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moch68
Hi Guys -
Pretty glad I found this group because reading the posts it seems that
there are many tech-savvy people hanging around in here. I would first
like to thank anyone who responds and helps me with my problem. It is
greatly appreciated! This is gonna be long-winded and I apologise.
Anyway...
Got my pc a few years ago from a friend who knows alot more about this
stuff than me. He didnt have any documentation for me on the RAID
stuff and I never learned how to use it. Had a HD crash a month ago.
Busted HD was SATA on a RAID 1 with a scuzzy drive. There was also
another scuzzy attached to the array cable but it was used strictly
for other data. I installed a new HD and OS - XP home, so obviously I
didnt have drivers for my RAID card which is an Adaptec 2120s. I
fooled with the busted HD for awhile trying to retrieve the data off
it but its belly up. So I figured I would pull out the RAIDed drives,
throw them in an external case, and that would be that. Pulled the
drives, pulled the card because i was planning on using externals for
backup now because it seemed so much easier than this RAID stuff.
Thats when I learned they were scsi drives and that I can't get a scsi
external enclosure near where i live... So I just spent the last day
downloading all the docs for the card and its just too beyond my skill
set. I am wondering what kind of damage I will do to the drives if I
put them and the card back in behind the new HD and OS and download
the drivers. Will they be erased? They were still in there when I
swapped out the new HD but they werent seen I guess because I didnt
have the drivers. All I want is the data from the 2 drives and then
turn my back on RAID, but I am stuck on how to proceed. I havent
reinstalled the card or any drivers yet because there are like 4 or 5
drivers and I am unsure on which one/s I need. Don't even know if it
matters what order to put the drives on the cable. i did figure out
that one is set to ID2 and the other to ID4 by looking at the jumpers.
Any ideas on how to get the data from these 2 drives? I'm getting
ready to start looking around my house for a rafter that will hold my
weight....Huge thanks to anyone who can help out! - Mochs
Pretty glad I found this group because reading the posts it seems that
there are many tech-savvy people hanging around in here. I would first
like to thank anyone who responds and helps me with my problem. It is
greatly appreciated! This is gonna be long-winded and I apologise.
Anyway...
Got my pc a few years ago from a friend who knows alot more about this
stuff than me. He didnt have any documentation for me on the RAID
stuff and I never learned how to use it. Had a HD crash a month ago.
Busted HD was SATA on a RAID 1 with a scuzzy drive. There was also
another scuzzy attached to the array cable but it was used strictly
for other data. I installed a new HD and OS - XP home, so obviously I
didnt have drivers for my RAID card which is an Adaptec 2120s. I
fooled with the busted HD for awhile trying to retrieve the data off
it but its belly up. So I figured I would pull out the RAIDed drives,
throw them in an external case, and that would be that. Pulled the
drives, pulled the card because i was planning on using externals for
backup now because it seemed so much easier than this RAID stuff.
Thats when I learned they were scsi drives and that I can't get a scsi
external enclosure near where i live... So I just spent the last day
downloading all the docs for the card and its just too beyond my skill
set. I am wondering what kind of damage I will do to the drives if I
put them and the card back in behind the new HD and OS and download
the drivers. Will they be erased? They were still in there when I
swapped out the new HD but they werent seen I guess because I didnt
have the drivers. All I want is the data from the 2 drives and then
turn my back on RAID, but I am stuck on how to proceed. I havent
reinstalled the card or any drivers yet because there are like 4 or 5
drivers and I am unsure on which one/s I need. Don't even know if it
matters what order to put the drives on the cable. i did figure out
that one is set to ID2 and the other to ID4 by looking at the jumpers.
Any ideas on how to get the data from these 2 drives? I'm getting
ready to start looking around my house for a rafter that will hold my
weight....Huge thanks to anyone who can help out! - Mochs