Dell 200 owner manual Setting Up and Using Your Computer

When a member of the RAID 1 array is broken, the computer automatically rebuilds the mirror array using the spare hard drive as the broken member’s replacement.

To Mark a Drive as a Spare Hard Drive:

1In Windows XP, click Start→ All Programs→ Intel®Matrix Storage Manager→ Intel Matrix Storage Console to launch the Intel® Storage Utility.

In Windows Vista, click Start → Programs→ Intel®Matrix Storage Manager→ Intel Matrix Storage Manager to launch the Intel® Storage Utility.

2Right-click the hard drive you want to mark as a spare hard drive.

3Click Mark as Spare.

To Remove Spare Marking From a Spare Hard Drive:

1Right-click the spare hard drive icon.

2Click Reset Hard Drive to Non-RAID.

Rebuilding a Degraded RAID 1 Volume

If your computer does not have a spare hard drive, and the computer has reported a degraded RAID 1 volume, you can manually rebuild the computer’s redundancy mirror to a new hard drive by performing the following steps:

1In Windows XP, click Start→ All Programs→ Intel®Matrix Storage Manager→ Intel Matrix Storage Console to launch the Intel® Storage Utility.

In Windows Vista, click Start → Programs→ Intel®Matrix Storage Manager→ Intel Matrix Storage Manager to launch the Intel® Storage Utility.

2Right-click the available hard drive to which you want to rebuild the RAID 1 volume, and click Rebuild to this Disk.

NOTE: You can use your computer while the computer is rebuilding the RAID 1 volume.

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