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.

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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.



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