Setting Up and Using Your Computer 274 Press the left- and right-arrow keys to highlight RAID On, press , and thenpress .NOTE: For more information about RAID options, see "System Setup Options" on page 104.5 Press the left- and right-arrow keys to highlight Save/Exit, and press to exit systemsetup and resume the boot process.Configuring Your Computer for RAID Using the Intel® RAID Option ROM UtilityNOTE: Although any size drives may be used to create a RAID configuration when using the Intel RAIDOption ROM utility, ideally the drives should be of equal size. In a RAID level 1 configuration, the size ofthe configuration will be the smaller of the two drives used.Creating a RAID Level 1 Configuration1 Set your computer to RAID-enabled mode (see page 26).2 Press when you are prompted to enter the Intel RAID Option ROM utility.3 Use the up- and down-arrow keys to highlight Create RAID Volume and press .4 Enter a RAID volume name or accept the default and press .5 Use the up- and down-arrow keys to select RAID1(Mirror) and press .6 If there are more than two hard drives available, press the up- and down-arrow keys andspacebar to select the two drives you want to use to make up your volume, and then press.7 Select the desired capacity for the volume, and press . The default value is themaximum available size.8 Press to create the volume.9 Press to confirm that you want to create the RAID volume.10 Confirm that the correct volume configuration is displayed on the main Intel RAID OptionROM utility screen.11 Use the up- and down-arrow keys to select Exit and press .12 Install the operating system (see "Using Microsoft® Windows® XP System Restore" onpage 55).Deleting a RAID VolumeNOTE: When you perform this operation, all data on the RAID drives will be lost.NOTE: If your computer currently boots to RAID and you delete the RAID volume in the Intel RAID OptionROM utility, your computer will become unbootable.1 Press when you are prompted to enter the Intel RAID Option ROM utility.2 Use the up- and down-arrow keys to highlight Delete RAID Volume, and press .
