Deleting a raid volume, Configuring for raid using the intel – Dell Inspiron 530 User Manual

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Setting Up and Using Your Computer

8 Press <Enter> to create the volume.
9 Press <y> to confirm that you want to create the RAID volume.

10 Confirm that the correct volume configuration is displayed on the main

Intel Option ROM screen.

11 Use the up- and down-arrow keys to select Exit, and press <Enter>.
12 Install the operating system.

Deleting a RAID Volume

NOTE:

When you perform this operation, all data on the RAID drives will be lost.

NOTE:

If your computer currently boots to RAID and you delete the RAID volume in

the Intel RAID Option ROM, your computer will become unbootable.

1 Press <Ctrl><i> when you are prompted to enter the Intel RAID Option

ROM utility.

2 Use the up- and down-arrow keys to highlight Delete RAID Volume, and

press <Enter>.

3 Use the up- and down-arrow keys to highlight the RAID volume you want

to delete, and press <Delete>.

4 Press <y> to confirm the deletion of the RAID volume.
5 Press <Esc> to exit the Intel Option ROM utility.

Configuring for RAID Using the Intel

®

Matrix Storage Manager

If you already have one hard drive with the operating system installed on it, and
you want to add a second hard drive and reconfigure both drives into a RAID
volume without losing the existing operating system and any data, you need
to use the migrating option (see "Migrating to a RAID 1 Volume" on page 52).
Create a RAID 1 Volume only when:

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

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