Windows Setup and Operation 3-9

Breaking mirror

Follow the procedures below to break the mirror of volumes.

The procedures to break a mirror on C drive are discribed here.

1.Click [Start] - [Administrative

Tools] - [Computer Management]. The [Computer Management] window will appear.

2.Right-click the volume of the dynamic disk whose mirror is to be broken and click [Break Mirrored Volume…].

3.Click [Yes] on the [Break Mirrored Volume] dialog box.

4.Click [OK] on the [Logical Disk Manager] dialog box. (This dialog box is not displayed for data volume.)

5.The mirror is broken and the volumes will be converted to simple volumes.

In the figure on the right, the status of the volumes are as follows:

[System Volume]

Volume: OEM(C:), Status: Healthy (System)

[Broken Volume]

Volume: OEM, Status: Healthy