serious raid 0 problem, URGENT!!! :(

[proxxima]

hi. i've been using raid0 for about 2 years. yesterday i upgraded my mainboard and cpu (2.8 quad cpu, gigabyte ep45 extreme mainboard). i installed the parts and plugged the cables in. the disks are shown as "member disk" and "non-raid disk" on the raid window menu. i tried to use my previous motherboard but the same problem occurs. i'm completely stuck. i have a lot of important data in it and it has to be restored. could you please help me figure it out? thanx a lot...

 

[sdrac]

Are you using your old mobo's onboard raid controller and using the new mobo's onboard controller as well?

If so, that isn't going to work (unless they happen to be the same raid controller).

Assuming you don't have enough hw for simultenous raids on each mobo and a network to transfer the data over between them, you'd have to restore your old mobo/system, get the raid working there again, then move the data to a backup drive.
Then build the new system/raid setup and move the backuped data to it.

Might be better ways to do it, but something of that nature - you won't be able to use the data on the drives between incompatible raid controllers.

 

[proxxima]

i tried to make it work on my old mobo but it doesn't work. i know it sounds ridiculous that it doesn't work on the old system but it just doesn't. i didn't do anything not to work but something must have happened i guess...

 

[sdrac]

whats the old mobo and what specifically happens when you try it there?
Are you getting error msgs of some sort? Is it not recognizing the array?

When you put it into the new system, did you try to build an array there or do anything else to the disks?

 

[proxxima]

my old mobo was "asus p5Ld2 deluxe" the new one is "gigabyte ga-ep45 extreme" and yes the same thing happens on asus. one of the disks doesn't seem as member disk.
i don't get any error message. after the boot screen it can't find a harddisk to run thats all
on the new system i tuned on the raid options on bios and after restart the same problem (one of the disk was non-raid disk) happened.

 

[roadrunner197069]

Congradulations! You just learned a valuable lesson on why backups are important!

 

[1haplo]

If you have a spare hard drive. A program like Active@ File Recovery can build the RAID and you can recover the Data.

I had the P4C800 Deluxe and The board died, When I needed to get the DATA I got Active@ File Recovery and backed up the data off the RAID 0.

You will need to have a hard drive that you can install windows and Active@ File Recovery on then install the 2 driver with the RAID data on it. Then start Active@ File Recovery rebuild the RAID and recover the DATA.

DO NOT TRY TO FROMAT THE RAID DRIVES.

Good luck on getting the DATA.

1Haplo

 

[proxxima]

ohh thanx 1haplo i'll try that immediately hope it works. let me repeat that if i get it right. "active@ file recovery" is fixing the damaged raid disks and back up the data to an other drive right?
and sure i won't format the disks. my life lies on them
and "roadrunner" you're right my friend :/

 

[Hovaucf]

When you switched to the new MB even if it is the same maker most of the time the onboard raid will not recognize the metadata representing all the information about your RAID, and thus it will not see your RAID.

Like RR stated you should always backup your data before switching anything, and on a regular basis.

Remember RAID = redundant array not Backup array

 

[jamesgoddard]

So... This is data that 'your life depends on' - and you have no backup and you use RAID0 that doubles the possibility of failure...



Fool

 

[malveaux]

Heya,

RAID0 and important data do not mix well. It's no different than having one drive that gets messed up. Never rely on them. They're there for capacity and speed. If you have actually important data (and it's not just your porn collection and games), you should check out a USB external drive (a huge 500~1tb USB drive is pretty cheap these days) for a physical backup, or use DVDr to back some things up, or even just get a 3rd drive as a pure storage drive backup (like a cheap 1tb internal drive). A system with just RAID0 running should have a way to backup the actual important stuff. Otherwise, you're just waiting to get burned. And it sounds like you just got burned.

Very best,