Intel RAID 5 Recovery
Posted: 04 Mar 2016, 09:34
Dear all,
I would like to ask you for any kind of help in the recovery process of my RAID 5 array. I will try to include as many details as possible:
System configuration:
SABERTOOTH Z97 MARK S - controller set to RAID operation using Intel Rapid Storage Technology
RAID array named "RAID5" with stripe size of 64KB (not sure, maybe 128KB) with 4 2TB drives assigned to this array.
The RAID5 was nearly full of 6 TB of data (media files only, movies, bluray iso images, mkv files).
My ASUS board suggested me a bios update, so I accepted it. Unfortunately, after the update, the controlled was set back to AHCI mode and corrupted the RAID array. Setting back to RAID did not helped. My system was like this at this stage:
https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B8ygOE ... sp=sharing
I found a huge topic about basically the same problem, so I followed these steps:
Here's exactly what to do to recover a "lost" RAID-5 volume:
1. Uninstall Intel RST from Windows. This step is critical! If you do not do this, you will lose all your data when you get to step (4)!
2. Reboot into the RAID console, reset all member disks to be non-member
3. Create a new array with the exact same parameters (name, stripe size) as the original one
4. Reboot into Windows, run TestDisk, start "Quick Search"
5. Stop Quick Search immediately after it has started, immediately start the "Deeper Search" - chosen EFI GPT
6. Wait until Deeper Search had found the correct partition (should take under 10 seconds), stop it from scanning
7. Mark the partition as Primary, write partition data to it
8. Reboot into Windows and everything should be hunky dory!
I have made it up to point 7. I ran a deep search which looked like this:
https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B8ygOE ... sp=sharing
later on:
https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B8ygOE ... sp=sharing
The complete deep scan took me about 1 day to complete.
After the scan I received a note:
The harddisk seems too small!
and structure as following:
https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B8ygOE ... sp=sharing
https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B8ygOE ... sp=sharing
The only one that should fit my needs it the fourth selection:
https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B8ygOE ... sp=sharing
https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B8ygOE ... sp=sharing
However, I am not able to access any directories under those two folders. As far as I remember, the RAID contained only two large folders, nothing else.
Other structures from the selection (named as MS DATA):
https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B8ygOE ... sp=sharing
MAC HFS - I don´t really know, why these types of partitions are there.
What am I supposed to do as my next step?
I am not sure, if the recreated array´s stip size was either 64 or 128 KB (I have chosen the 64KB size) and according the name, maybe it was "RAID5" or "RAID 5". Should I try deleting the raid array again and recreating it with 128KB stripe size?
I have not made any changes by far, have not written any data to the array nor initialized it.
Thank your for your help and care,
Kind Regards,
Boris.
I would like to ask you for any kind of help in the recovery process of my RAID 5 array. I will try to include as many details as possible:
System configuration:
SABERTOOTH Z97 MARK S - controller set to RAID operation using Intel Rapid Storage Technology
RAID array named "RAID5" with stripe size of 64KB (not sure, maybe 128KB) with 4 2TB drives assigned to this array.
The RAID5 was nearly full of 6 TB of data (media files only, movies, bluray iso images, mkv files).
My ASUS board suggested me a bios update, so I accepted it. Unfortunately, after the update, the controlled was set back to AHCI mode and corrupted the RAID array. Setting back to RAID did not helped. My system was like this at this stage:
https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B8ygOE ... sp=sharing
I found a huge topic about basically the same problem, so I followed these steps:
Here's exactly what to do to recover a "lost" RAID-5 volume:
1. Uninstall Intel RST from Windows. This step is critical! If you do not do this, you will lose all your data when you get to step (4)!
2. Reboot into the RAID console, reset all member disks to be non-member
3. Create a new array with the exact same parameters (name, stripe size) as the original one
4. Reboot into Windows, run TestDisk, start "Quick Search"
5. Stop Quick Search immediately after it has started, immediately start the "Deeper Search" - chosen EFI GPT
6. Wait until Deeper Search had found the correct partition (should take under 10 seconds), stop it from scanning
7. Mark the partition as Primary, write partition data to it
8. Reboot into Windows and everything should be hunky dory!
I have made it up to point 7. I ran a deep search which looked like this:
https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B8ygOE ... sp=sharing
later on:
https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B8ygOE ... sp=sharing
The complete deep scan took me about 1 day to complete.
After the scan I received a note:
The harddisk seems too small!
and structure as following:
https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B8ygOE ... sp=sharing
https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B8ygOE ... sp=sharing
The only one that should fit my needs it the fourth selection:
https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B8ygOE ... sp=sharing
https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B8ygOE ... sp=sharing
However, I am not able to access any directories under those two folders. As far as I remember, the RAID contained only two large folders, nothing else.
Other structures from the selection (named as MS DATA):
https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B8ygOE ... sp=sharing
MAC HFS - I don´t really know, why these types of partitions are there.
What am I supposed to do as my next step?
I am not sure, if the recreated array´s stip size was either 64 or 128 KB (I have chosen the 64KB size) and according the name, maybe it was "RAID5" or "RAID 5". Should I try deleting the raid array again and recreating it with 128KB stripe size?
I have not made any changes by far, have not written any data to the array nor initialized it.
Thank your for your help and care,
Kind Regards,
Boris.