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**Dzomlija** · 03-12-2008

I'm almost a little embarrassed to post this, but I figured, why not?

My computer (despite the presence of a UPS) was killed by an extreme power surge last week Tuesday during a thunder storm, which is very common in my area. The only components that survived this disaster are the 8 hard drives (Show us your rig). The data on all but 3 of these drive is ok, and was 100% accessible by plugging them into a temporary XP machine loaned to me by my ISP. The remaining three drives where configured as a JBOD array in order to provide a single 530GB "drive" to contain my music and videos folders without fuss.

The JBOD setup was a standard function of the ASUS A8N32-Sli-Deluxe motherboard. The RAID controller on the replacement motherboard that the insurance company is giving me (MB-M3A32-MVP Deluxe/WiFi-AP) does not support JBOD, so in most cases I'd be pretty much stuffed, if not for the backups I already have.

The problem is this - The last backup I have of this JBOD array was made about a week before the computer was popped by lightning, and covers only about 90% or so of the data, which leaves me with about 33GB that has not been backed up.

So what I'm looking for is this:

A reputable data recovery program that can scan the 3 individual drives (possibly scanning for NTFS structures) and recover the data. I have got GetDataBack NTFS 3.02, but it's success rate isn't very good, so I don't know how well it will work in this instance.
A Vista x64 driver that can "emulate" JBOD from standard SATA connections so that I can re-construct the 3-drive array (even if only temporarily), and then use Windows Explorer to copy the lost data to new locations.

I've already run up the phone bill through the roof contacting component suppliers in South Africa to try an locate a separate SATA RAID controller that supports JBOD, but no joy.

All I need to do is recover that missing 10% that has been lost. Unfortunately, brute force data recovery is my only option, as some of the sources where I got the music and videos are no longer available, as they too where wiped out by the storm, some of which aren't as regular with their backups as I am.

Are there any suggestions?

03-12-2008	#1 (permalink)
Dzomlija Windows Vista x64 Ultimate 2,217 posts	Data Recovery Options I'm almost a little embarrassed to post this, but I figured, why not? My computer (despite the presence of a UPS) was killed by an extreme power surge last week Tuesday during a thunder storm, which is very common in my area. The only components that survived this disaster are the 8 hard drives (Show us your rig). The data on all but 3 of these drive is ok, and was 100% accessible by plugging them into a temporary XP machine loaned to me by my ISP. The remaining three drives where configured as a JBOD array in order to provide a single 530GB "drive" to contain my music and videos folders without fuss. The JBOD setup was a standard function of the ASUS A8N32-Sli-Deluxe motherboard. The RAID controller on the replacement motherboard that the insurance company is giving me (MB-M3A32-MVP Deluxe/WiFi-AP) does not support JBOD, so in most cases I'd be pretty much stuffed, if not for the backups I already have. The problem is this - The last backup I have of this JBOD array was made about a week before the computer was popped by lightning, and covers only about 90% or so of the data, which leaves me with about 33GB that has not been backed up. So what I'm looking for is this: A reputable data recovery program that can scan the 3 individual drives (possibly scanning for NTFS structures) and recover the data. I have got GetDataBack NTFS 3.02, but it's success rate isn't very good, so I don't know how well it will work in this instance. A Vista x64 driver that can "emulate" JBOD from standard SATA connections so that I can re-construct the 3-drive array (even if only temporarily), and then use Windows Explorer to copy the lost data to new locations. I've already run up the phone bill through the roof contacting component suppliers in South Africa to try an locate a separate SATA RAID controller that supports JBOD, but no joy. All I need to do is recover that missing 10% that has been lost. Unfortunately, brute force data recovery is my only option, as some of the sources where I got the music and videos are no longer available, as they too where wiped out by the storm, some of which aren't as regular with their backups as I am. Are there any suggestions?
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