RAID 1 Data Recovery you can trust
RAID 1 keeps a mirror of your data on a second drive, but both drives can still fail, and a rebuild can copy bad data over good. Our RAID 1 data recovery service finds the healthiest, most current member and recovers from it — priced per case after a free evaluation.
About raid 1 data recovery
RAID 1 writes the same data to two or more drives, so each member holds a complete copy. That makes it resilient to a single drive failure and also makes recovery comparatively straightforward: one good member is often enough to get everything back, with no striping or parity to rebuild.
The failures we see usually involve more than one problem. A drive drops out of the mirror unnoticed, the array keeps running on the survivor for weeks, and then that drive fails too. Or a rebuild starts from the stale or failing member and copies its errors over the good one. Sometimes members drift apart quietly because of write errors or a controller fault, leaving two copies that each hold different versions of the data.
The key decision in recovery is which member to trust. That means comparing both drives to find which one has the most recent, consistent data, and whether the other can fill in anything the first is missing. It's work done on images of the drives, not on the originals.
What we recover
- ✓Two-drive mirrors in NAS units and desktops
- ✓Server boot and data mirrors
- ✓Hardware, motherboard, and software RAID 1
- ✓Mirrors with multiple members or hot spares
Common failures we handle
- •Both drives in the mirror failed
- •A rebuild copied from the wrong or failing drive
- •Mirror members silently drifted out of sync
- •Array shows as degraded, foreign, or won't mount
Before you send it in: what not to do
- ✕Don't start a rebuild if you're unsure which drive is good — rebuilding in the wrong direction overwrites the current data.
- ✕Don't put the old drive back into the array — re-adding a stale member can trigger a rebuild that replaces newer data.
- ✕Don't run disk repair tools on both members — if one holds the good copy, keep it untouched.
- ✕Don't reinitialize the mirror or create a new array on the same drives — it can overwrite the existing metadata and data.
- ✕Don't keep running the array on its last working drive — if it fails too, recovery gets much harder.
How we recover it
Free evaluation and fixed quote
We test each member, review the array history you can share, and give you a fixed quote to approve before work begins.
Image every member
Each drive is repaired in the cleanroom if needed and imaged sector by sector, so the originals aren't changed further.
Compare members and pick the source
Engineers compare the images to find which member holds the most recent, consistent data, and identify sections where the other member is the better source.
Repair and extract
We repair the file system on the chosen image, fill gaps from the other member where possible, then extract and verify your files.
Failures we handle
How it works
Free evaluation
Start online; we assess your system in our cleanroom.
Fixed quote
Approve a set price before any recovery work begins.
We recover
Certified engineers reconstruct and recover your data.
Pay on success
Charged only when your data is back.
Related troubleshooting guides
RAID 1 Data Recovery — common questions
How much does raid 1 data recovery cost?
Isn't RAID 1 already a backup?
Both drives in my mirror failed. Is the data gone?
A rebuild went wrong. Can you still recover?
Should I send both drives or just the one that failed?
Is my data still recoverable?
How do I send in a RAID 1 system?
How long does it take?
Get your RAID 1 data back.
Free evaluation, a fixed quote before any work, and $0 unless we succeed.
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