User Manual
Table Of Contents
- Contents
- About Your Computer
- Using the Keyboard and Mouse
- Using Multimedia
- Using the Display
- Using a Battery
- Setting Up Your Computer
- Using Networks (LAN or Wireless)
- Using Cards
- Securing Your Computer
- Troubleshooting
- Dell Technical Update Service
- Dell Diagnostics
- Dell Support Utility
- Drive Problems
- E-Mail, Modem, and Internet Problems
- Error Messages
- IEEE 1394 Device Problems
- Keyboard Problems
- Lockups and Software Problems
- Memory Problems
- Mouse Problems
- Network Problems
- Media Memory Card or ExpressCard Problems
- Power Problems
- Printer Problems
- Scanner Problems
- Sound and Speaker Problems
- Touch Pad or Mouse Problems
- Video and Display Problems
- System Setup Program
- Traveling With Your Computer
- Reinstalling Software
- Adding and Replacing Parts
- Dell QuickSet
- Specifications
- Obtaining Assistance
- Appendix
- Glossary
- Index
120 System Setup Program
NOTE: If you do not see an Actions menu option, you have not yet set your computer to RAID-enabled mode (see
page 117).
3
On the
Actions
menu, select
Create RAID Volume From Existing Hard Drive
to
launch the
Migration Wizard.
4
Click
Next
on the Migration Wizard screen.
5
Enter a RAID volume name or accept the default.
6
For RAID 0, select
RAID 0
as the RAID level from the drop-down box
.
For RAID 1, select
RAID 1
as the RAID level from the drop-down box.
NOTE: Select the strip size closest to the size of the average file you want to store on the RAID volume. If you do
not know the average file size, choose 128 KB as your strip size.
7
For RAID 0, select the appropriate strip size from the drop-down box, and then click
Next
.
For RAID 1, skip to step 8.
NOTE: Select the hard drive that you want to use as your source hard drive (it should be the hard drive containing
the data or operating system files that you want to keep on the RAID volume).
8
On the
Select Source Hard Drive
screen, double-click the hard drive from which you want to migrate,
and click
Next
.
9
On the
Select Member Hard Drive
screen, double-click the hard drive to select the member drive to
span the array and click
Next
.
10
For RAID 0, on the
Specify Volume Size
screen, select the
Volume Size
you want, and click
Next
.
For RAID 1, skip to step 11.
NOTE: In the following step, you will lose all data contained on the member drive.
11
Click
Finish
to start migrating, or click
Back
to make changes. You can use your computer normally
during the migration process.
Rebuilding a Degraded RAID Level 1 Configuration
If your computer has reported a degraded RAID level 1 volume, contact Dell about replacing your hard
drive. See "Contacting Dell" on page 154.
You can manually rebuild the computer’s redundancy mirror to a new hard drive by performing the
following steps:
1
Click the
Start
button and point to
All Programs
→
Intel Matrix Storage Manager
→
Intel Matrix
Storage Console
to launch the Intel Storage Console.
2
Right-click the available hard drive to which you want to rebuild the RAID level 1 volume, and click
Rebuild to this Disk
.
You can use your computer while the computer is rebuilding the RAID level 1 volume.