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Create RAID Volume From Existing Hard Drive, Migration Wizard. - remove hard drive

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2 Right-click the Volume icon of the RAID volume you want to delete, and select Delete Volume. 3 On the Delete RAID Volume Wizard screen, click Next. 4 Highlight the RAID volume you want to delete in the Available box, click the right-arrow button to move the highlighted RAID volume into the Selected box, and then click Next. 5 Click Finish to delete the volume. Migrating to a RAID Level 1 Configuration 1 Set your computer to RAID-enabled mode (see page 26). 2 Click the Start button and point to All Programs→ Intel(R) Matrix Storage Manager→ Intel Matrix Storage Console to launch the Intel Storage Utility. NOTE: If you do not see an Actions menu option, you have not yet set your computer to RAID-enabled mode (see page 26). 3 On the Actions menu, click Create RAID Volume From Existing Hard Drive to launch the Migration Wizard. 4 Click Next on the first Migration Wizard screen. 5 Enter a RAID volume name or accept the default. 6 From the drop-down box, select RAID 1 as the RAID level. NOTE: Select the hard drive that you want to use as your source hard drive (it should be the hard drive containing the data or operating system files that you want to keep on the RAID volume). 7 On the Select Source Hard Drive screen, double-click the hard drive from which you want to migrate, and click Next. 8 On the Select Member Hard Drive screen, double-click the hard drive to select the member drive that you want to act as the mirror in the configuration, and click Next. 9 On the Specify Volume Size screen, select the volume size you want, and click Next. NOTE: In step 10, all data contained on the member drive will be removed. 10 Click Finish to start migrating, or click Back to make changes. You can use your computer normally during migration process. Rebuilding a Degraded RAID Level 1 Configuration If your computer has reported a degraded RAID level 1 volume, you can manually rebuild the computer's redundancy mirror to a new hard drive: 1 Click the Start button and point to Programs→ Intel(R) Matrix Storage Manager→ Intel Matrix Storage Console to launch the Intel Storage Utility. 2 Right-click the available hard drive to which you want to rebuild the RAID level 1 volume, and click Rebuild to this Disk. 3 You can use your computer while the computer is rebuilding the RAID level 1 volume. Setting Up and Using Your Computer 29

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Setting Up and Using Your Computer
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2
Right-click the
Volume
icon of the RAID volume you want to delete, and select
Delete Volume
.
3
On the
Delete RAID Volume Wizard
screen, click
Next
.
4
Highlight the RAID volume you want to delete in the
Available
box, click the right-arrow
button to move the highlighted RAID volume into the
Selected
box, and then click
Next
.
5
Click
Finish
to delete the volume.
Migrating to a RAID Level 1 Configuration
1
Set your computer to RAID-enabled mode (see page 26).
2
Click the
Start
button and point to
All Programs
→
Intel(R) Matrix Storage Manager
→
Intel Matrix Storage Console
to launch the Intel Storage Utility.
NOTE:
If you do not see an
Actions
menu option, you have not yet set your computer to
RAID-enabled
mode (see page 26).
3
On the
Actions
menu, click
Create RAID Volume From Existing Hard Drive
to launch the
Migration Wizard.
4
Click
Next
on the first Migration Wizard screen.
5
Enter a RAID volume name or accept the default.
6
From the drop-down box, select
RAID 1
as the RAID level
.
NOTE:
Select the hard drive that you want to use as your source hard drive (it should be the hard drive
containing the data or operating system files that you want to keep on the RAID volume).
7
On the
Select Source Hard Drive
screen, double-click the hard drive from which you want to
migrate, and click
Next
.
8
On the
Select Member Hard Drive
screen, double-click the hard drive to select the member
drive that you want to act as the mirror in the configuration, and click
Next
.
9
On the
Specify Volume Size
screen, select the volume size you want, and click
Next
.
NOTE:
In step 10, all data contained on the member drive will be removed.
10
Click
Finish
to start migrating, or click
Back
to make changes. You can use your computer
normally during migration process.
Rebuilding a Degraded RAID Level 1 Configuration
If your computer has reported a degraded RAID level 1 volume, you can manually rebuild the
computer’s redundancy mirror to a new hard drive:
1
Click the
Start
button and point to
Programs
→
Intel(R) Matrix Storage Manager
→
Intel
Matrix Storage Console
to launch the Intel Storage Utility.
2
Right-click the available hard drive to which you want to rebuild the RAID level 1 volume,
and click
Rebuild to this Disk
.
3
You can use your computer while the computer is rebuilding the RAID level 1 volume.