Recovering data from LaCie array?

I have a Lacie big fisk extreme - 1TB. Inside are 2 x 500G IDE drives.
Does the LAcie controller board set these up as RAID0? The unit stopped
working when I pulled the plug on it without first 'ejecting' it from the
system tray as recommended. It doesn't show up in Windows Explorer, but
the Windows System recognises it on the USB port, and it appears in Disk
Management as an unallocated 932G drive. (After being plugged in for
several hours only, which is interesting, has the array been rebuilt?) So
I am assuming that some data has become corrupted rendering the FAT
unreadable. Can someone point me to any advice on how to recover the
data? Is there some software available? It isn't worth the $1000 it
would cost for professional data recovery.

Incidentally I had 3 out of 4 LaCie drives fail with the 'click of
death'. I figured the problem was overheating due to poor engineering.
Bought 4 more, took the cases off and fitted fans to them, with an intake
vent on the other side. Zero faults in about 6 months so far. How can a
company make such a stupid engineering error? And why do Seagate give
them warranty onn the drives used in such conditions? It beggars belief.

thanks.

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