Dell XPS 630i Owner's Manual - Page 72
Deleting a RAID Array, Create, System Tasks, NVIDIA Create Array Wizard, Custom, Striping, Mirroring
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1 Enable RAID on your hard drives (see "Setting Your Computer to RAIDEnabled Mode" on page 69). 2 After rebooting your computer, launch Nvidia MediaShield. 3 Click Create under System Tasks. The NVIDIA Create Array Wizard appears and lists the disks that are available for configuration. 4 Click Next. 5 Click Custom, then click Next. 6 Use the drop-down box to select Striping (RAID 0) or Mirroring (RAID 1). 7 Click Next. The Free Disk Selection window appears. NOTE: Only RAID-enabled hard drives are listed as free disks. 8 Click to select the drives that will make up the RAID configuration, click Next, and then click Next again. NOTE: Your computer supports a maximum of two drives per RAID 1 array and four per RAID 0 array. The Clearing System Data window appears. NOTICE: The Clear System Data option deletes all data on the selected drive. 9 Click Next. 10 Click 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 NOTE: While this procedure deletes the RAID 1 volume, it also splits the RAID 1 volume into two non-RAID hard drives with a partition, and leaves any existing data files intact. Deleting a RAID 0 volume, however, destroys all data on the volume. NOTE: If your computer currently boots to RAID and you delete the RAID volume, your computer will become unbootable. 1 Launch Nvidia MediaShield. 2 Click to select the array you want to delete. 72 About RAID Configurations