I was cleaning my PC, and my dumbass snapped off the SATA pins on one of my HDDs by jamming in the wire too hard.

I don't have my array running, the HDD is broken, and I don't have a replacement drive. So how do I recover the data on the drive?

I think I have to follow the following procedures:

• Removing data disk(s)

• Reset the array configuration

I am wary since the New Config screen says to not use it to rebuild a failed drive. Are these the correct steps I should follow? All the "shrink array" steps seem to only work when the array is up and running with the working drive, and it seems I need to follow the above procedures to get my array back up without losing data.

Any advice would be appreciated. Thanks.

Edit: So I restarted the array. I am planning to follow SpaceInvader1's tutorial on how to shrink the array by use Unbalance. I assume this video is still relevant even if it's a couple years old?

Edit 2: I am trying to move files from the failed/dead drive using Unbalanced. The Plan screen doesn't seem to be doing anything; the top right has a wheel that is spinning, but I don't really see any progress. How long does this step usually take? The dead drive has about 17TBs of data on it. Do I just need to wait it out?

Edit 3: Yeah, it just took a while to complete, ~30 mins

Edited June 5, 20251 yr by ILoveBigServerICannotLie
Update

depends on was this a parity disk or d# like d1 or d2...

please post diagnostic file.