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It appears my motherboard has died. I have an Abit IP35 Pro LGA775.
Abit IP35 Pro Motherboard Specification
I have 6 hard drives.
1 independent hard drive used for my Operating System.
5 other hard drives in a RAID 5 array formation.
My RAID controller is onboard (on the motherboard).
It is: Intel ICH9R / Intel Matrix Storage Tech(AHCI & RAID0/1/5/10)
How can I recover my data?
Consider that I may not be able to get the exact same motherboard, I may have to settle for something different. A friend of mine suggested it would be wise to get another board with the same RAID controller which I will. But I am still unsure of how to recover the data from that point...
Also is there anyway possible to recovery my Operating System (Windows XP Professional) without having to do a fresh install?
Thanks Matt.
Secondly do you know whether if Intel ICH10R is backwards compatible with Intel ICH9R for RAID.
It appears that most boards that I can get my hands on from my supplier all seem to be Intel ICH10R and my Abit IP35 Pro is has the Intel ICH9R controller.
I will most likely get a Gigabyte board so you're probably right about the current installation of XP not handling it to well!
What a hassle this has been :) – None – 2009-11-28T09:18:14.783
Also some boards have the ICH10DO chipset, would that be backwards compatible with my RAID array currently running on ICH9R chipset? – None – 2009-11-28T09:26:39.073