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4Enter a RAID volume name or accept the default and press <Enter>.

5Use the up- and down-arrow keys to select RAID1(Mirror) and press <Enter>.

6Select the desired capacity for the volume, and press <Enter>. The default value is the maximum available size.

7Press <Enter> to create the volume.

8Press <y> to confirm that you want to create the RAID volume.

9Confirm that the correct volume configuration is displayed on the main Intel RAID Option ROM utility screen.

10Use the up- and down-arrow keys to select Exit, and press <Enter>.

11Install the operating system (see "Restoring Your Operating System" on page 359).

Configuring Your Computer for RAID Using the Intel Matrix Storage Manager

If you already have one hard drive with the operating system installed on it, and you want to add a second hard drive and reconfigure both drives into a RAID volume without losing the existing operating system and any data, you need to use the migrating option for a RAID level 0 configuration (see "Migrating to a RAID Level 0 Configuration" on page 301) or a RAID level 1 configuration (see "Migrating to a RAID Level 1 Configuration" on page 301). Create a RAID level 0 volume or RAID level 1 volume only when:

•You are adding a new drive to an existing single-drive computer (and the operating system is on the single drive), and you want to configure the drives into a RAID volume.

•You already have a two-hard drive computer configured into a volume, but you still have some space left on the volume that you want to designate as a second RAID volume.

Creating a RAID Level 0 Configuration

NOTE: When you perform this operation, all data on the RAID drives will be lost.

1Set your computer to RAID-enabled mode (see "Setting Your Computer to RAID-Enabled Mode" on page 297).

2Click Start and point to Programs→ Intel(R) Matrix Storage Manager→ Intel Matrix Storage Console to launch the Intel Storage Utility.

NOTE: If you do not see an Actions menu option, you have not yet set your computer to RAID-enabled mode (see "Setting Your Computer to RAID-Enabled Mode" on page 297).

3On the Actions menu, select Create RAID Volume to launch the Create RAID Volume Wizard, and then click Next.

4On the Select Volume Location screen, click the first hard drive you want to include in your RAID level 0 volume, and then click the right arrow.

5Click a second hard drive. To add a third hard drive in your RAID level 0 volume, click the right arrow and click the third drive until three drives appear in the Selected window, and then click Next.

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