Thanks again Tim, I did this and downloaded the demo version of RStudio. It seems a cool app unfortunately neither the OS or BIOS saw the second drive so I think it is a physical issue with the drive :(
I'll RMA it and forget about the data :( -----Original Message----- From: hardware-boun...@hardwaregroup.com [mailto:hardware-boun...@hardwaregroup.com] On Behalf Of Tim Lider Sent: Friday, August 14, 2009 1:17 PM To: hardware@hardwaregroup.com Subject: Re: [H] Western Digital My Book problem Hello Gary, Does the computer see both drives in the CMOS Boot up part? If so, then they work hardware wise. Now. Just put both together on a working computer and raid them together with RStudio and go for it. Regards, Tim Lider Sr. Data Recovery Specialist Advanced Data Solutions, LLC http://www.adv-data.com > -----Original Message----- > From: hardware-boun...@hardwaregroup.com [mailto:hardware- > boun...@hardwaregroup.com] On Behalf Of Hunter, Gary > Sent: Friday, August 14, 2009 10:22 AM > To: hardware@hardwaregroup.com > Subject: Re: [H] Western Digital My Book problem > > OK I managed to get 15 mins free and took a further look. > > I am not sure if this is a RAID issue or whether my disk is toast. > > So the WD labels the disk A and B. When I add disk A to the desktop the > PC boots fine, when I add disk B Io get a generic hard disk error > thrown > from the BIOS check. > > Is this because of something in the MBR for disk B, I had always > assumed > each disk would be initialized as a normal disk but now I am thinking > that maybe the RAID only initializes disk A but writes something > special > to disk B. > > I did swap the controller boards in case something was bad there but > there was no change. The drive does seem to spin up and there are no > nasty noises. > > > > -----Original Message----- > From: hardware-boun...@hardwaregroup.com > [mailto:hardware-boun...@hardwaregroup.com] On Behalf Of Hunter, Gary > Sent: Friday, August 14, 2009 9:57 AM > To: hardware@hardwaregroup.com > Subject: Re: [H] Western Digital My Book problem > > Hi Tim, > > Does R-Studio do the RAID0 or would I need R-Studio Technician? I > couldn't find a side by side comparison of the features. I don't mind > getting the $79.99 version but this date is not worth $899 :) > > I am going to download the demo and test it but just wondered if you > knew? > > Thanks, > > Gary > > -----Original Message----- > From: hardware-boun...@hardwaregroup.com > [mailto:hardware-boun...@hardwaregroup.com] On Behalf Of Hunter, Gary > Sent: Friday, August 14, 2009 9:27 AM > To: hardware@hardwaregroup.com > Subject: Re: [H] Western Digital My Book problem > > Thanks Tim, I don't think there is any important data on the drive. > It's > mainly TV progs from the UK so I don't want to spend a great deal to > get > the data back (I'll keep you in mind though). > > I'll do the WD diagnostics this evening and see how it goes. I'll post > an update later. The WD indeed stripes across the 2 disks not sure on > the data chunk size though. I'll have to dig a little deeper. > > >From your note am I to believe that striping across the disks is > generic > and there probably isn't a manufacturer specific algorithm? This is > interesting as I just assumed it would be proprietary. > > > > > -----Original Message----- > From: hardware-boun...@hardwaregroup.com > [mailto:hardware-boun...@hardwaregroup.com] On Behalf Of Tim Lider > Sent: Friday, August 14, 2009 9:17 AM > To: hardware@hardwaregroup.com > Subject: Re: [H] Western Digital My Book problem > > Hello Gary, > > This might work. Although, I would pull t hem out and see if each > drive > works correctly. Do not expect to get the data off that way. Most 2 > disk > RAID 0 systems use 128kB stripe, you can use a recovery software like > r-tools to recover the data if the drives work. > > If one of the drives do not work, you're basically screwed. Well not > really, there is always me trolling the list :) > > Regards and good luck, > > Tim Lider > Sr. Data Recovery Specialist > Advanced Data Solutions, LLC > http://www.adv-data.com > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: hardware-boun...@hardwaregroup.com [mailto:hardware- > > boun...@hardwaregroup.com] On Behalf Of Hunter, Gary > > Sent: Thursday, August 13, 2009 8:38 PM > > To: hardware@hardwaregroup.com > > Subject: [H] Western Digital My Book problem > > > > 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 > > If you are not the intended recipient of this e-mail message, please > > notify the sender > > and delete all copies immediately. 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