Dell XPS 420 (Late 2007) - Manual (Page 40)

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Setting Up and Using Your Computer
9 On the Specify Volume Size screen, select the volume size you want, then
click Next.
NOTICE:
The next step will result in the loss of all data on the member drive.
10 Click Finish to start migrating, or click Back to make changes. You can use
your computer normally during migration process.
Creating a Spare Hard Drive
A spare hard drive may be created with a RAID level 1 configuration. The
spare hard drive will not be recognized by the operating system, but you will
be able to see the spare drive from within Disk Manager or the Intel RAID
Option ROM utility. When a member of the RAID level 1 configuration fails,
the computer automatically rebuilds the mirror configuration using the spare
hard drive as the failed member’s replacement.
To mark a drive as a spare hard drive:
1 Click the Start button and point to Programs→ Intel(R) Application
Accelerator → Intel Matrix Storage Manager to launch the Intel ®
Storage
Utility.
2 Right-click the hard drive you want to mark as a spare hard drive.
3 Click Mark as Spare.
To remove a drive as a spare hard drive:
1 Right-click the spare hard drive icon.
2 Click Reset Hard Drive to Non-RAID.
Rebuilding a Degraded RAID Level 1 Configuration
If your computer does not have a spare hard drive, and the computer has reported
a degraded RAID level 1 volume, you can manually rebuild the computer’s
redundancy mirror to a new hard drive by performing the following steps:
1 Click the Start button and point to Programs→ Intel(R) Application
Accelerator → Intel Matrix Storage Manager to launch the Intel ®
Storage
Utility.
2 Right-click the available hard drive to which you want to rebuild the RAID
level 1 volume, then click Rebuild to this Disk.
You can use your computer while the computer is rebuilding the RAID level 1
volume.
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