Toshiba Z300 User Manual

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1 Press the <Ctrl> + <M> keys to run the MegaRAID IDE Man-

ager.

2 Define and configure one or more logical drives.

3 Create and configure one or more system drives (logical 

drives). Select the RAID level, write cache policy, virus protec-
tion, and DMA transfers.

4 Save the configuration.

5 Initialize the system drives. After initialization, you can install 

the operating system.

A new mirror array can be built from an existing drive by connect-
ing the old and new drive to the MegaRAID IDE.  Then follow the 
given steps:

1 Turn on the computer and Press the <Ctrl> + <M> keys to start 

the MegaRAID IDE Setup Utility while it is booting.

2 Create an array by using F4 Option.  Change the array type to 

Mirror.

3 Now include the existing drive and the new drive to this array.  

You can identify the existing drive and the new drive by where 
they are connected.

4 Start the rebuilding process by pressing the <Enter> key.  The 

setup will prompt for the target drive name.  Select the newly 
connected drive as the target drive by pressing the <Space> key 
and then <Enter> key.

5 The rebuilding process will start.  If there are any errors during 

the building of the array, you will be prompted with a message 
box.  You can choose to ignore the error and proceed, or stop 
the rebuilding process.