Next, disable any unused SATA ports
(some RAID controllers mistake unused ports for missing drives), and then
turn on the RAID feature if it??™s not already on. Save your settings and reboot
when you??™re done.
After the BIOS setup prompt but before Windows begins to load, look for a message
from your RAID controller, and then press the required keystroke (e.g.,
Ctrl-I for the Intel Matrix Storage Manager) to enter your RAID configuration
utility. Use this screen to select drives and build your array. (Since this step
may erase any data on your drives, make sure they??™re fully backed up before
you proceed.)
When you??™re done, you can install Windows (see Chapter 1) or restore your
backup (if applicable) on the array as though it were only a single drive. Once
you??™re back in Windows, install the RAID management software so you can
monitor the health of your array.
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Troubleshooting
There is one thing to gain by running both a Complete PC
Backup and a backup with the Back Up Files wizard: shadow
copies. If you have plenty of disk space to spare, create a second
partition (see Chapter 5). Then use Back Up Files to
schedule routine backups of your personal documents on the
new parition. Once this is underway, you??™ll be able to use
the Previous Versions feature, as described in ???Go Back in
Time with Restore Points and Shadow Copies,??? earlier in
this chapter.
Complete PC Backup creates its backups in the form of virtual hard disk
image (.
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