Recovering an Intel BIOS Raid 5
Posted: 17 Sep 2013, 18:30
I start by saying that TestDisk is a great tool. It has already helped me to recover some of my precious but deleted images from my camera memory cards, thank you. By the way, my paid version of the EasyRecovery software by Ontrack failed to do this and I did not hear back from customer support for a solution so here is a proof about the effectiveness of the TestDisk software.
My PC had a Raid 5 Intel BIOS setup before it was infected with a virus. I lost my Corsair SSD drive which I replaced with a new drive from OCZ and used Acronis Ture Image to recover an older image of the operating system so the PC is running again. The virus also affected my Raid 5 setup where I keep our family photos and videos. The RAID consists of 3 x 3TB HDDs. I get a message that 2 out of 3 drives do not belong to this Raid family during BIOS startup. I started checking the drive with TestDisk but I am getting a message 'Error reading sector *****'. What are the steps that I need to take to recover my files from the Raid drive? I have not done any formatting of the 3 HDDs or updating of the BIOS since the PC crashed.
My PC had a Raid 5 Intel BIOS setup before it was infected with a virus. I lost my Corsair SSD drive which I replaced with a new drive from OCZ and used Acronis Ture Image to recover an older image of the operating system so the PC is running again. The virus also affected my Raid 5 setup where I keep our family photos and videos. The RAID consists of 3 x 3TB HDDs. I get a message that 2 out of 3 drives do not belong to this Raid family during BIOS startup. I started checking the drive with TestDisk but I am getting a message 'Error reading sector *****'. What are the steps that I need to take to recover my files from the Raid drive? I have not done any formatting of the 3 HDDs or updating of the BIOS since the PC crashed.