Motherboard with a RAID0 array crashed
Hello Everyone,
My Biostar NF4-A9A motherboard gave out today with the capacitors around the CPU pretty much disintegrated. The problem is that the computer had a RAID0 array on this motherboard. Now I know there is no chance whatsoever to recover a broken RAID0 array, however as far as I can tell, the HDDs and the array are just fine. Any ideas on how I can transfer the array to my new motherboard - which is a Gigabyte MA790X-UD4 would be much appreciated!
My Biostar NF4-A9A motherboard gave out today with the capacitors around the CPU pretty much disintegrated. The problem is that the computer had a RAID0 array on this motherboard. Now I know there is no chance whatsoever to recover a broken RAID0 array, however as far as I can tell, the HDDs and the array are just fine. Any ideas on how I can transfer the array to my new motherboard - which is a Gigabyte MA790X-UD4 would be much appreciated!
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If your data is worth $99 - then you should be able to get it back using Raid Reconstructor.
http://www.runtime.org/raid.htm
Best of luck!
http://www.runtime.org/raid.htm
Runtime's RAID Reconstructor will help you recover data from broken:
* RAID Level 5 Array consisting of 3 to 14 drives
* RAID Level 0 Array (Striping) consisting of 2 to 14 drives
Best of luck!
Actually -- Theres a free demo there to see if it will work or now - I'd say you should certainly give that a bash.
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Thanks, I managed to round up a Gigabyte GA-M59SLI-S4 motherboard, which regonzised the array instantly. Dodged a bullet here, I'll be backing my data up daily now!
Presuming you didn't - the answer would be only if the hardware for the RAID0 is identical on the new MB would you be able to transfer the data simply, if not - the answer would be to talk to a drive recovery specialist to see if they can pull the data and send it to you ...