RAID 10 lost

[emarinuk]

Hello,

I have just lost my RAID 10 drive. According to the Disk Management Tool in Windows 11, the physical drives are all healthy, but the logical drive has gone from my windows explorer. I tried to fix it at BIOS level (Gigabyte X670 GAMING A AX), but I do not have the option of creating a new Array, only amend the existing one, or deleting it.

I was wondering if I could get a list of how my BIOS settings should be in order to have this working properly, since I havenot found any specific information for this MB.

If not, will deleting the array delete the data inside?

Thanks

 

[Martinr36]

Is this a PC specialist system of so please post the full spec from your orders page, if not then try an open forum such as Tom's hardware, as these forum are dedicated for PC specialist customers

 

[emarinuk]

Hi Martin,

Here is the spec:

Case	COOLERMASTER SILENCIO S600 QUIET MID TOWER CASE
Promotional Item	Get STAR WARS: Jedi Survivor when you buy select AMD Ryzen™ 7000 Series processors! Promotional Code
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Processor (CPU)	AMD Ryzen 9 7900X 12 Core CPU (4.7GHz-5.6GHz/76MB CACHE/AM5)
Motherboard	GIGABYTE X670 GAMING X AX : ATX (WIFI 6E, USB 3.2 Gen 1, PCIe 5.0) - ARGB Ready!
Memory (RAM)	64GB Corsair DOMINATOR PLATINUM RGB DDR5 5200MHz (2 x 32GB)
Graphics Card	12GB NVIDIA GEFORCE RTX 3060 - HDMI, DP, LHR
1st M.2 SSD Drive	500GB SEAGATE FIRECUDA 530 GEN 4 PCIe NVMe (up to 7000MB/R, 3000MB/W)
2nd M.2 SSD Drive	500GB SEAGATE FIRECUDA 530 GEN 4 PCIe NVMe (up to 7000MB/R, 3000MB/W)
1st Storage Drive	2TB SEAGATE BARRACUDA SATA-III 3.5" HDD, 6GB/s, 7200RPM, 256MB CACHE
2nd Storage Drive	2TB SEAGATE BARRACUDA SATA-III 3.5" HDD, 6GB/s, 7200RPM, 256MB CACHE
3rd Storage Drive	2TB SEAGATE BARRACUDA SATA-III 3.5" HDD, 6GB/s, 7200RPM, 256MB CACHE
4th Storage Drive	2TB SEAGATE BARRACUDA SATA-III 3.5" HDD, 6GB/s, 7200RPM, 256MB CACHE
RAID	RAID 10 (STRIPED MIRROR - 4 x same size & model HDD / SSD)
DVD/BLU-RAY Drive	NOT REQUIRED
Power Supply	CORSAIR 750W RMe SERIES™ MODULAR 80 PLUS® GOLD, ULTRA QUIET
Power Cable	1 x 1.5 Metre UK Power Cable (Kettle Lead)
Processor Cooling	PCS FrostFlow 150 Series High Performance CPU Cooler
Thermal Paste	ARCTIC MX-4 EXTREME THERMAL CONDUCTIVITY COMPOUND
Extra Case Fans	2 x 120mm Thermaltake TOUGHFAN 12 Case Fans
Sound Card	ONBOARD 6 CHANNEL (5.1) HIGH DEF AUDIO (AS STANDARD)
Network Card	10/100/1000 GIGABIT LAN PORT
Wireless Network Card	NOT REQUIRED
USB/Thunderbolt Options	MIN. 2 x USB 3.0 & 2 x USB 2.0 PORTS @ BACK PANEL + MIN. 2 FRONT PORTS
Operating System	Windows 11 Home 64 Bit - inc. Single Licence [KUK-00003]
Operating System Language	United Kingdom - English Language
Windows Recovery Media	NO RECOVERY MEDIA REQUIRED
Office Software	FREE 30 Day Trial of Microsoft 365® (Operating System Required)
Anti-Virus	NO ANTI-VIRUS SOFTWARE
Browser	Google Chrome™
Warranty	3 Year Silver Warranty (1 Year Collect & Return, 1 Year Parts, 3 Year Labour)

 

[SpyderTracks]

If not, will deleting the array delete the data inside?

Yes, it will low level format the drives.

For a RAID set like that, that motherboard is nowhere near suitable though.

What are you using RAID for?

 

[emarinuk]

Just redundancy and OTT assurance against drive failure

 

[SpyderTracks]

Just redundancy and OTT assurance against drive failure

But what for, what software requires it, what do you use the PC for?

 

[emarinuk]

It is a work computer. I have projects in there which are in the process of beign uploaded into github as well as some applications and blueprints which we are working at the moment, as well as a dump of my two old hard drives containing documentarion, references and studies for my research, which I am (was) sorting and cleaning up. I do not think the RAID choice was based on software, just as an assurance against drive failures.