RAID0 broken array

neokenzo

I proably know the answer to this question but I am hoping that I am wrong.

I was trying to overclock my system, well I sort of pushed it a tad bit too much and when the system rebooted I got BSOD. When I restart my pc, my RAID array is broken. The only option that I have is destroy the array which I presume means I'll lose everything on my hdd and I have to re-do the array.

Is there a way I can fix this rather than having to do it again? Is it possible for me to get some stuff in the hdd before re-doing the array?

Thanks in advance.

joePC

Sounds bad, I have never came accross a fix for a broken array, as for the Data its all gone, its there but broken between the 2 hard drives,

Reinstate & Reinstall

Thanks joePC

leeroybrown

It's probably just some minor (hopefully) corruption in the filesystem. Have a look to see if the controller chipset manufacturer has some form of Array recovery tool (preferably a boot disk). The controller itself won't have enough intelligence to recover the filesystem but a purpose written application might.

That said messing up a RAID0 array is never good.

Mutant_Fruit

if a raid0 dies, there is usually no way to recover it, and any data on it is completely unrecoverable.

If you had two seperate hardrives, a little biut of corruptoin would still mean you can recover 90%+ of the stuff. Thats why i never recommend raid0's.

Sir Random

I presume you were using the via raid controller?
It might be a good idea to try the Promise controller (supposed to be locked at 33) next time, if you still want to o/clock your rig.