Dell Studio 1749 (Early 2010) - Manual (Page 93)

Drives and Media
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• "Creating a RAID Level 0 Configuration With the Operating System
Installed" on page 94.
• "Creating a RAID Level 0 Configuration With the Operating System
Installed" on page 94.
• "Creating a RAID Level 1 Configuration With the Operating System
Installed" on page 95.
• "Recovering From a Single Hard Drive Failure (RAID 1)" on page 95.
• "Migrating to a RAID Level 0 Configuration" on page 96.
• "Migrating to a RAID Level 1 Configuration" on page 97.
Configuring a RAID 0 or RAID 1 Array Before Installing the Operating System
NOTICE:
You lose any data on your hard drives when you create a RAID
configuration using the following procedure. Back up data that you want to keep
before continuing.
NOTICE:
Use the following procedure only if you are reinstalling your operating
system. Do not use the following procedure to migrate an existing storage
configuration to RAID level 0 configuration.
1 Set your computer to RAID-enabled mode (see "Setting Your Computer to
RAID-Enabled Mode" on page 87).
2 Press <Ctrl><i> when you are prompted to enter the Intel RAID Option
ROM utility.
3 Press the up- and down-arrow keys to highlight Create RAID Volume, and
press <Enter>.
4 Enter a RAID volume name or accept the default, and press <Enter>.
For RAID 0
a Press the up- and down-arrow keys to select RAID0 (Stripe).
NOTE:
Select the stripe size closest to the size of the average file that you
want to store on the RAID volume. If you do not know the average file size,
choose 128 KB as your stripe size.
b Press the up- and down-arrow keys to change the stripe size and press
<Enter>.