ieitani wrote:
Kevin,
Again thank you for your reply.
The information above don't help me.
I wish to reset the RAID, this is the best situation.
I did attempt to reset them on the controller, and in windows, I could not access unless I will format. I did not.
I have removed the RAID settings, and manage to connect with the RAID software and all was the same like before.
In addition, some software manage to recover some files and folders. and I have another problem.
Some of the files were Encrypted by windows, then I recover them they are with Gibrish or Chinese (as encrypted flat files).
I wish to decrypt them back...
How do I do it?
The above two are "no, no". If you've tried to reset the RAID and removed the RAID settings, them the old RAID is gone. The data has been lost, I'm afraid.
When you update the BIOS, the best way is to disconnect all RAID members and reset the new BIOS. Them set the BIOS to the settings you had before (for the RAID). Then reconnect all the RAID members. Then you get the RAID back. You can update the BIOS with the RAID, but you are not supposed to reset the BIOS and you may lose the RAID info.
Never, never reset the RAID settings. Then you'll lose RAID info. That is the point of no return.
Also, for important data, you should have data backup at all time. What happens if there is power surge and you lose two of the RAID members? Then the RAID data is gone for good.
There are data recovery services, but they are extremely expensive.