Dell NT499 5 Setting Up Y our Computer

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RAID Level 0 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44
RAID Level 1 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44
RAID Level 5 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45
RAID Level 10 (1+0) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46
Configuring Your Computer for RAID . . . . . . . . . . 47
Setting Your Computer to RAID-Enabled
Mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48
Configuring Your Computer for RAID Using
the Intel® RAID Option ROM Utility . . . . . . . . 48
Configuring Your Computer for RAID Using
the Intel Matrix Storage Manager . . . . . . . . . 52
Migrating to a RAID Level 0 Configuration . . . . . 56
Migrating to a RAID Level 1 Configuration . . . . . 57
Migrating to a RAID Level 5 Configuration . . . . . 57
Migrating to a RAID Level 10 Configuration . . . . 58
Creating a Spare Hard Drive . . . . . . . . . . . . 59
Rebuilding a Degraded RAID Level 1
Configuration . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 60
5 Setting Up Your Computer . . . . . . . . . . . . 61
Changing Between Tower and Desktop
Orientations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 61
Switching From Tower to Desktop
Orientation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 61
Switching From Desktop to Tower
Orientation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 62
Installing Your Computer in an Enclosure . . . . . . . 62
Transferring Information to a New Computer . . . . . . 65
Microsoft® Windows® XP . . . . . . . . . . . . . 65
Microsoft Windows Vista™ . . . . . . . . . . . . 68