Your best bet is to put them back the way they were. If that doesn't work
I'd try one of the disk recovery services.
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Dave Patrick ....Please no email replies - reply in newsgroup.
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<(E-Mail Removed)> wrote:
> Hi,
>
> I have a server with W2k Server installed. In the machine, I have a
> Rocket Raid IDE controller card installed. I have 4 hard drive
> connected to the extra IDE controller. I had these drives configured
> as a RAID5 array using Windows software RAID5. I am only using the
> controller to plug the drives in. I am not using it for RAID since it
> does not support RAID5.
>
> Here's my problem. I decided to upgrade my RAID configuration and
> removed the drives and controller. I now do not remember which IDE
> chanel the drives were originally attached to. I did not remove the
> drives from the data cable, only from the two IDE chanels. Does it
> matter when I reinstall the controller and drives? I want to be able
> to retrieve my data. So far, when I put the drives in Disk
> Adminstrator shows the array as failed. I have tried switching the IDE
> chanels but that gave me the same effect. To make the situation a bit
> worse, one of the drives has failed. Since I had 4 drives running in
> the array, the failure of one shouldn't stop the data recovery.
>
> Could someone please advise me as to how to get this working again.
> Ultimately, the plan is to move the data to a new array of drives on a
> new RAID5 controller.
>
> If possible, I was hoping to not purchase a new drive to replace the
> old dead drive since the entire old array is to be decommisioned once
> the data is off of it and onto new hardware.
>
> Thanks
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