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Dell XPS 420 (Late 2007) User Manual

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Setting Up and Using Your Computer

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8 On the Select Source Hard Drive screen, double-click the hard drive from

which you want to migrate, and click Next.

NOTE:

The source hard drive should be the hard drive containing the data or

operating system files that you want to keep on the RAID volume.

9 On the Select Member Hard Drive screen, double-click the hard drive(s)

to select the member drive(s) to span the stripe array, then click Next.

10 On the Specify Volume Size screen, select the Volume Size you want,

then click Next.

NOTICE:

The next step will result in the loss of all data on the member drive.

11 Click Finish to start migrating, or click Back to make changes. You can use

your computer normally during the migration process.

Migrating to a RAID Level 1 Configuration

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

RAID-Enabled Mode" on page 33).

2 Click the Start button and point to All 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, click Create RAID Volume From Existing Hard

Drive to launch the Migration Wizard.

4 Click Next on the first Migration Wizard screen.
5 Enter a RAID volume name or accept the default name.
6 From the drop-down box, select RAID 1 as the RAID level.
7 On the Select Source Hard Drive screen, double-click the hard drive from

which you want to migrate, and click Next.

NOTE:

The source hard drive should be the hard drive containing the data or

operating system files that you want to keep on the RAID volume.

8 On the Select Member Hard Drive screen, double-click the hard drive to

select the member drive that you want to act as the mirror in the
configuration, then click Next.

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