Creating a raid 1 volume – Dell Inspiron 530 User Manual

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Setting Up and Using Your Computer

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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 49).

2 Click Start

and point to All Programs

→ Intel

®

Matrix Storage

Manager

→ Intel Matrix Storage Console to launch the Intel

®

Matrix

Storage Manager.

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 49).

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.

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