What kind of raid? If it was raid 5 I don't believe you can rebuild the array unless you have 2 surviving disks, so unless you can somehow recover one of the other two it would seem you are sol. Been a long time since I've done anything but 0, 1 and 0+1 so I could be wrong. Sent from my android wireless device. On Dec 18, 2010 12:48 PM, "Doug Mildram" <dmildram@gmail.com> wrote: You're hosed (i think) unless -- you're rich and you send the disks to a shop for megabucks (they may start with a trivial purchase of 2-3 identical model disks) -- OR IF your problem was NOT the actual platters/heads, YOU obtain 1-2 same-model disks, swap the board from a replacement disk onto your hosed disk ( w/ sm torx tool and brave fingers ) I've not done this myself yet. I HAVE had "stiction" problems where (after a power out or a "rest" so a disk bearing/lubricant gets a chance to harden) the disk just isnt spinning up. Of course, tapping/whacking it at the right/initial moment will usually cure that and you can feel if it's spinning or not....if you can hold it in your hand ...OR somehow get hands-on during powerup. _______________________________________________ Wlug mailing list Wlug@mail.wlug.org http://mail.wlug.org/mailman/listinfo/wlug