Dell Vostro 200 (Mid 2007) - Manual (Page 44)

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Setting Up and Using Your Computer
• You already have a two-hard drive computer configured into an array, but
you still have some space left on the array that you want to designate as a
second RAID volume.
Creating a RAID 1 Volume
NOTE:
When you perform this operation, all data on the RAID drives will be lost.
1 Set your computer to RAID-enabled mode (see "Setting Your Computer to
RAID-Enabled Mode" on page 42).
2 In Windows XP, click Start→ All Programs→ Intel ®
Matrix Storage
Manager → Intel Matrix Storage Console to launch the Intel ®
Storage
Utility.
In Windows Vista, click Start → Programs→ Intel ®
Matrix Storage
Manager → 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 42).
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 Microsoft Windows procedures for creating a partition on the new
RAID volume.