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RAID Data Recovery - Recovering Data from a RAID System

ARAX Disk Doctor virtually re-creates Spanned, Mirrored (RAID-1), Stripped (RAID-0) and RAID-5 Volumes. RAID Data Recovery software supports:

Hardware RAID, including IBM, Compaq, Dell, Adaptec, AMI, etc.
Software RAID, including Windows Servers including 2K, XP, NT.

Possible reasons for RAID data recovery:

Accidental deletion of files
Accidental reformatting of drives
Array reformatting
Accidental reformatting of partitions
Accidental replacement of media components
Bad sectors
Controller failure
Controller malfunction
Corrupted files
Corrupted RAID
Damaged files or folders
Data corrupted
Directory corruption
Employee sabotage or deletions.

FAT corruption
Firmware corruption (Controller)
Hard disk drive component failure
Hard drive crashes (RAID-5)
Hard drive failure (RAID-5)
Head crash (RAID-5)

Inaccessible drives and partitions
Inaccessible drives or partitions
Intermittent drive failure
Mechanical failure (RAID-5)
Media damage (RAID-5)

MFT corruption
Missing partitions
Overwritten RAID settings
Partition Table related corruption
RAID configuration corruption
RAID controller failure
RAID corruption
RAID disk failure
RAID incorrect configuration
Reformatting
Repartition
Unbootable system
Virus attack or virus infection
Virus corruptions and deletions

If you have a corrupted RAID configuration and one or more drives in the array are damaged, you can combine the healthy drives together with the damaged drives in a virtual disk array. If the damaged drives are inaccessible, you can substitute a "dummy" drive as a replacement. ARAX Disk Doctor simulates the RAID assembly and you can scan this virtual array as a logical device.

The Virtual Disk Array Wizard will guide you through the process of assembling together the parts of a corrupted RAID disk array. To start this wizard, do one of the following:

Select Wizards in the Command Bar and select the Recover From Damaged RAID item
From the Wizards menu, select the Create Virtual Array item

After the wizard opens, follow the instructions provided.

Note

You may need to refresh the Recovery Explorer tree to see a newly-created device. To do this, from the View menu, select Refresh or press the F5 key on the keyboard.

If you complete the Virtual Disk Array Wizard and the new device is inaccessible, repeat the wizard steps with a different sequence of disks and geometry settings.

Data Recovery for RAID

RAID Data Recovery - Recovering Data from a RAID System

Possible reasons for RAID data recovery:

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