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System Configuration Setup

Configuring MegaRAID IDE

1Press the <Ctrl> + <M> keys to run the MegaRAID IDE Man- ager.

2Define and configure one or more logical drives.

3Create and configure one or more system drives (logical drives). Select the RAID level, write cache policy, virus protec- tion, and DMA transfers.

4Save the configuration.

5Initialize the system drives. After initialization, you can install the operating system.

Creating Mirror Array From Existing Drive

A new mirror array can be built from an existing drive by connecting the old and new drive to the MegaRAID IDE. Then follow the given steps:

1Turn on the computer and Press the <Ctrl> + <M> keys to start the MegaRAID IDE Setup Utility while it is booting.

2Create an array by using F4 Option. Change the array type to Mirror.

3Now include the existing drive and the new drive to this array. You can identify the existing drive and the new drive by where they are connected.

4Start the rebuilding process by pressing the <Enter> key. The setup will prompt for the target drive name. Select the newly connected drive as the target drive by pressing the <Space> key and then <Enter> key.

5The rebuilding process will start. If there are any errors during the building of the array, you will be prompted with a message box. You can choose to ignore the error and proceed, or stop the rebuilding process.

NOTE: To make the rebuilding process faster, enable DMA

Read/Write using the <F7> key.