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Raid Controller Failure

Help!! - Windows Server 2008 R2 - using embedded Raid ICH8R controller (custom build server) has 2 arrays (one boot, and one data) each array is Raid1.  3 of 4 drives are showing "an error has occurred.. and when windows loads, it only shows the boot drive not the data drive.  I have had several comments in the past about not trusting the embedded Raid controller and am thinking that I should change to a different one. I did remove one of the data drives and connected to a different computer and the data is there and the drive is readable.

Question.. what would be the best way to proceed here with the goal of having a different RAID controller (I'm guessing) and being able to recover / rebuild the arrays.  Thank you for your help. - Bill
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Thank you both for your help.. I am still in this process and will be using your suggestions to remedy the problem. I was able to see the data on one of the mirrored drives which I have temporarily copied to a workstation and the information is being utilized there which has given me more time to determine the exact problem that I'm dealing with. I do  suspect that the hot swap drive module (the backplane) might be the culprit. I will try to post when finished as to the outcome.