RAID Recovery: How to Recover Data from RAID Drive

Chapters:
00:00 Intro
01:22 RAID capabilities of Disk Drill
02:44 Steps to recover RAID data
06:25 Conclusion

Despite RAID being considered safer for file storage, it is still not immune to data loss due to hardware failure, human error, or corruption. Disk Drill is a robust file recovery software with a built-in RAID recovery feature, making it an ideal choice for this task.

- Disk Drill for Windows supports the most common Windows, Mac, and Linux RAID types, including RAID 0, RAID 1, RAID 5, RAID 6, RAID 10, RAID 1E, JBOD, and Windows Storage Spaces.

- The Mac version of Disk Drill supports all that the Windows edition does, plus macOS software RAIDs, such as RAID 0, RAID 1, and JBOD.

- Disk Drill also covers a vast array of different file systems as well, allowing Linux RAID recovery from EXT2/3/4. This feature allows performing RAID data recovery from Linux-based hard drive enclosures and NAS devices.

📌Here is a detailed step-by-step guide to recover data from RAID drives:

1. Download and install Disk Drill from the link provided in the description.

2. Connect RAID Devices.
Ensure that your RAID device or devices are connected to your computer.

3. Open Disk Drill to check if the RAID is recognized by the software.
In the data recovery panel, you should see each drive that makes up the RAID. Navigate to the RAID panel on the left-hand side to see each RAID as one unit.

4. Scan the RAID as One Unit.
Instead of scanning individual drives, it's recommended to scan the entire RAID as one unit. Scanning the RAID as a whole increases the chance of recovery, especially for RAIDs with high redundancy.

5. Start the Scan.
Select your desired RAID from the list and click "Search for Lost Data."

6. Review and Recover Files.
You can wait for the scan to complete or preview files found in real-time. Once the scan is finished, you can browse through the files found on the RAID. Sort files by type, name, or any other metric that suits your needs. Review the recovery chances to determine the structural integrity of each file.

7. Select Files to Recover.
Choose the files you want to recover or select "Recover All" to recover all of them from the RAID.

8. Choose Save Location.
Select a different drive or location to save the recovered files. Do not save them to the RAID itself. Remember to avoid saving recovered files back to the same RAID to prevent overwriting data.

9. Complete the RAID array file recovery.
Disk Drill will restore the selected files to the save location you chose.

And with that, we’re done. That is how you perform RAID drive data recovery on your MAC, PC, or Linux file systems.

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[dillonmderosa]

Love how simple and effective this video was. Drill Disk just came to the rescue for me, it was the only data recovery that could see the broken windows storage space pool, and it recovered the data! Cheers!

[bradleydawson]

Cool! I will definitely try this tool to recover data from my old RAID enclosure that I haven't been able to access for a long time.

[tmp-audio]

this is a guide for a recovery software, titel is misleading.

[alekseychernenko]

Raid recovery is a cool thing. especially after they calculated the cost of restoring from my old WD raid for almost two thousand bucks at a local recovery center. I'll try your drill :-)

[trinhk]

Sound simple but you've lost me when mounting the disk array. How do you mount the disks to your PC? Say I have 4 disks on a raid 5 config.

[bhthllj]

Nice, compact video.
What kind of hardware would one use with a modern machine or windows pc to physically attach the disks to the machine running disk drill? ( in my case 4 hard drives)?

[jeffcochin]

Thank you for explaining the RAID recovery process in a simple way!

[carlosnoname]

I can't find the way to link a NAS remote array, there is not SSH or another way to do it ?

[alina-m]

Is it possible to recover the folder structure (that was on the RAID HDDs) as well?

[eerokartiala]

Hi, I have a raid 1 (Two 1TB Disks) that was on a windows 7 computer, the computer died and it seems the raid had been corrupted, Can I put the two disk into a NAS bay and recover from there through a USB connection, I know it may be slower. Thanks Eero

[IntersurgicalPhilippinesInc]

Hello sir, Can I connect 1 of my RAID1 hard disk drive as slave to an NTFS system PC? It's a healthy disk drive, but the unit where it was attached won't power on..

[v]

Hi mate. I had a raid 0 on windows and one of the drives is starting to fail. When I opened up the partition manager I accidently pressed initialize disk is there an easy way to get my raid back.

[dynamicpunch]

Can this be done on a USB windows boot environment?

[kurtdylanb]

Sorry for my newbie question.. I have 4 1TB HDD from a server I cant power on. How can I connect and scan 4 drives at the same time when i connect it to a PC.. Should I buy sata enclosures for each and connect it via USB?

[aditoledano]

Hey thank you for this video! I have a problem with the files I recover from Raid0 throw disk drill: I did a full scan with the program and restore all the files to a different hard drive (paid for license) and mostly all of the files turn out corrupted and the vides are not able to be play. Is there something I can do to fix it?

[ibcd]

Hello. My WD my cloud ex2 ultra raid 1 died. Can I use discdrill on 1 disk taken out of setup and scan and recover? Or do I have to connect the nas (whole) unit and try to recover from discdrill? Will the nas discs show up on discdrill once connected. Currently the nas shows 2 discs but no storage/data. Thanks

[glitch]

Didn't work for me since the pool itself was deleted and the application does not allow you to manually select the drives that were members of the pool for scan/recovery.

[Chiefske]

Great video! Question: My RAID does not show up under 'RAID' in Disk Drill. Its a Thunderbay4 with softraid. Any ideas are welcome!

[KameshSingh-mnyt]

What's the best approach for RAID 1 recovery without compromising data integrity? Any experienced users here

[razhua]

how about RAID 0 will this method work for that?