[VIA] RAID 0 Data Recovery with MSI K7T266 Pro2

Well my Motherboard has seem to have gone TU on me, and it is well beyond it's warranty.
I have two 60gb HD running in Striped mode using the on-board raid. If I were to get the same motherboard, would this allow me to see the striped array and recover my data, or am I at a loss? I have some of the data backed up, but since most of it isnt, because I have nearly filled my 120GB of space and I don't have a good backup solution.
Thanks.
Current Config:
AMD XP 1900+
MSI K7T266 Pro2
GeForce 4400Ti
Two WD 60gb @ RAID 0.

Quote from: Richard on 29-November-05, 06:33:47
SporkLover,
My current RAID Array is on its 6th or 7th mobo (Multiple different mobo chipsets and different controllers) and I have not lost either the Array, Partition, or any Data.
You just have to make sure that you make the primary HD the same on the new RAID and it is Crucial that you use the same Stripe Size, if you do not, then all data will be lost!
Take Care,
Richard
Rich,
Thats comforting to know! This setup has been the best, and most reliable, so when I bought all of the components years ago, I set it up and forgot most of the parameters.
I completely used up all of the available space so I think that should make guessing that stripe size easy.
osnavi, not entirely sure what happened. It started to lock up on me randomly, and after much trouble shooting and frustration, I gave up. Eventually I saw the problem, a few of the capacitors on the motherboard started to peak, and eventually busted. Not sure what caused it, maybe it was my power supply. Its an Enermax 400W, and when I bought it, it was within the required specs for the processor and Mobo. There was plenty of case cooling, as well as CPU Cooling... so it is a great mystery to me.
Thanks again!

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