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38 Setting Up and Using Your Computer
Deleting a RAID Volume
NOTE: While this procedure deletes the RAID 1 volume, it also splits the RAID 1
volume into two non-RAID hard drives with a partition, and leaves any existing data
files intact. Deleting a RAID 0 volume, however, destroys all data on the volume.
1
Click the
Start
button and point to
Programs
→
Intel(R) Application
Accelerator
→
Intel Matrix Storage Manager
to launch the Intel
®
Storage
Utility.
2
Right-click the
Volume
icon of the RAID volume you want to delete, then
select
Delete Volume
.
3
On the
Delete RAID Volume Wizard
screen, click
Next
.
4
Highlight the RAID volume you want to delete in the
Available
box, click
the right-arrow button to move the highlighted RAID volume into the
Selected
box, and then click
Next
.
5
Click
Finish
to delete the volume.
Migrating to a RAID Level 0 Configuration
1
Set your computer to RAID-enabled mode (see "Setting Your Computer to
RAID-Enabled Mode" on page 33).
2
Click the
Start
button and point to
All Programs
→
Intel(R) Application
Accelerator
→
Intel Matrix Storage Manager
to launch the Intel
®
Storage
Utility.
NOTE: If you do not see an Actions menu option, you have not yet set your
computer to RAID-enabled mode (see "Setting Your Computer to RAID-
Enabled Mode" on page 33).
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 name.
6
From the drop-down box, select
RAID 0
as the RAID level
.
7
Select the appropriate strip size from the drop-down box, and then
click
Next
.
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.
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