From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from lists.gentoo.org ([140.105.134.102] helo=robin.gentoo.org) by nuthatch.gentoo.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1Dv1kL-0000HM-Q9 for garchives@archives.gentoo.org; Tue, 19 Jul 2005 23:43:34 +0000 Received: from robin.gentoo.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by robin.gentoo.org (8.13.4/8.13.4) with SMTP id j6JNgeZu015695; Tue, 19 Jul 2005 23:42:40 GMT Received: from wproxy.gmail.com (wproxy.gmail.com [64.233.184.207]) by robin.gentoo.org (8.13.4/8.13.4) with ESMTP id j6JNcsD1030902 for ; Tue, 19 Jul 2005 23:38:54 GMT Received: by wproxy.gmail.com with SMTP id 67so1350155wri for ; Tue, 19 Jul 2005 16:38:55 -0700 (PDT) DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; q=dns; c=nofws; s=beta; d=gmail.com; h=received:message-id:date:from:reply-to:to:subject:in-reply-to:mime-version:content-type:content-transfer-encoding:content-disposition:references; b=cBrriZki8yQfpKKJ9ZlIktyxOVsuZFlAQDgi8TJ2IbjirAOgIQ3MdeKueKOyIi56DS34fJX42MxXSE6PIUSUJ/0mdAwgUUM4LIk0onUP549g5IiMduVtfHX7/Ad5YSqVikSbjvExpSY09xjJPshwFSljYZCmvcSuBDaBBILWP6I= Received: by 10.54.109.20 with SMTP id h20mr937492wrc; Tue, 19 Jul 2005 16:37:59 -0700 (PDT) Received: by 10.54.125.2 with HTTP; Tue, 19 Jul 2005 16:37:59 -0700 (PDT) Message-ID: <12a679470507191637456b9b1b@mail.gmail.com> Date: Wed, 20 Jul 2005 00:37:59 +0100 From: =?ISO-8859-1?Q?Jos=E9_Pedro_Saraiva?= To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] P4P800 - Intel ICH5R - data recovery? In-Reply-To: Precedence: bulk List-Post: List-Help: List-Unsubscribe: List-Subscribe: List-Id: Gentoo Linux mail X-BeenThere: gentoo-user@gentoo.org Reply-to: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Disposition: inline References: <12a679470507191416228086f3@mail.gmail.com> X-MIME-Autoconverted: from quoted-printable to 8bit by robin.gentoo.org id j6JNcsD1030902 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable X-MIME-Autoconverted: from 8bit to quoted-printable by robin.gentoo.org id j6JNgeaF015695 X-Archives-Salt: a2525586-6bb7-4ff9-8522-090d6695cf24 X-Archives-Hash: 7a71b6cabaf2ffd83c5669b68e2c7ff7 Thanks for the reply Colin =3D) > If you remember your stripe size, then you should be able to plug > your drives into any ICH5R-based motherboard and get your data back. > Theoretically, you could plug your drives into any RAID whose BIOS > does not write to the disks when creating an array and then recreate > the array in the BIOS with the same stripe size. I don't know if > software RAID can rebuild your array, but that seems like your best > bet, lest you have a friend with a lot of SATA RAID controllers (s) > he's willing to lend out. I already ordered another ICH5R motherboard (similar to my P4P800 but a new model, since my old one is not available anymore) to try that out. I'm almost sure that my stripe size is 64KB (default). If so, plugging my hard drives into the new board and creating a new array with the same stripe size will give me access to my data? Or is there the risk of loosing it all? Do you know if the ICH5R writes to the disks when creating the array? > If all else fails and your data is priceless, grab a couple grand and > look into professional data recovery, because unless you can find a > super-geek, that will probably be your best bet. Unfortunately I cannot afford such a service, even though my data is crucial to me, they're just too expensive for my pocket. :-( Jos=E9 Pedro --=20 gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list