Before getting started
Back up your computer's data to external media. Creating, altering, or configuring for RAID deletes all data from affected hard disk drives.
Create a VAIO Recovery Media Kit, so that you can configure the RAID volumes, and perform a hard disk drive recovery.
For more information about creating recovery media using the VAIO Recovery Wizard utility program:
1.Click Start from the Windows® taskbar, and then click Help and Support.
2.From the VAIO Help and Support Center, click VAIO Recovery Options.
Verify the status of the existing hard disk drive(s) before creating or changing the RAID volume. Use the Intel® Storage Utility software program to check drive. See the section, About the Intel Storage Utility program.
The VAIO Recovery Wizard utility program can configure the first two hard disk drives into a
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