Dell Inspiron 530S Owner's Manual - Page 51
Configuring for RAID Using the Intel® Matrix Storage Manager, Creating a RAID 1 Volume, Start
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Configuring for RAID Using the Intel® Matrix Storage Manager If you already have one hard drive with the operating system installed on it, and you want to add a second hard drive and reconfigure both drives into a RAID volume without losing the existing operating system and any data, you need to use the migrating option (see "Migrating to a RAID 1 Volume" on page 52 or "Migrating to a RAID 1 Volume" on page 52). Create a RAID 1 Volume only when: • You are adding two new drives to an existing single-drive computer (and the operating system is on the single drive), and you want to configure the two new drives into a RAID volume. • You already have a two-hard drive computer configured into an array, but you still have some space left on the array that you want to designate as a second RAID volume. Creating a RAID 1 Volume NOTE: When you perform this operation, all data on the RAID drives will be lost. 1 Set your computer to RAID-enabled mode (see "Setting Your Computer to RAID-Enabled Mode" on page 49). 2 Click Start and point to All Programs→ Intel® Matrix Storage Manager→ Intel Matrix Storage Console to launch the Intel® Matrix Storage Manager. NOTE: If you do not see an Actions menu option, you have not yet set your computer to RAID-enabled mode (see "Setting Your Computer to RAIDEnabled Mode" on page 49). 3 On the Actions menu, select Create RAID Volume to launch the Create RAID Volume Wizard. 4 Click Next at the first screen. 5 Confirm the volume name, select RAID 1 as the RAID level, and then click Next to continue. 6 On the Select Volume Location screen, click the first hard drive you want to use to create your RAID 1 volume, and then click the right arrow. Click a second hard drive until two drives appear in the Selected window, and then click Next. Setting Up and Using Your Computer 51