Toshiba Magnia Z300 - Manual (Page 186)

System Configuration Setup
Configuring MegaRAID IDE 164
1 Press the + keys to run the MegaRAID IDE Man-
ager.
2 Define and configure one or more logical drives.
3 Create and configure one or more system drives (logical
drives). Select the RAID level, write cache policy, virus protec-
tion, and DMA transfers.
4 Save the configuration.
5 Initialize the system drives. After initialization, you can install
the operating system.
Creating Mirror Array From Existing Drive
A new mirror array can be built from an existing drive by connect-
ing the old and new drive to the MegaRAID IDE. Then follow the
given steps:
1 Turn on the computer and Press the + keys to start
the MegaRAID IDE Setup Utility while it is booting.
2 Create an array by using F4 Option. Change the array type to
Mirror.
3 Now include the existing drive and the new drive to this array.
You can identify the existing drive and the new drive by where
they are connected.
4 Start the rebuilding process by pressing the key. The
setup will prompt for the target drive name. Select the newly
connected drive as the target drive by pressing the key
and then key.
5 The rebuilding process will start. If there are any errors during
the building of the array, you will be prompted with a message
box. You can choose to ignore the error and proceed, or stop
the rebuilding process.
NOTE: To make the rebuilding process faster, enable DMA
Read/Write using the key.