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RAID Capable Data Recovery Software
If you are searching the web for RAID capable data recovery software then this probably because you are experiencing a RAID issue that prevents you from accessing the data on the array. Two common problems are, the RAID controller failed -or- while the controller still fuctions, it stopped recognizing your array.
To be able to recover data from such a scenario, data recovery must be able to virtualize the array, because recovering data from the separate disks will render all files that exceed the stripe size corrupt. In case the file size exceeds the stripe size, the data recovery software has to be able to figure out the locations of the different pieces of file on the different disks.
The majority of the data recovery software offered is unable to do so, even though they claim to be RAID 'compatible'. And indeed they are RAID compatible as long as the array iself is intact. As long as the array is intact it will present itself as a single disk to the data recovery software and the software can treat it as such. In fact there are only a few data recovery software vendors offering software that is capable of virtualizing an array. DIY DataRecovery iRecover happens to one of the oldest software titles that includes this capability.
Software that can virtualize an array against falls apart in categories:
1. Software in the first category can virtualize an array as long as you can tell it what the array looked like. So, if for example your RAID 0 controller died and you are unable to replace it, you need to tell it the disk order, the stripe size and in some cases the offset. If a RAID5 controller died it becomes a tad more difficult because in addition to the above you will need to tell it about the parity-rotation. The more member disks in the RAID5 array, the more complex the situation.
2. Software in this category is capable of determining array parameters automatically. Basically all that is requested from the user is that he points the software to the disks that were array members. And again in this category there are different approaches to the problem:
(a) There is the software that scans the array members and tries to figure out on its own the different array parameters.
(b). The other type relies on a database with known settings for the different controller brands and types.
And yet another difference that can be found among software that is able to virtualize RAID arrays (automatically or manually) is in the way that they allow you to recover data from the virtualized array: On the one hand there is software that will write the entire virtualized array into an image file. You will need a separate piece of software to extract data from the recovered array. On the other hand is the software that combines RAID vistualization with a file browser from which you can select the files you want to recover from the array. Note that the software in this sub category is often also capable of writing the entire array to an image file.
| software | manual | automatic | reconstruct | file browser | image | price ($) | remarks |
| FileScavenger | x | manual | x | x | 185 | $85 for RAID 0 only | |
| Runtime | x | scan | x | 99 | |||
| R-Studio | x | manual | x | x | 79.99 | ||
| iRecover | x | x | scan | x | x | 89.95 | best value! |
| RecoverMyFiles | x | scan | x | 99.95 | |||
| DiskInternals | x | x | database | x | x | 249 | |
| Getway | x | x | scan | x! | x | 179 | ! read-only |
Heat induced madness once again!
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Best summer wishes from the DIY DataRecovery team.
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| DiskTune is an easy to use, on-demand, no frills disk optimizer and defragmentation utility for FAT, FAT32 and NTFS formatted drives. Through a simple to use mechanism to create 'jobs' it enables you to launch one-click jobs and schedule jobs. DiskTune is freeware. DiskTune will reorganize your disk and will make it faster and more responsive. |
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Despite the fact that we price our software fair, it still can be a lot of money to spent on a tool that you hope to use only once.
So, this may be your chance then. We offer 30% off of regular prices this weekend!
See previous entry for details.
DiskTune now monitors the hard disk temperature during analysis and all defragmentation processes. If the hard disk temperature exceeds the safe threshold, DiskTune will show a warning message. You then have 4 options:
- Do nothing and wait. DiskTune will continue when it's safe to do so
- Stop current operation
- Continue (good chance the warning will pop up again in a few seconds)
- Disable HDD temp monitoring
But basically you can leave the PC unattended.
Download: http://www.diydatarecovery.nl/downloads/DiskTune_Setup.exe
Was just reading an article on the great defrag shootout on the risk of disks getting pretty hot during defragmentation. And for those who don't know: hot disk is not good.
Edit: I introduced a bug in 1.0.26, it is fixed in v1.0.27. If you already downloaded 1.0.26 please download again. Sorry about that!
Edit: I have uploaded build 1.0.46. DiskTune now displays the temperature of the host on which the selected logical volume is located. DiskTune 1.0.46 should be able to access more files, and I've added some indicators that show if DiskTune is running, stopped, moving files etc..
I will soon finish documentation and bring a DiskTune page online on our website at http://www.diydatarecovery.nl/DiskTune.htm.
DiskTune is a freeware disk defragmenter and optimizer. This release should be considered beta. Although it has been running here for a while now on production machines, it is virtually impossible to test every possible scenario. That being said, DiskTune is 100% safe to use! By declaring DiskTune beta however we want to communicate that the documentation is not yet up to par, and that a few desired options are still missing (an exclude option being one). Also see previous entries on DiskTune here.
A setup is included, the uninstall will remove all traces of DiskTune if desired. It’s safe to try and safe to get rid of.
Why freeware? Although I spent a lot of free time on this project, I was also allowed to spent DIY DataRecovery.nl time on it. The idea is this: Rather than spending hundreds of dollars on Google ads we choose to invest some time in this project that we see as advertising. MBRtool builds up on that same idea. It’s free and hundreds of thousands of users have now heard of DIY DataRecovery.nl in return. So, we want nothing back in return, we just hope that if the need for a data recovery program arises that you will think of us. So, we just hope you will enjoy DiskTune, and if you do, do not hesitate to share it with friends and family.
You can get DiskTune here. You can report bugs, place comments etc. using the comment option of this web log, or feel free to email me at joep@diydatarecovery.nl. We would really appreciate your feedback!
Edit: version 1.0.26 adds a disk temperature monitor that will pause operations if a disk gets too hot. See: http://www.diydatarecovery.bravejournal.com/entry/29544
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