Dell Inspiron 400 Dell™ Technology Guide - Page 92
RAID Mode Selection, Mirroring, Striping, Free Disk Selection, Finish, Rebuild Array, System Tasks - replace hard drive
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6 Under RAID Mode Selection, select Mirroring or Striping from the dropdown menu. 7 Click Next. NOTICE: You lose all data on the drives selected in the next step. Back up any data you want to keep before continuing. 8 Under Free Disk Selection, click the check box next to the hard drive(s) you want to include in the array. 9 Click Finish. The MediaShield RAID management utility window appears and displays the status of the upgrade/migration process along with any other installed hard drives. Rebuilding a RAID Configuration (RAID 1 only) If one of the hard drives in a RAID 1 array fails, you can rebuild the array by restoring the data to a replacement drive. 1 Launch Nvidia MediaShield. 2 Click to select your RAID configuration (Mirroring) in the management utility window. 3 Select Rebuild Array in the System Tasks pane. The NVIDIA Rebuild Array Wizard screen appears. 4 Click Next. 5 Select the hard drive you want to rebuild by clicking the check box beside it. 6 Click Next→ Finish. The MediaShield RAID management utility window appears and displays the status of the rebuild. NOTE: You can use your computer while the computer is rebuilding the array. Using the Intel® RAID Utilities If installed on your system, see the following sections for information about using the Intel utilities. • "Configuring a RAID 0 or RAID 1 Array Before Installing the Operating System" on page 93. 92 Drives and Media