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5. Press Ctrl-Y to save the information. The window below will appear.
6. Press N for the Create Only option.
When the array is created, the screen will return to the Define Array menu.
7. Press Esc twice to exit the FastBuild Utility.
8. Partition and format the array, using your operating system, as if it were a new
single disk drive.
Adding Fault Tolerance to an Existing Drive
FastTrak 579 RAID controller will create a mirrored array using an existing system drive with
data. You must assign the existing drive and another drive of same or larger capacity to the
Mirroring (RAID 1) array. FastBuild will copy the existing data to the new blank drive.
1. Under the Definition section of this menu, highlight the Array # for which your array.
2. Press the Spacebar to select Mirror (RAID 1 or Security).
3. Under the Drive Assignments section, press the ¡ ô
4. Press the Spacebar or Y to change the Assignment option to Y. This action adds the drive
to the disk array.
5. Press Ctrl-Y to Save your selection. The window below will appear.
6. Press Y for the Create and Duplicate option.
Gigabyte Rounding is automatically disabled when creating a Mirrored (RAID 1) array from an
existing drive. This action protects the existing drive's partition table in order to maintain data
integrity.
The window below will appear asking you to select the Source drive to use.
FastBuild will copy all data from the Source drive to the Target drive.
Chapter 4: SATA/RAID Setup (for SATA RAID model)
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Backup any important data before proceeding. Failure to follow this
accepted PC practice could result in data loss.
If you wish to include your current bootable drive using the Windows NT
4.0, 2000 or, XP or Server 2003 operating system as part of a bootable
Mirrored (RAID 1) array on your FastTrak, you MUST install the FastTrak
driver onto the bootable drive while it is still attached to your existing hard
drive controller.
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