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lhalopoff ![]() Newbie ![]() Joined: 25 Apr 2018 Status: Offline Points: 4 |
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I am a bit of a rookie when it comes to RAID and I think I messed up big time.
My roommate and I built a PC with an ASROCK x99 exteme4. He installed RAID5 with 4 HDS. Recently I was having trouble getting the computer to boot. It would start for 20seconds and then turn off with no video output. Irrationally I thought I could remove the CMOS battery to reset BIOS and get the computer to boot. Which it worked but now my RAID 5 is missing. I can see all the hard drives in the BIOS and RAID Utility but the raid is not bootable. Did I screw up an loose all of my data? I am thinking about updating the BIOS with the latest update from ASRock. I am lost, hopefully someone here can give me some guidance. |
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badbri ![]() Groupie ![]() Joined: 20 Feb 2018 Location: USA Status: Offline Points: 415 |
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Did you go back into BIOS and set the HD mode back to RAID, it defaults to AHCI on reset.
I have not messed with raid in a few years but usually if RAID 5 fails it is due to one HD failing (causing boot failure), or the raid config getting corrupted. Usually you can recover/rebuild the raid 5 array if one HD falters but you need to know if it is an HD failure. You should check the HDs with a bootable cd/usb from the HD manufacture. The other thing is odd that it shut down after 20 secs... Usually there is a boot failure warning or it goes straight to BIOS if no bootable device found. Maybe someone else here has a better info |
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lhalopoff ![]() Newbie ![]() Joined: 25 Apr 2018 Status: Offline Points: 4 |
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Yes, I did set the HD mode back to raid after I was able to start the computer back up. I do not think that any of the HDS failed, I can still see all of them in the disk management and in the BIOS as well.
I do have a separate SSD for booting and progams so I am able to use the PC currently. I think by resetting the BIOS is seperated the RAID5, which is made up of 4 disks. When I look at Disk management I have two disks still in the RAID5 and the other two disks are outside of it. Anyway I can get them all back together? Any tips on how to try and recover the data? |
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