Is my RAID 0 data lost?

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I have a system based on ga x58a-ud3r rev 1.0 board. I have Windows 7 installed on dual RAID 0 SSD drives. A problem with my UPS caused power to machine to fail. (Plus surge?) Would only reboot to a point where I get message saying something like: remove disks and press any key to start. Couldn't get past that point. In setup I tried Load Default Bios or similar. That made RAID go away, but I made BIOS alterations that seemed to bring it back. BIOS seems to show array now. But system will not boot from it, wants to boot from system disc. I'm afraid to choose Rebuild Array (or similar wording) because I'm afraid that will wipe out everything on the previous array. I don't know whether anything is fried (and it's time for a new system anyway), but I'd like to save existing system and data if I can (Yep, I was lazy with backup.) . Any ideas?
 
Here is what has me confused: the RAID array shows up, apparently unharmed, when I press ctrl-I (if I remember the key correctly). Under Setup, Sata 3 Raid Mode Control lists RAID.
But when I select Sata 3 RAID Configuration, a window shows up saying that the disks are in IDE mode, that I should switch them to RAID, then reboot and configure the RAID array. But the disks weren't in IDE mode ever before, and Setup seems to be telling me that they're both in RAID mode *and* IDE.
 


Reconfiguring the RAID array WILL cause data corruption by resetting the RAID volume. DO NOT do this unless you have a validated up to date backup.

The first thing you should do is make an image/clone of both SSD's, then you can try available RAID recovery software to merge the images and try to recover data. If either drive has problems with stability or fails the imaging process then only a professional data recovery lab with experience in SSD recovery can reliably recover your data.