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Baytowerman
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November 25th, 2021 04:00
RAID recovery with Latitude E6540
Hi I hope someone can help me with what is causing me grief. Windows 10 went into repair mode cycle so I was hoping to recover files that were current by removing the SSD drive and pluging it to a USB convertor in another PC. The other RAID is a mSata.
It appears the SSD is now corrupted but I managed to repair that and it seems a recycle bin was corrupted in Win 10.
I replaced a new SSD in the latitude but the it's not recognised even after I formatted it.
So I have 2 issues, the RAID array is under control of the DELL Bios which is good because the Windows 10 is stuffed and I was trying to fix it and it seems a rebuild leaving personal files is my best shot. The second is to restore the raid array with the SSD.
Can anyone help with advice especially how to recover safely raid member disks on another PC?
Regards,
Dave
Baytowerman
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Posted November 25th, 2021 23:00
Hi there thanks for asking. It was setup in the BIOS, currently only shows the mSata drive and works ok.
I'm not sure if and how to recover the data on the mSata and hence rebuild the slave disk. I've tried a new SSD drive but there appears no utility to do this and I'm not sure if Ctrl I or R works as the OS WIN 10 is stuffed.
I might need a 3rd party utility to recover my files? Any advice here gratefully accepted as after reading much I'm confused. My new Dells all have set up in UEFI and managed by IRST.
William9771
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Posted November 26th, 2021 01:00
Thanks for the update. I'll be sure to keep an eye on this thread.
Baytowerman
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Posted November 30th, 2021 13:00
I have checked the drive with Recoverit and looks OK. I'm not savvy with the structure of the drive when a RAID is built and wonder if the BIOS can rebuild a slave drive. The unfortunate part is I was about to ditch the E6540 as it wasn't a great laptop in terms of heat and I've another that wouldn't charge, so now I/m on mobile precision WS. The OS was always OK but in true MS Win 10 fashion it dropped the bundle 2 weeks before I was ready. I can try rebuilding WIN10 OS keeping files and see what is saved and then use IRST to rebuild. The point is RAID is only good for drive failure I guess not WIN10 failure but the experience I gain with this crash will hopefully assist me and others when these conditions prevail.
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Posted November 25th, 2021 05:00
Was this set up in true RAID fashion -- or was it set up as IRST (a small mSATA cache drive for the main hard drive)?