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Rebuilding a Failed Mirror Set
When a failure to one member occurs, you will be notified
either by the RAID BIOS during boot or by the Initio
SATA RAID Manager while in Windows. The steps
below will guide you in rebuilding a failed mirror set.
For Offline Mirror Rebuild (SATA RAID BIOS)
1.
Replace the failed drive(s) with one of equal or
greater capacity, then start the computer.
2.
During boot press Ctrl+R to enter the RAID BIOS.
3.
Select Disk, press Enter.
4.
Select Reserved for RAID, then press Enter.
5.
Select the single hard drive then press Enter.
6.
When asked, All data in selected drive will lost!
Continue (Yes/No)?, select Yes, then press Enter.
7.
Select RAID, then select Rebuild.
8.
Press Enter. The mirror will begin rebuilding. Do
not interfere with the process.
9.
When rebuilding is finished, select Exit, then press
Enter
10. When asked Are You Sure to Exit(Yes/No)?, select
Yes, then press Enter to exit and reboot.
For Online Mirror Rebuild (in Windows)
1.
Replace the failed drive(s) with one of equal or
greater capacity, then start the computer.
2.
When Windows resumes, click Start/Programs or
All Programs/Initio SATA RAID/Initio RAID
Manager.
3.
Double click Initio SATA RAID Manager icon from
the system tray to bring up the application.
4.
Click Mirror Array, then click Tasks.
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