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3. Select your desired method of configuration. Auto configuration a. Select Auto Configuration then press . b. The utility prompts a message to input the RAID size, use the up or down arrow keys to set the RAID size then press . c. Press to confirm or to return to the Main Menu. • Auto-configuration creates a RAID 1 set without a backup copy of the current source disk data. • When migrating a single hard disk drive to a RAID 1 set, use of the Manual configuration is recommended. Manual configuration a. Select M a n u a l c o n f i g u r a t i o n and press . The selection bar moves to the Physical Drives menu. PHYSICAL DRIVE 0 XXXXXXXXXXX 1 XXXXXXXXXXX 2 XXXXXXXXXXX 3 XXXXXXXXXXX XXXXXXMB XXXXXXMB XXXXXXMB XXXXXXMB b. Using the up or down arrow keys, select the source drive and press . c. Repeat step b to select the target drive. d. After selecting the source and target drives, the following pop-up menu appears. MAIN MENU Auto configuration Manual configuration Create with data copy Create without data copy • The C r e a t e w i t h d a t a c o p y option allows you to copy the current data from the source drive to the mirror drive. • Select C r e a t e w i t h d a t a c o p y if you have important data in your source drive. • The C r e a t e w i t h o u t d a t a c o p y option disables the disk copy function of the Mirrored set. • If you selected C r e a t e w i t h o u t d a t a c o p y, the RAID 1 set must be repartitioned and reformatted to guarantee the consistency of its contents. 5-34 Chapter 5: Software support