My problem is a crash when searching the Internet which caused Error #16, described by the Recovery program supplied by the suppliers.
"Error #16 reads building the Partition List on Disk 1" I assume Disk 1 refers to Disk 1 of the RAID 1 configuration.
Next step on the recovery program gave message, "Corruption on Win. Partition too extensive to restore"
Further steps allow opening of the RAID utility, but this is too advanced for me.
Computer information.
AMD AthlonT 64 X2 Dual-Core 4400+ with HT Tech
MS Win. Pro.
ASUS A8N-SLI Deluxe PCI-Express Mindoard -ATX
2048 Memory DDR400-PC3200 (2x1024)
2x 250GB Serial ATA HDDs Configured in RAID 1
The computer is almost three years old and was top of the range at the time.
I know little about computers, just use them as a tool.
I have enough problems learning the programs to use. I was expecting it to be totally reliable and recoverable in the event of a crash.
I was led to believe that in the event of any failure the two HDDs were duplicates and recovery of data would not be difficult.
I now find the expensive warranty I bought does not cover this.
I have discovered the RAID Configuration Utility Configuration used was supplied by Silicon Images Inc. and on their web site is information on recovering DATA but I do not understand it or how to use it.
It maybe that the procedure is not too difficult. I am hoping someone willbe able to give me some guidance on how I can recover the data and use the two HDDs in a more conventional manner by having one to drive the computer and the other to keep a HDD image of all data and programs which could be used for recovery in the event of future disasters.
Thank you for reading. (this is my first visit to the Site, please excuse any errors of protocol)