RAID 0 (striping) recovery

To Recover the RAID:

Ensure the forensic image files of the RAID drives are available. Or, if physical drives are being used, ensure the are properly connected to your computer, that you can hear each drive spinning and that there are no signs (or sounds) of a physically failed drive;
Run Mount Image Pro, click the button and then click the Version 4 and select the "Recover Drive" path and click Next;

In the Drive Selection window, click on the button. This opens the RAID configuration window. Click here for a summary of functions in this window.;

In the Add Raid window, select the type of RAID you are trying to recover and click the button to add the RAID drives (Note: if you have taken image copies of the drive [DD, RAW, EnCase etc] use the "Add Image..." button);

Set the "Type" of RAID to "software".

Press the to test to see if it is a valid software RAID.

A valid software RAID will show with green ticks on the added drives (or image files):

If it is not a valid software RAID, you will receive the message below. In this case follow the hardware RAID instructions:

Set the "Type" of RAID to "software".

Press the to test to see if it is a valid software RAID.

A valid software RAID will show with green ticks on the added drives (or image files):

If it is not a valid software RAID, you will receive the message below. In this case follow the hardware RAID instructions:

If you know the parameters of your hardware RAID drive:

Set the RAID type to "hardware";
Add the drives (or image files) in the correct sequence;
Enter the Stripe Size and Offset Sectors;
Click OK to add the RAID drive and then proceed with the search.

If you do NOT know the parameters of your hardware RAID drive:

Recover My Files will attempt to identify the way in which the RAID was configured. To do this:

Set the RAID type to "hardware";
Add the drives (or image files)in the correct sequence, or, if the correct sequence is unknown, add them in the order that is believe to be most correct;
Click on the "Find Layout" button to find a suggested configuration. A suggested configuration is indicated by a green tick next to each added drive.

Important:

A suggested configuration is based on the information available from the drives. However, due to the complexity of a RAID structure, there may be more than one configuration that returns this results. A suggested configuration should be tested by continuing with the recovery to successfully locate missing files.

File Layout did not return a suggested configuration, or,
The suggested configuration did not result in a successful recovery

If the Find Layout button did not return green ticks for each added drive, or the continued recovery from a suggested configuration did not work, try the following:

click on the "Probable Solutions" tab to view suggested configurations for the RAID;
change the "stipe size", RAID Options and drive sequence as suggested;
click the "Test Layout" button to test the modified configuration;
re-try the recovery.

Once added, select and search the RAID drive

Once the RAID has been added to the list of available drives, select the RAID as the drive to mount.

The RAID drive should now mount. If you are not able to see the RAID file system, try again using different configuration options.

If the RAID has been damaged and does not correctly mount, try Recover My Files Data Recovery Software, www.recovermyfiles.com.

RAID 0 Recovery