When You First Start Your Computer - Toshiba Qosmio G35 User Manual

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Using the RAID-0 or RAID-1 Utility
Using RAID
hard disk capacity will appear to the operating system as only
40 GB.

When you first start your computer

Each time you start your computer you will be prompted to
configure your computer for RAID-1 until one of the
following occurs:
❖
The computer is ready to enable for RAID-1. See the
steps on the following page.
❖
The computer is configured for RAID-0. See
new RAID-0 array" on page 262
❖
The computer's secondary hard disk is partitioned and
formatted using the Disk Management utility. See your
Windows online help for more information.
NOTE
6 Plug in the AC adapter and power on the computer. (The
computer must be running from power provided by the
AC adapter to perform these steps.)
The New HDD detected window appears.
When configuring the secondary hard disk for RAID-1 support,
all existing data on the secondary hard disk will be
permanently erased and will not be recoverable. Toshiba is not
responsible for any loss of data on the hard disk.
Your computer can only be configured for one type of RAID at
a time. It cannot be configured to use both RAID-0 and RAID-1
simultaneously.
"Creating a
for more information.