SATARaid User’s Manual
Copyright © 2003 Silicon Image Inc.
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After any required disc signatures have been written, a window similar to the following will appear:
The first button on the toolbar opens the Disk Administrator Volumes window, which lists the recognizable Volumes, their
capacity, free space, type of format, etc. The second button opens the Disk Configuration window (shown above), detailing
all disks (or RAID Sets), partitions, and allows he user to format and name each partition and volume. Section 1 reports the
size of each disk (or RAID Set). Section 2 reports each partition, and allows the user to format or delete partitions.
Creating the Partitions
1. If any disk in the RAID set appears to be formatted, right click on that partition (Section 2) and select Delete.
2. Once all disks are reporting as Free Space, right-click on each partition and select Create...
3. A Create Primary Partition window should now appear. Click OK.
4. Click Confirm.
5. Repeat this step for each disk.
6. Now, right-click on the first disk and select Mark Active.
7. A window will appear stating that this will take place on the next reboot. Click OK.
8. Repeat this step for each disk.
9. Close window. Confirm saving changes. Click Yes.
10. Disk Administrator will report that the disks were updated successfully. Click OK.
11. Re-open Disk Administrator.
12. Right-click on the first disk (this should now be the Striped Set).
13. Select Format... A window similar to the following window will appear:
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