Dell Software RAID with Microsoft Disk Management - Manual (Page 7)

Software RAID with Microsoft Disk Management
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Reactivating Dynamic Disks
The Disk Management utility will report as missing or offline any dynamic disk that is corrupted,
powered down, or disconnected. You can attempt to reactivate a dynamic disk to bring it back
online by performing the following steps:
1 Launch the Disk Management utility.
2 In the graphical view pane, right-click the disk labeled Missing or Offline.
3 Click Reactivate Disk on the menu.
If successful, the disk will be labeled Online after it has been reactivated.
Importing Foreign Disks
Dynamic disks with a foreign status are disks containing data that have been moved from another
system and need to be added to the current system. To add the disk, you must import the disk to
the system. To change the status of a foreign disk and enable it to be seen as a part of the current
system, use the Import Foreign Disk command.
To import foreign disks, perform the following steps:
1 Launch the Disk Management utility.
2 In the graphical view pane, right-click a disk marked as Foreign and click Import Foreign Disks.
The Merge Foreign Disk Wizard appears.
3 Select the foreign disks that you want to merge to the system.
By default, the system selects all foreign disks found in the system.
4 Click Next as many times as required to validate the volume status of each foreign disk.
5 Click Finish.
Managing Disk Volumes
This section provides procedural information about how the Disk Management utility implements
basic and dynamic volumes.
The following topics are discussed:
• Checking partition or volume properties
• Formatting a partition or volume
• Deleting a partition or volume
Checking Partition or Volume Properties
1 Launch the Disk Management utility.
2 In the graphical view pane, right-click the partition or volume to be checked.
3 Select Properties from the context menu.
The Properties window appears.