Dell XPS 420 (Late 2007) User Manual

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Setting Up and Using Your Computer

Using the Intel

Application Accelerator

If you already have one hard drive with the operating system installed on it,
and you want to add a second hard drive then reconfigure both drives into a
RAID volume without losing the existing operating system or data, use the
migrating option (see "Migrating to a RAID Level 0 Configuration" on
page 38 or "Migrating to a RAID Level 1 Configuration" on page 39). Create a
RAID level 0 volume or RAID level 1 volume only when:

•

You are adding two new drives to an existing single-drive computer
(with the operating system installed 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 a volume, but
you still have some space left on the volume that you want to designate as
a second RAID volume.

Creating a RAID Level 0 Configuration

NOTICE:

The following procedure will result in the loss of all data on the hard drives

in your RAID configuration. Back up any data you want to keep before continuing.

1 Set your computer to RAID-enabled mode (see "Setting Your Computer to

RAID-Enabled Mode" on page 33).

2 Click Start and point to Programs→ Intel(R)

Application Accelerator

→

Intel Matrix Storage Manager to launch the Intel

Storage Utility.

NOTE:

If you do not see an

Actions menu option, you have not yet set your

computer to RAID-enabled mode (see "Setting Your Computer to RAID-
Enabled Mode" on page 33).

3 On the Actions menu, select Create RAID Volume to launch the Create

RAID Volume Wizard, then click Next.

4 On the Select Volume Location screen, click the first hard drive you want

to include in your RAID level 0 volume, then click the right arrow.

5 Click to add a second hard drive, then click Next.

To add a third hard drive in your RAID level 0 volume, click the right arrow
and click on the third drive until three drives appear in the Selected
window, and then click Next.

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