I thought as much, but I didn't know if anyone had cobbled up a software raid controller for WD testing (couldn't find one but you guys seem to have all the answers).
I'll connect them to my desktop tonight and see if one of the drives is indeed bad. I hadn't even considered that I just assumed a controller problem. Thanks -----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of maccrawj Sent: Thursday, August 13, 2009 10:59 PM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: [H] Western Digital My Book problem I imagine the RAID-0 is being done by the MyBook enclosure, thus making ruling out attaching the drives to another controller. This is the main caveat of RAID-0 since recovery is (near?) impossible given data is stripped across both drives. *IF* the problem is not the drives, the assumption would be that dropping them into another mybook enclosure might allow recovery. Same goes if the RAID is being done by the host PC vs. enclosure. You could attach them to a desktop PC's SATA controller to be able to run WD diagnostics in non-destructive mode to verify one drive is bad. Hunter, Gary wrote: > Hi, > > I have a Western digital 1TB My Book Pro II which all of a sudden won't > power on. > > When I insert the power cable in the back the light flashes on but that > is it. When I hit the reset button the light also comes on but then > nothing. This unit has 2x500GB drives. I have them configured in raid 0 > to utilize the whole disk. I want to recover the data before RMAing it > to WD. > > Is there some software raid I can use and directly plug them into my > desktop's SATA connection? > > I am assuming if I bought another drive of the same model off ebay I > could just switch the drives and recover the data. If I had to buy > another drive I would rather get a newer 2TB version. Is it a bad idea > to assume I could put the drives into the 2TB chasis and expect them to > work? > > Or (I know this is a long shot) does anyone have one of these drives > that they are willing to take apart and put my drives in to recover the > data? > > Any advice would be appreciated. > > Thanks, > > Gary If you are not the intended recipient of this e-mail message, please notify the sender and delete all copies immediately. The sender believes this message and any attachments were sent free of any virus, worm, Trojan horse, and other forms of malicious code. This message and its attachments could have been infected during transmission. The recipient opens any attachments at the recipient's own risk, and in so doing, the recipient accepts full responsibility for such actions and agrees to take protective and remedial action relating to any malicious code. Travelport is not liable for any loss or damage arising from this message or its attachments.
