Hey tomshardware people,
I have two hard drives in a RAID 0 array (2 Samsung Spinpoint F4 320 GB) with 64KB cluster size. I was using the computer today, and it restarted. I did a hard boot, and the BIOS would hang on the "Loading Operating System . . ." screen (I have 64-bit Windows 7, 32-bit Windows 7, and Ubuntu 10 installed).
Anyways, I just want to know if it's possible to completely recover the RAID array, or at least recover the files in it. I have not created a backup since October 2010, so there's quite a bit of data and programs lost if I have to start from there.
To be clear, the drives are still healthy (but I doubt I'd continue to use both in a RAID), and neither drives are dead, but the OS considers the RAID as unformatted (some recovery software I've tried indicates otherwise, the files still appear intact and it's just a matter of time before I shell out some $ or find a good, free alternative).
I am using a program called Active@ File Recovery, and it seems to me that only the boot sector of the RAID went south (though the whole RAID is considered unformatted by Windows 7). I'm using a trial version, but I would pay a good amount to recover the files.
If you guys can name a good software I can use to recover the array, or at least the files, or other options I have, I'd appreciate it.
I have two hard drives in a RAID 0 array (2 Samsung Spinpoint F4 320 GB) with 64KB cluster size. I was using the computer today, and it restarted. I did a hard boot, and the BIOS would hang on the "Loading Operating System . . ." screen (I have 64-bit Windows 7, 32-bit Windows 7, and Ubuntu 10 installed).
Anyways, I just want to know if it's possible to completely recover the RAID array, or at least recover the files in it. I have not created a backup since October 2010, so there's quite a bit of data and programs lost if I have to start from there.
To be clear, the drives are still healthy (but I doubt I'd continue to use both in a RAID), and neither drives are dead, but the OS considers the RAID as unformatted (some recovery software I've tried indicates otherwise, the files still appear intact and it's just a matter of time before I shell out some $ or find a good, free alternative).
I am using a program called Active@ File Recovery, and it seems to me that only the boot sector of the RAID went south (though the whole RAID is considered unformatted by Windows 7). I'm using a trial version, but I would pay a good amount to recover the files.
If you guys can name a good software I can use to recover the array, or at least the files, or other options I have, I'd appreciate it.