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RE: Raid 5 - No errors but doesn't mount

Attach a SoftRAID tech support file, and I can look. The volume directory may be damaged. There is no need to "wait" on SoftRAID upgrades, as th...

19 hours ago
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RE: How to Increase RAID Volume

NO, you cannot. A volume is comprised of all EQUAL size partitions. Putting a 10TB will result in a 2TB partition on that disk. Only when all your...

23 hours ago
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RE: Best choice for a RAID 4 Parity Disk SoftRAID v 8

SSD's/Flash media wear out on writes, not much on reads. RAID 4 parity disks hold the parity bits, which are written the same amount as the other driv...

1 day ago
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RE: Moving from Catalina to Windows 11

@chobochobo If you want to subscribe, I can get you a getting started discount...

3 days ago
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RE: Adding drive

@randysk There is a reason Drobo went bankrupt. I have heard from two separate data recovery companies that Drobo was a huge profit center. To ma...

3 days ago
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RE: Moving from Catalina to Windows 11

@chobochobo Yes, but you have upgraded it and the license support is still "active" until end of July. Log into your OWC software store account and...

3 days ago
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RE: Disc Predicted to Fail in RAID5

@drsnmd SoftRAID utilities menu. You can attach it here.

4 days ago
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RE: Could not mount. (com.apple.DiskManagement.disenter error 49244.)

@syd If you open the "rescued items" folder, are most of the files there OK? Many times Disk Warrior places "subdirectories" in folders with names ...

4 days ago
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RE: Moving from Catalina to Windows 11

@chobochobo Post your license and I can check it. Yes you can use a SoftRAID volume created in 5.8.4 to mount on Windows, as long as it is not RA...

4 days ago
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RE: Could not mount. (com.apple.DiskManagement.disenter error 49244.)

@syd Sorry about this. Since this is an APFS volume, if it is not backed up, then use Disk Drill (cleverfiles.com) or R-Studio to recover the data....

4 days ago
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RE: Could not mount. (com.apple.DiskManagement.disenter error 49244.)

@syd Interesting, if you move it back to the original Mac, does it mount?

5 days ago
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RE: Moving from Catalina to Windows 11

Looks like you upgraded this to SoftRAID 6. You have until July to use it as a "Premium" license (log into your account to get your SR 6 license numbe...

5 days ago
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RE: Could not mount. (com.apple.DiskManagement.disenter error 49244.)

HFS, use Disk Utility. APFS, restore from backup this is the short answer. Was it mounting before you replaced the disk? Was it mounting when yo...

5 days ago
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RE: How to Increase RAID Volume

You can increase a volume, but only if you replace all drives with larger ones. This "feature" of variable partition sizes is what essentially cause...

5 days ago
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RE: APFS vs HFS+ for HDD (spinning drives) comparisons

Once you understand how APFS works, you will see why it is not optimal for HDDs. Every time you modify a file, APFS saves the edits/changes in sa se...

5 days ago
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