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 1Dv3hE-0001j9-Ta for garchives@archives.gentoo.org; Wed, 20 Jul 2005 01:48:29 +0000 Received: from robin.gentoo.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by robin.gentoo.org (8.13.4/8.13.4) with SMTP id j6K1lZ8V010776; Wed, 20 Jul 2005 01:47:35 GMT Received: from rproxy.gmail.com (rproxy.gmail.com [64.233.170.201]) by robin.gentoo.org (8.13.4/8.13.4) with ESMTP id j6K1fiYG014349 for ; Wed, 20 Jul 2005 01:41:45 GMT Received: by rproxy.gmail.com with SMTP id c51so925520rne for ; Tue, 19 Jul 2005 18:41:46 -0700 (PDT) DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; q=dns; c=nofws; s=beta; d=gmail.com; h=received:from:to:subject:date:user-agent:references:in-reply-to:mime-version:content-type:content-transfer-encoding:content-disposition:message-id; b=oc+qcoa3ZIkeNiaaSz960WCMnwI9bXyAtcBIbasgEq3wM+G9K3JSTMk1GA2mgnxJ4elR7XxLB3fkZaXZLTroWJJiCAsU5PE49rQ8O5aVBupKr6TNNo0K205h1LqQpv03qUWPZ6k+kYMBdsC+t0k6A3Z1KL8NkfrynA02UkXFBLE= Received: by 10.39.2.68 with SMTP id e68mr1717812rni; Tue, 19 Jul 2005 18:41:46 -0700 (PDT) Received: from gentoo.localdomain.local ([68.198.67.91]) by mx.gmail.com with ESMTP id 70sm6536938rnc.2005.07.19.18.41.45; Tue, 19 Jul 2005 18:41:45 -0700 (PDT) From: Patrick Rutkowski To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] P4P800 - Intel ICH5R - data recovery? Date: Tue, 19 Jul 2005 21:41:43 -0400 User-Agent: KMail/1.8.1 References: <12a679470507191416228086f3@mail.gmail.com> <12a679470507191637456b9b1b@mail.gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <12a679470507191637456b9b1b@mail.gmail.com> 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 Message-Id: <200507192141.43654.rutski89@gmail.com> X-MIME-Autoconverted: from quoted-printable to 8bit by robin.gentoo.org id j6K1fiYG014349 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable X-MIME-Autoconverted: from 8bit to quoted-printable by robin.gentoo.org id j6K1lZ8o010776 X-Archives-Salt: 124be104-fa42-4f78-9476-0a344ec4eab2 X-Archives-Hash: ffb065b8191a2c368cafedf42613cd56 On Tuesday 19 July 2005 19:37, Jos=E9 Pedro Saraiva wrote: > 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 My one BIG FAT WARNING to you would be to think for 30 seconds or more be= fore=20 pushing any buttons when redoing your disks. Its very easy to accidentally format things when you don't know exactly w= hat=20 your doing... at least for me it is; I've done it :-p Wishing the best of luck, Patrick Rutkowski --=20 gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list