format it (or give you the "insert system disk" error).

At least that's my understanding...

But it can't hurt to try w/o the card. If it don't work- then install the RAID card.

-mpjesse

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JustPlainJef   04-19-2006 at 11:32:20 AM
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I gotta try it tonight, as I got both jobs tomorrow (which sucks as my shite should be coming in tomorrow... :( ) Hopefully, I'll let y'all know how it goes...

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BigMac   04-19-2006 at 01:27:59 PM
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mail it to me.....I'll fix it for ya, but my fee is the computer.....



you're joking, right? Do you know how to fix computers? :roll:

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Tom_Smart   04-19-2006 at 02:06:25 PM
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No she just has desires on the post man.

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JustPlainJef   04-19-2006 at 02:10:39 PM
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She mails herself "packages" so that the UPS guy comes...

:lol:

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Riser   04-19-2006 at 04:06:56 PM
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Install the card, break the mirror, import as foreign disk within Disk Management, I believe.

If you try booting up to that drive on another PC, you'll most likely end up with a blue screen. Adding it in as a slave drive, you'll have to break the mirror and then you'll want to import it as a foreign disk. That should allow it to show up.

Anything else you attempt will want to format the disk. Do not convert to a basic disk if asked; it'll basically wipe your drive.

That should be it.. but then again, I'm sick and on medication right now....

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JustPlainJef   04-19-2006 at 10:00:20 PM
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nrg... it never ends... :(

I installeed the RAID card and a 20 Gb drive into my PC, Win found it... Cool 8) . Shut down, hooked up drives to RAID card, booted, BIOS found it as storage, old share name... 8) :D !!!

So I thought I had 12 Gb of stuff or so on the drive... 35 Gb in My Music... 65 Gb total... 8O

So now I have to backup what I can, break the mirror, install one drive in the toaster tomorrow, copy everything over to it, then install the other drive... NRG!!! :x

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