Comments on SLB: Galaxy MGB Raid Pro Dies

I had the same issue. I was running Raid 1 and the...

2010-05-28T06:30:36.579-07:00

I had the same issue. I was running Raid 1 and the Galaxy died and then i had trouble getting my data. I took out the drives, installed it in my computer and then downloaded the ufs explorer software version 3 ( http://ufsexplorer.com/download.php ). It ran through the disk and gave me access to the data which then allowed made to copy and paste it all.

Anyone find a solution to recovering the data on t...

2010-05-25T20:14:20.613-07:00

Anyone find a solution to recovering the data on the drives from your failed Galaxy Raid Pro? I have to dead drives with lots of precious data on them. An external USB didn't even mount the hard drive and I know they're not dead.

I'm really in search of a service or software that can recover my data.

Thanks,

_David
Houston, Texas

Ken, Thank you! And all the other Galaxy users. I ...

2010-04-29T09:57:16.959-07:00

Ken, Thank you! And all the other Galaxy users. I saw this today for $60 shipped, searched, and found I will not be buying this. And now I'll check out the rest of your blog.

Scott

Well this piece of junk is at least pretty consist...

2010-03-21T20:46:53.222-07:00

Well this piece of junk is at least pretty consistent for the failure part. I have had mine for 13 months with 2 Seagate 1TB drives running RAID 1. I got a warning that one of the drives was in error and should be swapped. I decided to check the Support site were I found the newer firmware. I updated the firmware and then found the unit was "rebuilding" the Raid for over 2 days. I

Wow, I have experienced the same thing. Exactly 1...

2010-03-01T19:00:35.475-08:00

Wow, I have experienced the same thing. Exactly 14 months from when I first installed this unit with 2 Seagate Barricuda 500GB drives it died. Same thing...clicking noises but no boot. I was able to get it running for a while by using an external power supply to run the drives. I am now trying to figure out how to get the data from the "locked" drives. There has to be a way.
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Just to counter the reports and experiences, mine ...

2009-11-10T08:34:16.847-08:00

Just to counter the reports and experiences, mine are completly the opposite. Although I did have some lockups with the 1st firmware, after the 2009 update from April, I have had no issues, unit has been on 24x7, and multiple back ups and restores have worked without issues.

I have not pulled the drives to see if they work in another device, but with all the negativity, I thought that

Mine just died on me as well after trying to perfo...

2009-07-19T14:20:29.807-07:00

Mine just died on me as well after trying to perform a firmware upgrade. The network lights come on for 5 seconds, then go off for 5 constantly.

The device never worked with SMB connections from my Macs, it would cause lockups with my PowerBook and the device itself if I copied more than a few files across SMB at a time.

An unfortunate waste of money. I'm going to try

I'll be honest, I didn't read your entire post as ...

2009-07-10T11:06:32.320-07:00

I'll be honest, I didn't read your entire post as I have written a smiliar one on my blog as well :)

I just wanted to mention incase you didn't that not only are these units a pile of junk - they lock the hard drives so you cannot use them in any other device. Linux