Hello all,
I have a weird problem with a software RAID5 (4 x 1TB SATA) on a Server 2008 R2 Server.
AFAIK, the drives are all ok. I'm not managing this box so I'm not a 100% sure what happened (I know there was boot problem and the drives where pulled/plugged while running - NOT hot swappable). I've been asked to recover the data....
I'm not sure what happened but disk management is showing the following
2 x 1 TB disks (RAID5 - FAILED)
2 x 1 TB disks (FOREIGN)
2 x 1 TB disks (MISSING)
If I try to import the 2 foreign disks, I get a warning that the imported disks are part of a RAID5 set and is incomplete. Data loss will occur if I continue.
I haven't performed the import : I don't want to write on the disks. I get the feeling the somehow, Windows is now seeing the disks as 2 different RAID5 volumes (each missing 2 disks) and thus unable to recover data.
I don't have a backup of the data (No comments - I'm not managing this box!!!!) so it is crucial that I recover the data.
Is there someone that could help me? I'm out of ideas and about to send the drives to a data recovery company....
Regards,
Eric G.