Hi everybody, I need YOUR help, I have a raid-0 config with two 2tb disks. Everything was working properly since this morning, when the raid-0 disappeared. I've tried to recover it with diskpart with no success. Any suggestion? SO: Windows 7 x64 eng Raid HDDS: Western Digital WD20EARS PS: I'd like to keep all the data on this raid-0 system. Thanks in advance to everybody. Have a nice day. Best regards, Paula DISKPART> list disk Disk ### Status Size Free Dyn Gpt -------- ------------- ------- ------- --- --- Disk 0 Invalid 1863 GB 0 B * Disk 1 Invalid 1863 GB 0 B * Disk 2 Online 59 GB 0 B DISKPART> list volume Volume ### Ltr Label Fs Type Size Status Info ---------- --- ----------- ----- ---------- ------- --------- -------- Volume 0 D DVD-ROM 0 B No Media Volume 1 C NTFS Partition 59 GB Healthy System DISKPART> select disk 0 Disk 0 is now the selected disk. DISKPART> recover noerr Virtual Disk Service error: This operation is not allowed on the invalid disk pack.

There is no capability in Windows 7 to recover your RAID data. RAID-0, stripped array, is an accident waiting to happen because there is absolutely no recovery from a failed RAID-0 since the data is stripped across disks.Please remember to click Mark as Answer on the post that helps you, and to click Unmark as Answer if a marked post does not actually answer your question. This can be beneficial to other community members reading the thread.

There is no capability in Windows 7 to recover your RAID data. RAID-0, striped array, is an accident waiting to happen because there is absolutely no recovery from a failed RAID-0 since the data is striped across disks. Please remember to click “Mark as Answer” on the post that helps you, and to click “Unmark as Answer” if a marked post does not actually answer your question. This can be beneficial to other community members reading the thread. ”

On Thu, 9 Jun 2011 09:55:59 +0000, Rick Dee wrote: There is no capability in Windows 7 to recover your RAID data. RAID-0, stripped array, is an accident waiting to happen because there is absolutely no recovery from a failed RAID-0 since the data is stripped across disks. A typo, I assume. You mean "striped," not "stripped." But I completely agree. It's not wise to use RAID 1 (or other types of RAID) because it greatly increases the risk to your data, and, despite its seeming like it should improve performance, in practice, it does little if anything. Ken Blake, Microsoft MVP

Thanks for bringing that to my attention. Although, the striped array did get stripped!Please remember to click Mark as Answer on the post that helps you, and to click Unmark as Answer if a marked post does not actually answer your question. This can be beneficial to other community members reading the thread.

On Fri, 10 Jun 2011 11:19:36 +0000, Rick Dee wrote: Thanks for bringing that to my attention.  Although, the striped array did get stripped! LOL! You're welcome. Ken Blake, Microsoft MVP