No software RAID involved and hardware RAID is functioning properly
Windows 2000/XP/2003 software RAID/spanned volume visible in Disk
Management applet of the Management Console (volume should be listed as
"online/healthy"; filesystem type readout is irrelevant at this point).
"RAID recovery" - to be used when RAID layout information is damaged and
needs to be reconstructed.
Of the above three, you need to select the one matching your situation.
"Erased" versus "Current" files
When ZAR processes the volume, it will encounter multiple
files marked as "erased" by the operating system. Two "layers" of data
coexist on the crashed volume. There will be files which should
supposedly be accessible. We call these "current" files, belonging to the
"most current layer" of the data available. On the other hand, there
will be files which was routinely deleted before the volume crashed. We
call these "erased" files, representing all the "past layers" of the
data. ZAR can be configured in three ways
Recover all files (disregarding any marks which may suggest the
file was earlier deleted per user's request)
Only recover "current" files - this would attempt to filter the
garbage out and only extract the "most current" layer of the data
Only recover "erased" files - useful for mass undeletions, this
mode only recovers "past" data.
Special image recovery consideration
The digital camera typically stores all the images in the single folder and
thus does not hit the demo (trial) version limit on the number of folders
recovered. You may want to try "Simple volume recovery" mode against the memory
card. Best yield can be achieved by running both "Simple volume" and
"Image
recovery" modes, making two passes on the same card, then manually sorting
resulting images (you will need to remove duplicate and broken images).
I Found Zero Assumption Recovery to be very easy to use & effective in the recovery of my digital photos
on my Sony Memory stick. It has no whistles and bells but does what it needs to do with simple ease.
