Core 2 Duo
Gigabyte GA-G41MT-DV3
8 gigs Ram
2-2TB hard Drives in a zfs Raid
Freenas 8.2 rc1 x64 on an 8 gig usb stick
I've posted this on the noob section and only got one response so I thought id try here.
I had a zfs raid set up originally (listed above). When accessing my files freenas would crash so I installed a 2.0tb drive and configured it as a zfs. I managed to ztp into my raid and transfer everything to another computer and then transfer back to my new drive. All worked very well and I had no problems with this drive and freenas was working just fine. I wanted to erase my original raid and try it again because the hard drives tested ok and I thought it wasn't a hardware issue. When trying to dismount the disks or erase them (the raid) freenas would crash so instead I thought I would reinstall a fresh copy of freenas on my usb and import the new 2.0tb hard drive with the files and then redo my raid. Instead of "auto importing" the new 2.0tb drive(volume) (with my files) i created a volume instead. Now freenas see's my it as 1.8tb drive with 0% used and there are no files.
What I want to know is if there is a way of going back because I don't think any files were over written. Or if that's not possible are there any tools that can go through the drive and find files at a lower level. I'm more familiar and windows and know there are tools that you can use to access a damaged or an overwritten drive and retrieve files. Is this possible with zfs?
Thx again for the help. I'm new to freenas and am very worried that my files are lost. I have about 1tb worth of files on that hard drive and they are very important to me.
Gigabyte GA-G41MT-DV3
8 gigs Ram
2-2TB hard Drives in a zfs Raid
Freenas 8.2 rc1 x64 on an 8 gig usb stick
I've posted this on the noob section and only got one response so I thought id try here.
I had a zfs raid set up originally (listed above). When accessing my files freenas would crash so I installed a 2.0tb drive and configured it as a zfs. I managed to ztp into my raid and transfer everything to another computer and then transfer back to my new drive. All worked very well and I had no problems with this drive and freenas was working just fine. I wanted to erase my original raid and try it again because the hard drives tested ok and I thought it wasn't a hardware issue. When trying to dismount the disks or erase them (the raid) freenas would crash so instead I thought I would reinstall a fresh copy of freenas on my usb and import the new 2.0tb hard drive with the files and then redo my raid. Instead of "auto importing" the new 2.0tb drive(volume) (with my files) i created a volume instead. Now freenas see's my it as 1.8tb drive with 0% used and there are no files.
What I want to know is if there is a way of going back because I don't think any files were over written. Or if that's not possible are there any tools that can go through the drive and find files at a lower level. I'm more familiar and windows and know there are tools that you can use to access a damaged or an overwritten drive and retrieve files. Is this possible with zfs?
Thx again for the help. I'm new to freenas and am very worried that my files are lost. I have about 1tb worth of files on that hard drive and they are very important to me.