I'm sure. Tried one I had from another case that is a working server and same thing happens. Errr.. doesn't happen.
-----Original Message----- From: Charlie Kaiser [mailto:charl...@golden-eagle.org] Sent: Tuesday, June 28, 2011 3:55 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: recovering dead server hard drives Are you 100% certain it's not just a power supply failure? I've seen over a dozen PS failures just like this... *********************** Charlie Kaiser charl...@golden-eagle.org Kingman, AZ *********************** > -----Original Message----- > From: Art DeKneef [mailto:art.dekn...@cox.net] > Sent: Tuesday, June 28, 2011 3:01 PM > To: NT System Admin Issues > Subject: recovering dead server hard drives > > One of my customers referred someone to me who had trouble with a server. > > > > He explained that the office lost power and when power was restored everything can back > up but the office couldn't connect to the server. After a few quick questions went to the > office and the server looked and sounded like it was on but no video. Server was under the > counter with screens on the doors. Area was warm when I opened it. Not good I'm > thinking. Tried another monitor, same no video. Opened case and saw neither the case fan > or the CPU fan spinning. Held in power switch to shut down. > > > > It looks like the motherboard is dead. Press power button and power > supply fan starts, > lights come on but nothing else. No beeps and no video. > > > > Thoughts on trying to recover the data. I can put the drives into > another system but if I > remember correctly software RAID writes to the hard drive and the > Windows software > doesn't recognize them. So it asks you to initialize them. Does that change anything on > the hard drive? I'm trying to see if I can get to the data before the > last resort is to a > hard drive recovery place. > > > > Additional information. > > Of course he has no documentation on info on the server. Asked if he > had a backup and > said it was on the server. I see no external drives or tape device. > Really not good I'm > thinking now. And of course he says all his stuff is on the server. Great! No backup all his > office files are on the server. > > > > I ask if he knows if the drives are mirrored or using some form of RAID. No idea. Server > has 4 SATA drives. One is 80GB which I think is the Windows system > drive and three > 250GB which are unknown. The sever has a Super Micro motherboard (out > of warranty) > and I think is setup with software RAID. But I don't know if it might > be 1 or 5 or what. > Server is a few years old, original guy not around anymore, and so on. > > > > I have another server I could try and use the drives on but will have > to do a repair > because of the hardware change. Original server single socket P4, my server dual socket > Xeon, both populated. I certainly don't want to destroy the data so am planning my next > move. > > > > Thanks, > > Art > > > > > > ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ > <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~ > > --- > To manage subscriptions click here: http://lyris.sunbelt-software.com/read/my_forums/ > or send an email to listmana...@lyris.sunbeltsoftware.com > with the body: unsubscribe ntsysadmin ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~ --- To manage subscriptions click here: http://lyris.sunbelt-software.com/read/my_forums/ or send an email to listmana...@lyris.sunbeltsoftware.com with the body: unsubscribe ntsysadmin ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~ --- To manage subscriptions click here: http://lyris.sunbelt-software.com/read/my_forums/ or send an email to listmana...@lyris.sunbeltsoftware.com with the body: unsubscribe ntsysadmin
