Asus P5AD2-E Premium User Manual

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A u t o c o n f i g u r a t i o n

A u t o c o n f i g u r a t i o n
When you select A u t o c o n f i g u r a t i o n

A u t o c o n f i g u r a t i o n

A u t o c o n f i g u r a t i o n, a confirmation message

appears. Press to automatically create a RAID 1 set.

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Auto-configuration creates a RAID 1 set without backup copy.

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When migrating a single hard disk drive to a RAID 1 set, we
recommend that you use M a n u a l c o n f i g u r a t i o n .

M a n u a l c o n f i g u r a t i o n .

M a n u a l c o n f i g u r a t i o n

M a n u a l c o n f i g u r a t i o n
a. When you select M a n u a l

M a n u a l

c o n f i g u r a t i o n

c o n f i g u r a t i o n, the
selection bar moves to the
P h y s i c a l D r i v e

P h y s i c a l D r i v e

P h y s i c a l D r i v e section.
Use the up or down arrow
keys to select the s o u r c e

s o u r c e

d r i v e

d r i v e, then press .

b. Repeat step a to select the

target drive, then press
.

c. After selecting the source and target drives, a pop-up menu

appears. Select an option, then press . Refer to the options
description below.

MAIN MENU

Auto configuration

Manual configuration

Create with data copy

Create without data copy

C r e a t e w i t h d a t a c o p y

C r e a t e w i t h d a t a c o p y option allows you to copy the current data
from the source drive to the mirror drive. If you select this option, the
RAID 1 set must be repartitioned and reformatted to guarantee the
consistency of its contents. Select this option if you have important
data in your source hard disk drive.

C r e a t e w i t h o u t d a t a c o p y

C r e a t e w i t h o u t d a t a c o p y option disables the disk copy function
of the mirrored set.

PHYSICAL DRIVE

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