Dell Inspiron 530 Dell™ Technology Guide - Page 90
Create, System Tasks, NVIDIA Create Array Wizard, Custom, Next., Striping, Mirroring
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Assigning New Drives to a RAID Array With the Operating System Installed Use Nvidia MediaShield to create a RAID configuration only when you are adding one or more new hard drives to an existing (non-RAID) single-drive computer, and you want to configure the new drive(s) into a RAID array. NOTICE: The following procedure deletes all data on your hard drive(s). Back up any data you want to keep before continuing. 1 Enable RAID on your hard drives (see "Setting Your Computer to RAIDEnabled Mode" on page 87). 2 After restarting your computer, launch Nvidia MediaShield. 3 Click Create under System Tasks. The NVIDIA Create Array Wizard screen appears and lists the disks that are available for configuration. 4 Click Next→ Custom→ Next. 5 Use the drop-down box to select Striping (RAID 0) or Mirroring (RAID 1). 6 Click Next. The Free Disk Selection window appears. NOTE: Only RAID-enabled hard drives are listed as free disks. 7 Click to select the drives that will make up the RAID configuration, click Next, and then click Next again. NOTE: The number of drives supported in each RAID array varies, depending on what computer you have. The Clearing System Data window appears. NOTICE: The Clear System Data option deletes all data on the selected drive. Back up any data you want to keep before continuing. 8 Click Next→ Finish to create the RAID configuration. The MediaShield RAID management utility window appears and lists the array along with any other installed hard drives. Deleting a RAID Array Deleting a RAID 1 volume splits the volume into two non-RAID hard drives with a partition, and leaves any existing data intact. 90 Drives and Media