I would suggest as an array is involved, unless you can reconstruct that
array, and almost certainly you might only succeed with that by, using an
identical motherboard, or possibly using a motherboard that utilises the
same sata controller, then you should seek help from a professional & very
expensive data recovery company.
"dzomlija" <dzomlija.366932@xxxxxx-mx.forums.net> wrote in message
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>
> 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?
>
>
> --
> dzomlija
>
> _____________________
> Peter Alexander Dzomlija
> -Do you hear, huh? The Alpha and The Omega? Death and Rebirth? And as
> you die, so shall I be Reborn...-
>
> 
-U--nfortunately, my rig (As seen in
> Show us your rig)
> went south thanks to mother nature and a lightning bolt to the mains
> supply that my UPS could not stop. Now I'm just waiting for the
> insurance payout, so I can build a new machine.-'
> ' (http://s229.photobucket.com/albums/e...zomlija/Venus/)