Dell Precision T5400 (Late 2007) - Manual (Page 58)

58 Advanced Features
Select the strip size closest to the size of the average file you want to store
on the RAID volume. If you do not know the average file size, choose 128
KB as your strip size.
7 Select the appropriate strip size from the drop-down box, and then click
Next.
Select the hard drive that you want to use as your source hard drive (it
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 Source Hard Drive screen, double-click the hard drive from
which you want to migrate, and click Next.
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, and click Next.
10 On the Specify Volume Size screen, select the Volume Size you want, and
click Next.
NOTICE: In step 11, all data contained on the member drive will be removed.
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 53).
2 Click the Start button and point to All Programs→ Intel(R) Matrix
Storage Manager→ Intel Matrix Storage Console to launch the Intel
Storage Utility.
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 53).
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.
6 From the drop-down box, select RAID 1 as the RAID level.