Hello,

I attempted to follow the instructions located in the following pdf to increase my 160 GB SATA RAID 1 discs to 2 new seagate 500GB SATA discs

http://download.intel.com/support/chipsets/imsm/sb/reference_content_intelmatrixstorageconsole.pdf
"How do I move my RAID 1 volume to larger hard drives"

In the last step, it says to use Intel Matrix Storage Console to  "Create RAID volume from existing drive"

I chose this option and after 30 seconds or so, an error message pops up "Volume creation failed" without any further details.

Please help me figure out what I am doing wrong and how to expand the RAID 1 volume to use up the full 500 GB of the new discs.

I have been able to successfully repair the original RAID 1 such that the 160GB is mirrored to one of the 500 GB, then pull the old drive and mirror the 2 500 GB drives, however the os only ever see 160GB capacity on the 500GB drives.

The machine is a Dell Dimension E510

with Intel Matrix Storage Console 7.8.0.1013

Intel 82801GR/GH SATA RAID Controller

thanks