Dell Vostro 400 (Mid 2007) - Manual (Page 48)

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Setting Up and Using Your Computer
When a member of the RAID 1 array is broken, the computer automatically
rebuilds the mirror array using the spare hard drive as the broken member’s
replacement.
To Mark a Drive as a Spare Hard Drive:
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 hard drive you want to mark as a spare hard drive.
3 Click Mark as Spare.
To Remove Spare Marking From a Spare Hard Drive:
1 Right-click the spare hard drive icon.
2 Click Reset Hard Drive to Non-RAID.
Rebuilding a Degraded RAID 1 Volume
If your computer does not have a spare hard drive, and the computer has
reported a degraded RAID 1 volume, you can manually rebuild the
computer’s redundancy mirror to a new hard drive by performing the
following steps:
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 available hard drive to which you want to rebuild the
RAID 1 volume, and click Rebuild to this Disk.
NOTE:
You can use your computer while the computer is rebuilding the RAID 1
volume.