Re: [gentoo-user] P4P800 - Intel ICH5R - data recovery?

[Ryan Viljoen <ravilj@gmail.com>]

This has been a really interesting topic. I also have a P4P800 which I
suspect is also on its way out and was wondering the exact same thing
the other day. And I have no chance of backing up all my data there is
just to much of it.

Thanks Jose.

Cheers
Rav

On 7/21/05, José Pedro Saraiva <nocive@gmail.com> wrote:
> On 7/20/05, Patrick Rutkowski <rutski89@gmail.com> wrote:
> > On Tuesday 19 July 2005 19:37, José Pedro Saraiva wrote:
> > > Thanks for the reply Colin =)
> > >
> > > > 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. :-(
> > >
> > > José Pedro
> >
> > My one BIG FAT WARNING to you would be to think for 30 seconds or more before
> > pushing any buttons when redoing your disks.
> >
> > Its very easy to accidentally format things when you don't know exactly what
> > your doing... at least for me it is; I've done it :-p
> >
> > Wishing the best of luck,
> > Patrick Rutkowski
> >
> It turns out everything is easier than we thought!
> I contacted Intel for some support and here's what they told me:
> 
> -----------------------------------------------------------------------------
> Thank you for contacting Intel(R) Technical Support.
> 
> You should be able to just connect both drives to a motherboard with
> either the Intel(R) 82801ER I/O controller hub (ICH5R), the Intel(R)
> 82801FR I/O controller hub (ICH6R) or the Intel(R) 82801GR I/O
> controller hub (ICH7R) and everything should work fine.
> 
> Now, you just need to connect the drives. Do not create the RAID 0
> volume again because this will cause the drives to be overwritten.
> 
> Before plugging in the drives, make sure that the onboard RAID
> controller is enabled in the BIOS, or that Serial ATA features are set
> to RAID. Either one of the above RAID controllers, once enabled at
> BIOS level, should be able to detect the RAID structure on the drives.
> -----------------------------------------------------------------------------
> 
> Neat, huh? :D
> Now I can blame Intel if anything goes wrong! :>
> 
> Regards,
> José Pedro
> 
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