[sdiy] OT: how to save a dead Raided Drive?

[Doug Terrebonne]

Hi, if it's a LaCie external drive there's a good chance the power supply died. Happened to both me and my friend's LaCie 500GB USB drives. Also I have to say that storge is CHEAP! New 500GB drives are like $50 so no excuse not to back important stuff up...


--- On Fri, 6/26/09, Dan Snazelle <subjectivity at hotmail.com> wrote:

> From: Dan Snazelle <subjectivity at hotmail.com>
> Subject: RE: [sdiy] OT: how to save a dead Raided Drive?
> To: tom.corbitt at gmail.com
> Cc: "sdiy" <synth-diy at dropmix.xs4all.nl>
> Date: Friday, June 26, 2009, 9:52 PM
> 
> it seems i am in a world of hurt as these were striped.
> 
> sadly i may HAVE to use a data recovery service (or try
> swapping them into  a similar drive with the same
> controller card)
> as all of my bands recordings and album masters were on it
> (years or recordings and mixes)
> 
> but maybe it will work in the morning ;)
> 
> 
> i had heard very bad things about lacie failure rates
> but....
> 
> the sad thing is that i am someone who always advises, no,
> forces my clients to backup their drives. and usually i am
> good about backing stuff up (well sort of) but things have
> been so hectic in the last year with the baby, that,
> well...there is no excuse.
> 
> btw..this is not a computer issue. all other drives hooked
> up are doing what they are supposed to.
> 
> 
> 
> geez..
> 
> thanks to all for their advice.
> 
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> > Date: Fri, 26 Jun 2009 22:04:26 -0400
> > Subject: Re: [sdiy] OT: how to save a dead Raided
> Drive?
> > From: tom.corbitt at gmail.com
> > To: subjectivity at hotmail.com
> > CC: synth-diy at dropmix.xs4all.nl
> >
> > Is it two 250 gig drives or two 500 gig drives?
> >
> > If it is two 250 gigs then it was raid 0, and you are
> probably in a
> > world of hurt. If it's two 500's you might be ok (if
> it was setup as
> > raid 1)
> >
> > First off, buy a usb to ATA adapter at a local
> computer shop, they run
> > about $10-$20. Plug in both the drives and see if they
> appear. If both
> > drives appear but it claims they arent formatted, it
> is striped (raid
> > 0), and your best bet is probably to find the same
> model on ebay or
> > locally (craiglist), determine that it works, then
> swap in your
> > drives. If one of the drives fails to appear then your
> data is gone
> > forever.
> >
> > If it was mirrored, then you should be able to just
> plug it into your
> > computer using the usb adapter and it will look like a
> removable
> > drive. Both drives should have the same information on
> them since they
> > were mirrored.
> >
> > Newegg sells 1TB external drives for around $100. You
> should order 1
> > or two now. It's a lot cheaper then the $2-$5k that
> professional drive
> > recovery runs.
> >
> > Good luck, you'll need it....
> >
> > tom
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > On Fri, Jun 26, 2009 at 9:28 PM, Dan Snazelle wrote:
> >>
> >> I am asking on this list because I know that many
> of you have a lot of experience with computers:
> >>
> >>
> >> tonight i had the worst possible thing happen to
> my computer
> >>
> >> my 3yr old 500 gig lacie ext hard drive died. (and
> no, i had not backed it up...money for a new drive had been
> non-existent)
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >> this had three years worth of Logic song projects
> (many unmixed) ALL My datasheets, schematics, etc, as well
> as all my family's photos, etc.
> >> and over 100 gigs of itunes.
> >>
> >> now since it is 2 WestDigital 250gig drives in the
> box, i am assuming it is a raid setup with a disk controller
> card of some kind
> >>
> >> one thing i see happen a lot with my clients is
> that the disk controller dies,
> >>
> >> BUT then i wonder, if i get these drives into
> their own new enclosure, since they were in a RAID array,
> how do i get the
> >> computer to read them properly? does the raid
> system split the data among the 2 drives, or is it really
> just 2 separate drives that could
> >> be read separately?
> >>
> >> it is very unlikely that both drives would
> mechanically fail at once right?
> >>
> >>
> >> anyway.....
> >>
> >> at least i got my OTA problem solved
> >>
> >> :(
> >>
> >> any help, thoughts , appreciated
> >>
> >>
> >> thanks
> >>
> >>
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