HP NetRAID 1Si Controller - Manual (Page 133)

Chapter 6 Capacity Expansion
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NOTE Clearing a previous configuration does not reset the Virtual
Sizing setting for a logical drive. Use the Reset to Factory
Defaults option in HP NetRAID Express Tools to disable
Virtual Sizing for all logical drives or manually change the
setting.
IV. Start Windows NT and Enter the Disk Administrator.
Start Windows NT and enter the Disk Administrator. Here you see the new logical
drive shown as a single unpartitioned/unformatted drive of 500 GB. Although
there might be only 12 GB of real storage space on the logical drive, the Online
Capacity Expansion feature creates a virtual drive of 500 GB.
V. Partition and Format the Drive.
How you partition and format a drive depends on where you installed
Windows NT.
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For drives that do not contain the Windows NT operating system, see
"Partition and Format Drives that do not Contain Windows NT" below.
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If Windows NT was installed on a disk array, see "Partition and Format a
Drive that Contains Windows NT" below.
Partition and Format Drives that do not Contain Windows NT
Follow these instructions for drives that do not contain Windows NT.
1. Create a partition equal to (or less than) the real storage capacity.
In our ongoing example, you would create a 12-GB partition.
NOTE If you try to create a partition that is larger than the real storage
capacity, the format operation generates a message, "Warning:
NT was unable to complete the format."
2. Format the partition.
The formatted drive is now ready for use. Assume for this example that the drive
is now E: and was partitioned as a primary partition. The remaining virtual storage
space (500 GB minus 12 GB) must be left unpartitioned. You can write data up to
12 GB on the drive. Windows NT will not allow you to write beyond 12 GB and
lose any data.