If it comes to recovering in files and folders Robocopy has better=20
controls than any other copy program I have found for Windows. I may=20
have been the only one that was not already using it.

On 3/12/2014 11:21 AM, Carlos Marcano wrote:
> Ok, I did something stupid.
>
>   I am using a RAID 0 configuration using the onboard chipset of my ASUS
> 990FX board. It is composed of 4 HDD, 2 Samsungs and 2 WD, of 500 GB for
> around 2TB total (1,81 TB usable, in fact).
>
> This is not my booting drive, I have a 128 GB SSD for that, it is mostly
> used for storage of my video library and streaming to the diverse rendere=
rs
> around the house through a mixed GB wired/811.ac network.
>
> I had a daily backing solution for the RAID array to an external 2TB disk=
,
> as RAID 0 is known for its unreliability and proneness to disaster.
>
> Well, with a mixture of Murphy's law and neglect from my part, I failed t=
o
> realize the backup disk had gone dead... and of course, now I am getting =
a
> disconnection  of the RAID array almost every time I boot the computer. I
> have to turn it off, wait and restart and can lightly use the computer
> until the RAIDXPERT utility from AMD  shows again the array disconection
> and the machine begins to malfuntion again.
>
> I got another external disk and I am trying to copy files from the array
> while it is usuable but when there has passed some time of intense rading
> from it, it usually disconects leading to a ton of error messages and
> crashing or freezing.
>
> The Media Patrol utility for RAID diagnosing from AMD, usualy dies at abo=
ut
> 15% analisys and leads to a crash.
>
> I can get to see at some error logs that it is the unit 4 at port 1 of th=
e
> array which is failing.
>
> After this sad story I just wanted to know if the colective wisdom in the
> list has some sort of other approach to the data extraction which could
> help me trying to get as much files from the array as possible before it
> finally dies, as it surely will.
>
> I know I should have not used this configuration from the beginning but
> that water already passed under that bridge, I just would like to try to
> see if I can recover something before changing my configuration to a bett=
er
> one.
>
> Thanks in advance.
>
> Regards,
>
> Carlos.

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