AsRock N68C-S RAID1 configuration lost - How can I access the data?

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  1. mickamato

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    Hello,

    I have a serious problem with a RAID 1 hardware array, and I've been looking for a solution for months, unsuccessfully

    I had a 2-disk RAID1 array plugged to an Asrock N68C-S motherboard (which natively supports RAID); one day, I don't know why, the RAID configuration was lost and the two disks now show up as individual disks, and they are individually unreadable/unmountable by the operating system (Ubuntu 11.10).

    All I should have to do is define a new array using the two disks, on the same motherboard, but that would erase both disks!

    The only way I figured out to avoid losing the data is the following:
    - Define a new array using 2 empty disks;
    - Replace one empty disk with one of the actual data disks;
    - Rebuild the RAID, assuming I can choose which disk is the right source

    Do you think it could work? Or I should try installing Windows and try recovering the disk from there using some commercial software? By the way, the filesystem is ext4, not sure if windows can even read it [​IMG]

    Thanks a lot to anyone who may help!
    Mick
     

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