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2.20.3 Migrating a “RAID Ready” System to RAID 0, RAID 1 or

RAID 5

If you have an existing “RAID Ready” system, then you can use the following

steps to perform a migration from a single non-RAID conﬁ guration to a two drive

RAID 0, RAID 1 conﬁ guration or three drive RAID 5 conﬁ guration. To prepare for

this, you will need another SATA / SATAII hard drive with a capacity equal to or

greater than that currently being used as the source hard drive.

1. Physically attach one additional SATA / SATAII / SATA3 hard drive to the SATAII

/ SATA3 port not being used. Note the serial number of the hard drive already in

the system; you will use this to select it as the source hard drive when initiating

the migration.

2. Boot Windows

, install the Intel(R) Rapid Storage software, if not already

installed, using the setup package obtained from a CD-ROM or from the

Internet. This will install the necessary Intel Storage Utility and start menu links.

3. Open the Intel Storage Utility from the Start Menu and select “Create RAID

volume from Existing Hard Drive” from the Actions menu. This will activate the

Create RAID volume from Existing Hard Drive Wizard. Click through the dialogs

as prompted. It’s important to understand what will occur during the migration

process because any data on the destination hard drive will be lost.

4. Once the migration is complete, reboot the system. If you migrated to a RAID 0

volume, use Disk Management from within Windows

in order to partition and

format the empty space created when the two hard drive capacities are

combined. You may also use third-party software to extend any existing

partitions within the RAID volume.

5. Finish the Windows

installation and install all necessary drivers.

6. Install the Intel(R) Rapid Storage software via the CD-ROM included with your

motherboard or after downloading it from the Internet. This will add the Intel(R)

Rapid Storage Console which can be used to manage the RAID conﬁ guration.

7. After setting up a “RAID Ready” system as the above steps, you can follow the

procedures of the next section to migrate the system to RAID 0, RAID 1 or RAID

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