There is a lot of info for people who are interested in Data Recovery Software. If you use built-in Raid controller, it can require the Raid array restoration facilities. So, have a look at one instance. Imagine that you've equipped AMD SB 600 built-in chip set controller with a Raid array on it. It worked without any problems and you're glad, but then there came time to renew your old equipment. And you settled to choose Intel Core CPU. On the motherboard you have chosen you saw an embedded controller ICH9R, relocated hard disk but your Raid array isn't identified. You may choose one of 2 possible ways out:

1. You can get new hard disks and create totally new Raid array and transport all info from the old computer to a new one that requires a lot of expenses and long period of time to recover a preceding Raid array.

2. Or you may apply to a “Data restoration laboratory” where your Raid array will be recovered for some definite sum of money and during short term by means of data transportation. If you'd utilize external Raid array such a problem would not just exist, because you are simply to transport a controller with hard drives. One more problem is that the embedded Raid controllers that are accessible in the market, are semi-hardware. Such controllers can restore only 1, 0+1, 5 Raid arrays and some other methods of data restoration are not accessible for them.

“Mirroring” as one of the methods that will guarantee safety to you. A lot of persons think that if they would not use a common stripe (Raid 0) they will be reliably protected from a loss of data and there would be no need to restore Raid arrays. But there're problems such as electricity failures, driver difficulties in operating system, virus assaults that would make you lose all your data from all the hard drives and no “mirroring” will help you. So, what persons may do in this case? In this case you must not strive to recover the files from a Raid array or to restore the whole Raid array. You are to turn off your PC and take a system unit to a file recovery expert. Take after these tips and you will be capable to protect and restore all your information from Raid arrays. Read the rest of this entry »