Creating a security array with existing data drive – Asus Motherboard A7V8X User Manual

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Creating a Security Array with Existing Data Drive

If you would like to use an existing drive that already contains data and/or
is the bootable drive in your system, make sure that the new hard drive
you will use in the array has the same or larger capacity as the existing
drive.

1. In the FastBuild™ utility main menu, press “1” to select Auto Setup.

2. Use the arrow keys to go to the field

Optimize Array for

and select

Security” with the space bar. The

Mode

field displays Mirror.

3. Press <Ctrl-Y> to save your selection. The following message

appears:

5. Press Y for the Create and Duplicate option. The next window prompts

you to select the source drive to use.

6. Use the arrow keys to select the source drive. The FastBuild utility will

copy all the data from the source drive to the target drive.

7. Press <Ctrl-Y> to save the selection and start the duplication. The

following message appears:

Do you want the disk image to be duplicated to another? (Yes/No)

Y - Create and Duplicate

N - Create Only

Start to duplicate the image...

Do you want to continue? (Yes/No)

Y - Continue N - Abort

7. Use the FDISK utility and follow the format procedure for installing a

new hard drive. After you have formatted the arrayed drives, install an
operating system (OS).

8. Install the RAID driver from the support CD that came with the

motherboard package.

Depending on the operating system you are installing, you may need
to install the RAID driver during or after the OS installation.

Backup all important data before creating an array. Failure to do so
may cause data loss.

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