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6. Press the up- and down-arrow keys and spacebar to select the three or four drives you want to use to make up your volume, and then press <Enter>.
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7. Select the desired capacity for the volume, and press <Enter>. The default value is the maximum available size.
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8. Press <Enter> to create the volume.
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9. Press <y> to confirm that you want to create the RAID volume.
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10. Confirm that the correct volume configuration is displayed on the main Intel RAID Option ROM utility screen.
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11. Use the up- and down-arrow keys to select Exit, and press <Enter>.
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12. Install the operating system. See Reinstalling Microsoft® Windows® XP.
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Creating a RAID Level 10 Configuration
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1. Set your computer to RAID-enabled mode. See Setting Your Computer to RAID-Enabled Mode.
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2. Press <Ctrl><i> when you are prompted to enter the Intel RAID Option ROM utility.
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3. Use the up- and down-arrow keys to highlight Create RAID Volume, and press <Enter>.
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4. Enter a RAID volume name or accept the default, and press <Enter>.
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5. Use the up- and down-arrow keys to select RAID10(Mirror), and press <Enter>.
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6. Press the up- and down-arrow keys and spacebar to select the four drives you want to use to make up your volume, and then press <Enter>.
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7. Select the desired capacity for the volume, and press <Enter>. The default value is the maximum available size.
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8. Press <Enter> to create the volume.
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9. Press <y> to confirm that you want to create the RAID volume.
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10. Confirm that the correct volume configuration is displayed on the main Intel RAID Option ROM utility screen.
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11. Use the up- and down-arrow keys to select Exit, and press <Enter>.
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12. Install the operating system. See Reinstalling Microsoft® Windows® XP.
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Deleting a RAID Volume
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1. Press <Ctrl><i> when you are prompted to enter the Intel RAID Option ROM utility.
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2. Use the up- and down-arrow keys to highlight Delete RAID Volume, and press <Enter>.
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3. Use the up- and down-arrow keys to highlight the RAID volume you want to delete, and press <Delete>.
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4. Press <y> to confirm the deletion of the RAID volume.
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5. Press <Esc> to exit the Intel RAID Option ROM utility.
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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 RAID Level 0) or
a RAID level 1 configuration (see RAID Level 1.) Create a RAID level 0 volume or RAID level 1 volume only when:
l You are adding two new drives to an existing single-drive computer (and the operating system is on the single drive), and you want to configure the
NOTE: When you perform this operation, all data on the RAID drives will be lost.
NOTE: If your computer currently boots to RAID and you delete the RAID volume in the Intel RAID Option ROM utility, your computer will become
unbootable.