6. On the Select Volume Location screen, click the first hard drive you want to use to create your RAID level 5 volume, and then click the right arrow. Click

two or three additional drives until either three or four drives appear in the Selected window, and then click Next.

7. In the Specify Volume Size window, select the Volume Size desired and click Next.

8. Click Finish to create the volume, or click Back to make changes.

9. Follow Microsoft Windows procedures for creating a partition on the new RAID volume.

Creating a RAID Level 10 Configuration

NOTE:

When you perform this operation, all data on the RAID drives will be lost.

1. Set your computer to RAID-enabled mode. See

2. Click the Start button and point to Programs® Intel(R) Matrix Storage Manager® Intel Matrix Storage Console 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.

3. On the Actions menu, select Create RAID Volume to launch the Create RAID Volume Wizard.

4. Click Next at the first screen.

5. Confirm the volume name, select RAID 10 as the RAID level, and then click Next to continue.

6. On the Select Volume Location screen, click the first hard drive you want to use to create your RAID level 10 volume, and then click the right arrow.

Click three additional drives until four drives appear in the Selected window, and then click Next.

7. In the Specify Volume Size window, select the Volume Size desired and click Next.

8. Click Finish to create the volume, or click Back to make changes.

9. Follow Microsoft Windows procedures for creating a partition on the new RAID volume.

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) Matrix Storage Manager® Intel Matrix Storage Console to launch the Intel 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 Level 0 Configuration

1. Set your computer to RAID-enabled mode. See

2. Click the Start button and point to All Programs® Intel(R) Matrix Storage Manager® Intel Matrix Storage Console to launch the Intel Storage Utility.

Setting Your Computer to RAID-Enabled

Mode.

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