Hello Gary, Does the computer see both drives in the CMOS Boot up part? If so, then they work hardware wise. Now. Just put both together on a working computer and raid them together with RStudio and go for it.
Regards, 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: Friday, August 14, 2009 10:22 AM > To: hardware@hardwaregroup.com > Subject: Re: [H] Western Digital My Book problem > > OK I managed to get 15 mins free and took a further look. > > I am not sure if this is a RAID issue or whether my disk is toast. > > So the WD labels the disk A and B. When I add disk A to the desktop the > PC boots fine, when I add disk B Io get a generic hard disk error > thrown > from the BIOS check. > > Is this because of something in the MBR for disk B, I had always > assumed > each disk would be initialized as a normal disk but now I am thinking > that maybe the RAID only initializes disk A but writes something > special > to disk B. > > I did swap the controller boards in case something was bad there but > there was no change. The drive does seem to spin up and there are no > nasty noises. > > > > -----Original Message----- > From: hardware-boun...@hardwaregroup.com > [mailto:hardware-boun...@hardwaregroup.com] On Behalf Of Hunter, Gary > Sent: Friday, August 14, 2009 9:57 AM > To: hardware@hardwaregroup.com > Subject: Re: [H] Western Digital My Book problem > > Hi Tim, > > Does R-Studio do the RAID0 or would I need R-Studio Technician? I > couldn't find a side by side comparison of the features. I don't mind > getting the $79.99 version but this date is not worth $899 :) > > I am going to download the demo and test it but just wondered if you > knew? > > Thanks, > > Gary > > -----Original Message----- > From: hardware-boun...@hardwaregroup.com > [mailto:hardware-boun...@hardwaregroup.com] On Behalf Of Hunter, Gary > Sent: Friday, August 14, 2009 9:27 AM > To: hardware@hardwaregroup.com > Subject: Re: [H] Western Digital My Book problem > > Thanks Tim, I don't think there is any important data on the drive. > It's > mainly TV progs from the UK so I don't want to spend a great deal to > get > the data back (I'll keep you in mind though). > > I'll do the WD diagnostics this evening and see how it goes. I'll post > an update later. The WD indeed stripes across the 2 disks not sure on > the data chunk size though. I'll have to dig a little deeper. > > >From your note am I to believe that striping across the disks is > generic > and there probably isn't a manufacturer specific algorithm? This is > interesting as I just assumed it would be proprietary. > > > > > -----Original Message----- > From: hardware-boun...@hardwaregroup.com > [mailto:hardware-boun...@hardwaregroup.com] On Behalf Of Tim Lider > Sent: Friday, August 14, 2009 9:17 AM > To: hardware@hardwaregroup.com > Subject: Re: [H] Western Digital My Book problem > > 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. 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