Hi,
I went through the same issue in this post (Disk rebuild lost data), and I did the same mistake. Yes, unfortunately, I formatted the drive when I got the format unsupported message.
This is a brief of what happened:
- Disk 1 got disabled while the array is running.
- Restarted the server, didn't see any SMART errors, Disk 1 rebuild started.
- After around 50%, Disk 1 got disabled again, and rebuilding stopped.
- Checked the connections, restarted the server again, no SMART errors.
- When I started the array, the rebuilding didn't start, but I got a message saying that Disk 1 format is not supported and I have to format it.
- I did the format, thinking that the data still will be available through emulation.
- I lost around 7TB of data, Disk 1 is showing 8TB free space
Is there any chance for data recovery? I don't have a backup, the only way is to re-download all files again which will take months
Please let me know if you require any further information. Your help means a lot to me.
Much appreciated.
Unraid Version: 6.7.2
CPU: AMD Ryzen 7 2700X
Mobo: MSI X470 GAMING PLUS (MS-7B79)
Memory: 16 GiB DDR4
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