I imagine the RAID-0 is being done by the MyBook enclosure, thus making ruling out
attaching the drives to another controller.
This is the main caveat of RAID-0 since recovery is (near?) impossible given data is
stripped across both drives. *IF* the problem is not the drives, the assumption would
be that dropping them into another mybook enclosure might allow recovery. Same goes
if the RAID is being done by the host PC vs. enclosure.
You could attach them to a desktop PC's SATA controller to be able to run WD
diagnostics in non-destructive mode to verify one drive is bad.
Hunter, Gary wrote:
Hi,
I have a Western digital 1TB My Book Pro II which all of a sudden won't
power on.
When I insert the power cable in the back the light flashes on but that
is it. When I hit the reset button the light also comes on but then
nothing. This unit has 2x500GB drives. I have them configured in raid 0
to utilize the whole disk. I want to recover the data before RMAing it
to WD.
Is there some software raid I can use and directly plug them into my
desktop's SATA connection?
I am assuming if I bought another drive of the same model off ebay I
could just switch the drives and recover the data. If I had to buy
another drive I would rather get a newer 2TB version. Is it a bad idea
to assume I could put the drives into the 2TB chasis and expect them to
work?
Or (I know this is a long shot) does anyone have one of these drives
that they are willing to take apart and put my drives in to recover the
data?
Any advice would be appreciated.
Thanks,
Gary
