Dell XPS GEN 3 Personal Computer User Manual


 
Setting Up and Using Your Computer 23
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
Application Accelerator
to launch the Intel(R) Storage Utility.
2
Right-click the
Volume
icon of the RAID volume you want to delete, and 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 0 Volume
1
Set your computer to RAID-enabled mode (see page 19).
2
Click the
Start
button and point to
All Programs
Intel(R) Application Accelerator
Intel
Application Accelerator
to launch the Intel(R) Storage Utility.
NOTE: If you do not see an Actions menu option, you have not yet set your computer to RAID-enabled
mode (see page 19).
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
From the drop-down box, select
RAID 0
as the RAID level
.
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 as your strip size.
7
Select the appropriate strip size from the drop-down box, and then click
Next
.
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 stripe array, and click
Next
.
10
On the
Specify Volume Size
screen, select the
Volume Size
you want, and click
Next
.
NOTE: In the following step, you will lose all data contained on the member drive.