RAID 5 IMPOSSIBLE TO MOUNT. PLEASE HELP!!! - Critical Issues https://forums.softraid.com/critical-issue/raid-5-impossible-to-mount-please-help/ SoftRAID Discussion Board en-US Thu, 23 Apr 2026 22:56:04 +0000 wpForo 60 RE: RAID 5 IMPOSSIBLE TO MOUNT. PLEASE HELP!!! https://forums.softraid.com/critical-issue/raid-5-impossible-to-mount-please-help/paged/2/#post-13895 Thu, 13 Jan 2022 13:56:59 +0000 @softraid-support Thx for the speedy reply.

I'm going to confirm my back ups and keep trying with Disk Warrior then.

]]> Critical Issues Graham Withers https://forums.softraid.com/critical-issue/raid-5-impossible-to-mount-please-help/paged/2/#post-13895 RE: RAID 5 IMPOSSIBLE TO MOUNT. PLEASE HELP!!! https://forums.softraid.com/critical-issue/raid-5-impossible-to-mount-please-help/paged/2/#post-13890 Thu, 13 Jan 2022 03:41:31 +0000 @gdubya3 

BTW: Ignore the disk error, that is not important to this issue.

]]> Critical Issues SoftRAID Support https://forums.softraid.com/critical-issue/raid-5-impossible-to-mount-please-help/paged/2/#post-13890 RE: RAID 5 IMPOSSIBLE TO MOUNT. PLEASE HELP!!! https://forums.softraid.com/critical-issue/raid-5-impossible-to-mount-please-help/#post-13887 Thu, 13 Jan 2022 03:31:04 +0000 @gdubya3 

Its unlikely the fsck will fix this, in my opinion. Try Disk Warrior again.

Remember, Disk Warrior does not write to disk until you click the "replace" button.

Are you getting text that it cannot replace it, or are you clicking "replace" and gettting a failure?

I am guessing you cannot even get to the Replace button.

With a read only mounted volume, this is unusual.

]]> Critical Issues SoftRAID Support https://forums.softraid.com/critical-issue/raid-5-impossible-to-mount-please-help/#post-13887 RE: RAID 5 IMPOSSIBLE TO MOUNT. PLEASE HELP!!! https://forums.softraid.com/critical-issue/raid-5-impossible-to-mount-please-help/#post-13885 Wed, 12 Jan 2022 23:46:11 +0000 Here's the error I'm receiving on reboot from Soft RAID for my array

1218

"GW RAID5"

]]> Critical Issues Graham Withers https://forums.softraid.com/critical-issue/raid-5-impossible-to-mount-please-help/#post-13885 RE: RAID 5 IMPOSSIBLE TO MOUNT. PLEASE HELP!!! https://forums.softraid.com/critical-issue/raid-5-impossible-to-mount-please-help/#post-13882 Wed, 12 Jan 2022 22:56:40 +0000 Hey Support,

I was just reading this thread and believe I might have a similar issue.  My RAID 5 on an OWC Thunderbay 8, managed by Soft Raid 8.5.4. XT and connected to an iMac running OS 10.15.7 has failed.  I believe the culprit was a power outage (of course I wasn't connected to my UPS at the time).  MacOS says in can't repair the disk but it will mount it and allow me to view and copy files - just no write.

I've tried to rebuild the directory using Disk Warrior but that failed once and until I've confirmed current backups for everything on the RAID, I'm nervous about trying again.  

I've seen on some forums that launching the iMac in single user mode and running the "fsck -fy" command through the terminal might clear up the issue.  

Do you have any advice?  Thanks in advance!

]]> Critical Issues Graham Withers https://forums.softraid.com/critical-issue/raid-5-impossible-to-mount-please-help/#post-13882 RE: RAID 5 IMPOSSIBLE TO MOUNT. PLEASE HELP!!! https://forums.softraid.com/critical-issue/raid-5-impossible-to-mount-please-help/#post-9342 Wed, 05 May 2021 09:55:16 +0000 @carloscubi

Its interesting how sometimes Disk Warrior needs a different OS, perhaps cleaner system to do its magic.

 

Glad your data is rescued and yes, backups are critical!

]]> Critical Issues SoftRAID Support https://forums.softraid.com/critical-issue/raid-5-impossible-to-mount-please-help/#post-9342 RE: RAID 5 IMPOSSIBLE TO MOUNT. PLEASE HELP!!! https://forums.softraid.com/critical-issue/raid-5-impossible-to-mount-please-help/#post-9341 Wed, 05 May 2021 08:26:21 +0000 @softraid-support Finally i could solve the problem. After trying to ran diswarrior on my imac several times and keep crashing and restarting the computer i ran it in my old macbook pro and it did the job.  It repaired my directory and mounted the RAID. Almost everything its repaired except like 50 items that im not sure what they are, that couldnt be restored but the are in a separated folder in case i need them. 

Uff, im going to make an external backup ASAP.

Thanx for the support.

]]> Critical Issues carloscubi https://forums.softraid.com/critical-issue/raid-5-impossible-to-mount-please-help/#post-9341 RE: RAID 5 IMPOSSIBLE TO MOUNT. PLEASE HELP!!! https://forums.softraid.com/critical-issue/raid-5-impossible-to-mount-please-help/#post-9257 Fri, 30 Apr 2021 21:47:04 +0000 @carloscubi

I am not certain what is causing this, its possible the directory has some unusual corruption.

If you cannot get Disk Warrior to work, Disk Drill can certainly recover the files to another disk. You can start it as trial mode, then pay for it once it shows it can recover your files. It will see the files and perhaps a quck scan is enough for it, otherwise the deep scan process should get you near 100% of your files.

]]> Critical Issues SoftRAID Support https://forums.softraid.com/critical-issue/raid-5-impossible-to-mount-please-help/#post-9257 RE: RAID 5 IMPOSSIBLE TO MOUNT. PLEASE HELP!!! https://forums.softraid.com/critical-issue/raid-5-impossible-to-mount-please-help/#post-9254 Fri, 30 Apr 2021 15:54:36 +0000 @softraid-support Unfortunately Diskwarrior is not working. After one or two hours after starting the process of rebuild the directory my computer crashes and restart. I dont know why.... Ive written to the Diskwarrior support to see if they know why this is happening. If you have any clue of what can be happening let me know.

Thanx

]]> Critical Issues carloscubi https://forums.softraid.com/critical-issue/raid-5-impossible-to-mount-please-help/#post-9254 RE: RAID 5 IMPOSSIBLE TO MOUNT. PLEASE HELP!!! https://forums.softraid.com/critical-issue/raid-5-impossible-to-mount-please-help/#post-9237 Thu, 29 Apr 2021 20:20:28 +0000 It may take a while, it has to scan the volume for the backup directory, I bet. A volume this large could easily take a day, so be patient.

Make sure you use the "Preview" to verify your data is OK before clicking replace, also.

]]> Critical Issues SoftRAID Support https://forums.softraid.com/critical-issue/raid-5-impossible-to-mount-please-help/#post-9237