Hello Gary, This might work. Although, I would pull t hem out and see if each drive works correctly. Do not expect to get the data off that way. Most 2 disk RAID 0 systems use 128kB stripe, you can use a recovery software like r-tools to recover the data if the drives work.
If one of the drives do not work, you're basically screwed. Well not really, there is always me trolling the list :) Regards and good luck, Tim Lider Sr. Data Recovery Specialist Advanced Data Solutions, LLC http://www.adv-data.com > -----Original Message----- > From: hardware-boun...@hardwaregroup.com [mailto:hardware- > boun...@hardwaregroup.com] On Behalf Of Hunter, Gary > Sent: Thursday, August 13, 2009 8:38 PM > To: hardware@hardwaregroup.com > Subject: [H] Western Digital My Book problem > > 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. > > >
