 How to recover data from a damaged RAID 6 array A RAID 6 system can be created with BIOS features or with specialized software supplied by the controller manufacturer. To access BIOS, head start up after initialization of hardware, press the key shortcut Ctrl-A. The next step is to initialize the disks. After disk initialization, you can start building the array. To extract the information from a damaged array, connect the hard disks to a Windows computer and the operating system will display them as raw. Instead, download, install and run Headman RAID Recovery, align RAID arrays to select a storage system from the list. Try Fast scan first. The program has built the array without effort and it can now display all the information still available on the disk.