Help Recovering RAID 0 Array - dead mobo

[HST]

I lost a motherboard and had a Raid 0 setup with the onboard sata.

Abit NF7-S 2.0
http://www.uabit.com/index.php...id=48&page=1&model=124

2x160gb "IDE" maxtor in RAID-0
~~ I was using ide --> sata adapters (worked great for 2+ years)

I've got my new system up and running and I want to recover the data from these drives.

Giga-Byte DS3R is new motherboard
http://www.gigabyte.us/Product...roductName=GA-P35-DS3R

Ive got two new 250gb sata in raid 0 now, and my mobo has ports left for another raid0 setup. Ive got my old drives hooked up and they are detected fine in windows. Im using my motherboards Raid application to set them back up.

The problem: when i configure the array, the app tells me all data will be lost if I create the array..... Even if I use the bios program at startup, it still states all data will be lost upon array creation.

Is there anyway I can set my drives back up in Raid0 without losing the data thats already on there?

thanks,
hst

 

[HST]

http://www.runtime.org/raid.htm

Ok I found this program made my the people who have GetDataBack, apparently im creating a single disk image on my 500gig raid 0 setup using Raid Reconstructor, then I have to use GetDataBack...

No idea whats going to happen but its gonna be a while <>

any opinions or experience with either of these programs?

<ugh> i got a headache <ugh>

hst

 

[montag451]

Its not gonna happen.

You would need the same RAID controller to get your data back off the drives.

At the very least, I think, you would need to get another Abit NF7-S 2.0.
Say goodbye to the data otherwise.

RAID 0 is never a good idea without lots of backups.

 

[ch33zw1z]

Originally posted by: montag451
Its not gonna happen.

You would need the same RAID controller to get your data back off the drives.

At the very least, I think, you would need to get another Abit NF7-S 2.0.
Say goodbye to the data otherwise.

RAID 0 is never a good idea without lots of backups.

That's correct, or any RAID controller using the same chipset as that mobo. If you can find a PCI or PCI-E expansion card from the same brand it may work, chances are better if you get the exact some one.

 

[RebateMonger]

Ebay has a brand new identical board for about $125. If you can wait, you might find a working used one for less. A look at the specs mentions a Silicon Image RAID controller. If that's what you used for the array, you might be able to just get a SI-based PCI RAID controller card and be able to read the array.