I have a group of hard drives that I used on a Microsoft Windows PC in a RAID 1+0 configuration. I no longer have a working Windows computer (I switched to MAC a while ago). I'm still running Mojave. I use Paragon NTFS for Mac to read windows drives on my computer.
Is there a way I can access the data from my old RAID on my current Mac?
Thanks in advance.
Mac Pro, OS X 10.11
The method via which the original RAID was created will indeed be critical. The only relevant article I could find is as follows.
https://kb.paragon-software.com/article/685
Based on the above if hypothetically a Mac was using two drives and Apple's own software RAID was used and then that RAID was formatted as NTFS it would be useable in Windows via BootCamp and also on the Mac via Paragon NTFS. However I would also interpret the above article to indicate that if the RAID was created using Windows itself as a software RAID then the Mac would not be able to read it even via Paragon NTFS. If the RAID was created using a hardware RAID controller you would need to access the drives via the same original RAID controller in order to read them.
There are some hardware RAID controllers in the form of a PCIe card which could be used in a Mac Pro and then via that card and Paragon NTFS you might be able to read the contents.
"Best Practice" is to restore from your Trusted Backup. RAID extends time to repair, but it does NOT take the place of a good backup.
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what software built the RAID?
Run that software again, and your RAID will re-appear.
Your Mac can run Windows, if you have a Windows license.
what software built the RAID?
Run that software again, and your RAID will re-appear.
Thanks. The problem is I no longer have a working Windows PC, just the disks that made up the RAID.
Accessing PC RAID drives on a MAC
