Dell Studio 1558 (Early 2010) - Manual (Page 92)

92
Drives and Media
6 Under RAID Mode Selection, select Mirroring or Striping from the drop-
down menu.
7 Click Next.
NOTICE:
You lose all data on the drives selected in the next step. Back up any data
you want to keep before continuing.
8 Under Free Disk Selection, click the check box next to the hard drive(s)
you want to include in the array.
9 Click Finish.
The MediaShield RAID management utility window appears and displays
the status of the upgrade/migration process along with any other installed
hard drives.
Rebuilding a RAID Configuration (RAID 1 only)
If one of the hard drives in a RAID 1 array fails, you can rebuild the array by
restoring the data to a replacement drive.
1 Launch Nvidia MediaShield.
2 Click to select your RAID configuration (Mirroring) in the management
utility window.
3 Select Rebuild Array in the System Tasks pane.
The NVIDIA Rebuild Array Wizard screen appears.
4 Click Next.
5 Select the hard drive you want to rebuild by clicking the check box beside
it.
6 Click Next→ Finish.
The MediaShield RAID management utility window appears and displays
the status of the rebuild.
NOTE:
You can use your computer while the computer is rebuilding the array.
Using the Intel
®
RAID Utilities
If installed on your system, see the following sections for information about
using the Intel utilities.
• "Configuring a RAID 0 or RAID 1 Array Before Installing the Operating
System" on page 93.