Help XPS M1730 Raid

[johnrobert]

I have a dell XPS M1730 17 inch laptop with 2 hard drives in a raid 0 setup
When I try to boot into Vista I get blue screen, it flashes them goes away before message can be read.
I removed drives and connected with usb adapter one drive is detected but cannot be read

I tried Parted magic but could not see drives
I was thinking since there mirrored I would be able to read them, whats the easiest way to extract data
It is raid 0
I think it is a intel matrix raid controller I tried CTRL + I to enter the INTEL RAID thing, but nothing happened

I used a different HD and installed Windows it runs perfectly it’s just the HD Raid corruption issue

These people don’t have much money so data recovery lab is not an option

 

[Mr.Mike]

Have you tried to disable automatic reboot on bsod so you can see the error message? That way you can troubleshoot the error.

 

[johnrobert]

I just want to try and get data from drives
I fired up R studio but it wont initialise when drive is connected

I think these raid setups cause more trouble than its worth in my experience

 

[compnet]

I just want to try and get data from drives
I fired up R studio but it wont initialise when drive is connected

I think these raid setups cause more trouble than its worth in my experience

Are they mirrored or is it raid 0?

If its raid 0 and the drives are healthy, then fixing the bsod is going to be the easiest way to get the data........

 

[damitman]

have not used either one but, a quick search came up with

1 data recovery service (critical)

2 a program, GetdataBack

3 a external dual drive with raid capable, 0&1

hope this helps

 

[johnrobert]

I think its Raid 0 as I just connected the sata 0 and it boots to bsod
When I connect the other drive only, nothing happens
That what I was thinking the easiest way would be as you say to fix the bsod
Which is not going to be easy as it won’t boot from install DVD, or Dart.

I have done work for this family before and to say they are cheap is an understatement they demand to know cost before I start I quoted low
not fully understanding what I was getting into so I won’t be spending a lot of time on this

 

[lcoughey]

STOP!!! Please give me a call, 866-750-3169, before you try anything further.

Luke

 

[SilverLeaf]

I cringe every time I see one of these multimedia laptops or media center PC's come in with RAID 0. I can't believe any manufacturer could possibly think that this was a good idea, and I just don't understand it. Sure, you might get a mild speed increase; but you also double the risk of data loss and potentially significantly increase the recovery costs. Two crappy consumer grade drives (ie Seagate!) in a RAID 0 config, is a ticking bomb.

STOP!!! Please give me a call, 866-750-3169, before you try anything further.

Luke

Luke helped me out with this exact scenario some time back. I would make the call.

 

[johnrobert]

I connected both drives via USB to my laptop and fired up R-Studio
and it found both drives all I had to do was copy off all files I needed.
I thought I would give it one more try and it worked

I will definitely be charging a lot more than quoted

Thanks for the offer Luke I totally agree with you RAID 0 is crazy plus drives where mounted back to back touching 2 hot things together
increases heat

 

[lcoughey]

I connected both drives via USB to my laptop and fired up R-Studio
and it found both drives all I had to do was copy off all files I needed.
I thought I would give it one more try and it worked

I will definitely be charging a lot more than quoted

Thanks for the offer Luke I totally agree with you RAID 0 is crazy plus drives where mounted back to back touching 2 hot things together
increases heat

Assuming that you are recovering from sector-by-sector clones, you are doing great.