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Setting Up and Using Your Computer

5 Click Custom, then click Next.
6 Use the drop-down box to select Striping (RAID 0), Mirroring (RAID 1), Stripe Mirroring (RAID

0+1), or RAID 5.

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.
3 Click Delete Array in the System Tasks pane.

The NVIDIA Delete Array Wizard appears.

4 Click Next.

A confirmation screen appears with the name and size of the array that you have marked for deletion.

5 Click Finish to delete the RAID configuration.

The MediaShield RAID management utility window appears and lists any remaining arrays along with
any other installed hard drives.

Converting From One RAID Configuration to Another RAID Configuration

NOTICE:

In order to use the migrating option to convert a RAID configuration without losing data, your hard drive

must initially be set up as a single drive RAID 0 array before the operating system is loaded onto the drive (see
"Using the NVIDIA MediaShield ROM Utility" on page 33 for instructions).