Volume Sets and RAIDs

Restorer2000 detects and processes valid hardware volume sets and RAIDs like regular drives/volumes.

Restorer2000 can analyze and restore data from software volume sets and RAIDs. If a software volume set or RAID is present in your system, Restorer2000 detects it, and a Volume sets and RAIDs object appears on the Device/Disk panel. This object can be searched for files, scanned, and files found on it can be restored the same way as from normal drives/volumes.

If, due to hardware failure, a hardware volume set or RAID cannot be accessed, or due to data loss your system does not recognize a software volume set or RAID, and you know what hard drives were in it, you may create a Virtual volume set or RAID and process it like a real software volume set or RAID or software volume set or RAID.

Available disks	List of disks available for creating virtual disk arrays
Show Partitions	If selected, Restorer2000 also shows partitions on hard drives
Selected disks	List of disks selected for creating virtual disk arrays
Block size	Block size of virtual disk array that will be created
Block order	Block order of virtual disk array that will be created
Buttons
Add	Click this button to add the selected disk from the Available disks list to the Selected disks list
Remove	Click this button to remove the selected disk from the Selected disks list
Remove All	Click this button to remove all selected disk from the Selected disks list
Move Up	Click this button to move the selected disk one level up in the Selected disks list
Move Down	Click this button to move the selected disk one level down in the Selected disks list
Add Virtual	Click this button to add virtual disk into virtual disk array that will be created

Note: Partitions should be placed in the same order as they were in the original volume set. If this order is incorrect, you must change it by moving the selected disks in the correct order. Moreover, the Block size and Block order parameters must be set the same as for the original volume set. If the order, Block size, or Block order parameters are not correct, data on the parents will not be damaged, but they cannot be restored.

Note: You may check how correctly you have reconstructed the original volume set or RAID. Scan it, and if an unusually large number of recognized partitions have been found and their offsets differ by block size multiples (for example, 32KB or 64KB), something is wrong in the parameters of the created Virtual volume set or RAID.

If one partition from a hardware volume set or RAID or software volume set or RAID is absent, due to hardware failure, for example, you need to add empty space in order to correctly re-construct the hardware volume set or RAID or software volume set or RAID structure. The empty space should be of the same size as the missing partition and placed in the same place.

Note: Restorer2000 does not write anything real on the disk. Empty spaces are virtual objects that do not affect actual data on the drive.