I just bought unRaid for 6 drives.  I wanted a better file server than windows.  Anyways I already have two 2TB drives in a RAID.  Had to clear my CMOS and now there's a problem with Disk 1 in the RAID.  WHen I boot my PC I get an error in the RAID, nothing specific.  In windows I can see the RAID drive but it ask me to format it.  I want to perserve my data because stupid me didn't back it up. 

 

Can unRaid see my RAID and possibly recover it?

I just bought unRaid for 6 drives.  I wanted a better file server than windows.  Anyways I already have two 2TB drives in a RAID.  Had to clear my CMOS and now there's a problem with Disk 1 in the RAID.  WHen I boot my PC I get an error in the RAID, nothing specific.  In windows I can see the RAID drive but it ask me to format it.  I want to perserve my data because stupid me didn't back it up. 

 

Can unRaid see my RAID and possibly recover it?

depends...

 

What kind/mode of raid?, what kind of file-system?

 

If simply raid 1, and NTFS file system, it might work.  If any other kind of raid, probably not.

Oops I guess that would help, sorry!

 

It was NTFS and I think it was striping RAID 1.

 

I bought the UBS with the unRAID on it.  If I were to boot the PC with the two disks involved would I be able to see the data?  Nothing happened to the data (i think).  before clearing the CMOS, I was able to see the drive with all the data intact.

See here:

 

http://lime-technology.com/wiki/index.php/Copy_files_from_a_NTFS_drive

http://lime-technology.com/wiki/index.php/Mounting_an_external_USB_drive_having_an_existing_NTFS_file_system_in_READ/WRITE_mode_to_transport_files_from/to_unRaid_server

I'd suggest you slow down and don't do anything with the unRAID memory stick yet.

 

You need to fix the RAID system you have if you want the data. Likely, you need to go back into the BIOS and set it up again. I suggest you look up your motherboard and search for how to restore an onboard RAID system and see if there is some useful data. If you start flailing around randomly trying different things then you might as well just kiss your data goodbye.

 

In theory, RAID1 is a mirrored disk set so each disk should be readable on it's own. However, I wouldn't trust that theory too much unless you find documentation which tells you so. It's possible your motherboard sets up something special that doesn't allow the disks to be read individually.

 

FYI, you need a new disk to move the data to unRAID. You can't just boot it instead and keep using your current disks since they aren't setup correctly for unRAID.