3ware Escalade ATA RAID Controller User Guide84 www.3ware.comAdding a drive to an existing ATA RAIDcontrollerTo add the new drive to an existing disk array, refer to the 3wareHardware Installation and 3ware Disk Array Configuration Utilitychapters.Partition and format new drive1 Run fdisk by selecting Run... from the Start menu and typingfdisk in the Run window.2 Restart the system again and format each device: select thedevice with the right mouse button in the My Computer win-dow, then select Format... from the popup menu.3 After formatting, reboot the system again to avoid running anincompatible DOS mode and to avoid low performance.
