Dell Inspiron 530 - Manual (Page 50)

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Setting Up and Using Your Computer
8 Press to create the volume.
9 Press to confirm that you want to create the RAID volume.
10 Confirm that the correct volume configuration is displayed on the main
Intel Option ROM screen.
11 Use the up- and down-arrow keys to select Exit, and press .
12 Install the operating system.
Deleting a RAID Volume
NOTE:
When you perform this operation, all data on the RAID drives will be lost.
NOTE:
If your computer currently boots to RAID and you delete the RAID volume in
the Intel RAID Option ROM, your computer will become unbootable.
1 Press when you are prompted to enter the Intel RAID Option
ROM utility.
2 Use the up- and down-arrow keys to highlight Delete RAID Volume, and
press .
3 Use the up- and down-arrow keys to highlight the RAID volume you want
to delete, and press .
4 Press to confirm the deletion of the RAID volume.
5 Press to exit the Intel Option ROM utility.
Configuring for RAID Using the Intel
®
Matrix Storage Manager
If you already have one hard drive with the operating system installed on it, and
you want to add a second hard drive and reconfigure both drives into a RAID
volume without losing the existing operating system and any data, you need
to use the migrating option (see "Migrating to a RAID 1 Volume" on page 52).
Create a RAID 1 Volume only when:
• You are adding two new drives to an existing single-drive computer
(and the operating system is on the single drive), and you want to
configure the two new drives into a RAID volume.
• You already have a two-hard drive computer configured into an array, but
you still have some space left on the array that you want to designate as a
second RAID volume.
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