Virgin RAID failure

What is a Virgin RAID failure?


This is what we term a RAID storage device that has failed, and on which absolutely no action whatsoever has been taken to try to recover or rebuild the array.

In this situation, we can practically guarantee a 100% recovery success rate.

Problems start developing when the RAID or IT administrator attempts RAID recovery, by continually restarting the device, or removing and replacing hard drives, or even doing the unthinkable and placing suspect drives in a freezer. It seems that DIY data recovery is recommended by half of the forums on the internet.

A corrupt RAID array, with corrupt file system or damaged RAID parameters, cannot be magically brought back to life by experimental recovery. It can, however, be rendered utterly useless.

It’s not an easy decision for the user; try to save money by doing it yourself, with the inherent risk of permanent damage, or contact a company with advanced RAID recovery skills, knowing that you are almost certain to have all your data recovered.

A few companies have approached us in recent years with unrecoverable RAID systems damaged by their user or administrator. Some of them, unfortunately, ceased trading soon after the data was destroyed. It’s disheartening for us; saving them could have been so easy.