Thumper <thumperstrauss******.com> wrote:
> What do you mean "lost". Assuming the hard drive didn't fail, then why
> can't I just install these drives in a new system that has SATA RAID?

because different raid drivers/chipsets organize the drive contents
differently. if the user data was split across multiple drives (raid 0 for
example), then you need a driver that gets the parts and puts them back
together again JUST RIGHT. Your best bet would be to backup the data from
the old machine and restore it to the new, assuming the old is still
functional or can be made functional. Otherwise the data is lost unless
you had a backup of it somewhere else. But the drives themselves can of
course be reformatted and used again. And don't use raid 0 on the new
system without working out a good backup plan for the next time...

BTW, if the new system does use the SAME chipset (family) and drivers you
_MAY_ be able to resurect the data - you would need to configure the new
system for the exact same settings as the old in the raid bios (ie, raid
stripe size) and hook the drives up - you may find that the data is there.
This might work if, for example, both MoBo's use the Intel ICHxR chip and
the same version of the IAA or IMM driver. I may be worth a try as a last
resort. Just don't bet the farm on it.