Is it possible to put a X-Raid 2 formatted disk (WD Caviar Red 3TB) into a caddy and read it as a usb drive?

mthescorpion2001 wrote:Is it possible to put a X-Raid 2 formatted disk (WD Caviar Red 3TB) into a caddy and read it as a usb drive?How many disks were in the raid array?

thanks for your reply, it was 2 x 3TB

mthescorpion2001 wrote:thanks for your reply, it was 2 x 3TBThen one can put it into an enclosure, since the two drives were mirrored.Maybe you can tell us what you are trying to accomplish? Is this for data recovery or something else?

You will need software to read this disk from a PC: http://www.diskinternals.com/linux-reader/

Yes it is for data recovery. My NAS started beeping however i didn't get any emails about disk failures so the OH turned it off. Turning it back on it is now stuck in the 'Booting...' screen. I can access the boot menu, have successfully run a memory check, it failed an OS reinstall and am currently doing a disk test. If that fails i guess my next option is to put them in a caddy as you said i could do.I guess as they are mirrored it shouldn't matter which one i use. I should be able to copy them somewhere and do a 'Factory Default' install and copy it all back again.

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Retired_Member

Aug 22, 2013

Running into this same issue, were you ever able to open and read Volume 3?

mthescorpion2001 wrote:
I have just tried taking both drives out and mounting them onto my caddy after installing DiskInternals Linux Reader 1.6.4.0 and it shows 3 x volumes relating to the drive. This is the same for both drives indicating they are mirrored:

Volume 1 - Linux Raid Partition - 4Gb
Volume 2 - Linux Raid Partition - 512Mb
Volume 3 - Linux Raid Partition - 2.7Gb

Clearly the data is on Volume 3 however when i try and open it i get the error:

Can't open Disk: Volume 3 (Linux Raid Partition)
Check the disk and try again.

As you said it may be down to the Adaptor as it was a cheap one from amazon a few months back.

The NAS and drives were purchased in Apr 2012 so no warranty for the NAS but think the drives have 3 years on them.

LucianTS
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Mar 18, 2014
Were you ever able to open and read Volume 3?
I have Duo with RAIDiator 5.3.9. Just try to do an Backup of the entire 3TB trough eSATA.
I figured it would take forever trough the net or USB (BTW. which is faster 1Gb net or the USB3 connection in the back).

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