Dell Vostro 400 (Mid 2007) - Manual (Page 46)

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Setting Up and Using Your Computer
3 On the Actions menu, select Create RAID Volume to launch the Create
RAID Volume Wizard.
4 Click Next at the first screen.
5 Confirm the volume name, select RAID 1 as the RAID level, and then
click Next to continue.
6 On the Select Volume Location screen, click the first hard drive you want
to use to create your RAID 1 volume, and then click the right arrow. Click
a second hard drive until two drives appear in the Selected window, and
then click Next.
7 In the Specify Volume Size window, select the Volume Size desired and
click Next.
8 Click Finish to create the volume, or click Back to make changes.
9 Follow the operating system procedures for creating a partition on the new
RAID volume.
Deleting a RAID Volume
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.
1 Launch the Intel Storage Utility:
• In Windows XP, click Start
→ All Programs→ Intel ®
Matrix Storage
Manager → Intel Matrix Storage Console.
• In Windows Vista, click Start → Programs→ Intel ®
Matrix
Storage Manager → Intel Matrix Storage Manager.
2 Right-click the Volume icon of the RAID volume you want to delete, and
select Delete Volume.
3 On the Delete RAID Volume Wizard screen, click Next.
4 Highlight the RAID volume you want to delete in the Available box, click
the right-arrow button to move the highlighted RAID volume into the
Selected box, and then click Next.
5 Click Finish to delete the volume.