You have everything you need except the drive and cable. Leave the BIOS setting as is.
Steps to install
Install Drive (By same make and model as shipped with system)
Reboot
Make sure drive was reconized by going into computer management (Right Click My computer, and select Disk Management)
Open up control panel and double click Intel Application Accelerator
Select option to migrate an existing drive to a RAID (This will be your drive on Port 0)
Select drive to add to RAID this will be your new drive should be on port 1
Select RAID type 0 or 1. Raid 0 will have more options strip size etc.
Migration will take a few hours maybe (Mine too about 40 minutes to RAID 1 120GB)
After Migration Reboot
May Need to reboot again after boot up
Next boot up you should be done
For more information check the Intel Web site here is a link to the manual and other resources. The RAID controller build on your system is using the Intel RAID chipset.
Thanks for the great answer Tom, I was looking for the same thing. I just received my new XPS but I did not opt for the RAID 0 during purchase. I have a SATA 120 gb and will consider getting another 120 down the road.
OK I don't need to go into the BIOS. How about when I format the Maxtor 250GB SATA drive do I use Windows XP or Maxblast CD that came with Hard Drive. Your help is greatly appreciated.
Actually before I requested help from the Community Forum, I connected the second Maxtor 250GB SATA Drive to the SATA port 1 on the motherboard and used a spare "P5 Power cable" to energize it ,but after I rebooted I didn't see any additional Drive Letter in "My Computer" and when I tried to shutdown my XPS, it would go into saving my files mode and not shutdown. Since I didn't format the Drive,I guess it wasn't recognized.
It will not show up as a drive letter until you format it. But you do not need to format it. Since your setting up the RAID it will take care all of it when it adds it to the new array.
When you get done you may have 1/2 of the RAID, free to create another partition. I am not sure what will happen when you migrate you 250GB drive to a RAID 0. In my case migrated to RAID 1 so it just mirroed the data to the other disk. In your case it going to stripe your existing data between the two disk.
Forgot to mention one other point in my posts. When you get done with the RAID migration the system will show a 1 RAID Array only, the two physical disk
will NOT show up in the Disk Manager.
I just installed my 2nd Maxtor 250GB Sata hard drive using the supplied sata cable connected to port 1 and spare P5 power cable from motherboard and rebooted.
I then clicked My Computer and went into Disk Management where the new drive was recognized as Disk 1, unknown, 233.76GB, not initialized and unallocated (6Y250MO) and original drive was Disk 0, basic, 232.82GB, online with 39MB-Fat (healthy-EI) and (C:) 232.78GB-NTFS (healthy-system) (7Y250MO).
Then I went into Control Panel and double clicked the Intel Application Accelerator which opens a window and clicked on Create Raid Volume. Then selected source drive on port 0, computer selected a default name called Raid_Volume 1, selected Raid level at 0,selected strip size at 128KB as recommended for desktops and Intel Application Accelerator states that it will now claim disks to be used in creating volume which is the one on port 1-Maxtor 6Y250MO. After I clicked Next a new window opens called Raid Volume Information and listed as follows: Raid Volume Name: Raid_Volume 1 , Raid Level: 0 , Size: 465.6GB , Strip Size: 128KB Source Disk: Non-Raid Disk -Y62MJ8LE , Serial Numbers of Target Disks:member disks: Y62MJ8LE,Y62FCFEE I then clicked on Migrate and a Migration Progress Window opens. It took 2 3/4 hours to migrate 250GB into raid 0. A final Intel Application Accelerator window opens and indicates the Raid Volume created from an existing Disk was successful and the system will need to be rebooted to use full capacity.
After I rebooted, I went into Disk Management and it indicated Disk 0 as basic, 465.65GB, online with 39MB (healthy) and (C:) 232.78GB-NTFS (healthy-system) and 232.83GB as unallocated. I then went into setup and clicked F2 and hit pause when the screen called Raid Volume: opens and it listed the following information:
0 Raid Volume 1 , Raid level 0 (stripe), 128KB strip, 465.6GB size, normal status and bootable
Maxtor 7Y250MO, Y62MJ8LE at port 0, 232.8GB size, normal status
Maxtor 6Y250MO, Y62FCFEE at port 1, 233.7GB size, normal status
I hope this helps someone who wants to add an SATA hard drive into Raid 0.
I just installed a Maxtor 250GB SATA HD in a Raid 0 configuration as per your step by step procedure. After migration and rebooting, I went back into Disk Management and Disk 0 is now recognized as basic, 465.65GB, online with 39MB healthy) and (C:) 232.78GB-NTFS (healthy-system) and 232.83GB as unallocated.
Does this mean that the unallocated Hard drive needs to formated or partitioned?
Yes, when you added the mirror and migrated it only migrated the existing partition of aprox 250MB. Since you have RAID 0, you doubled your space when you added the drive. Just partition and format the un-used space. It will be a RAID 0 partition also.
The disk that in your disk manager (RAID 0) is the orginal two disk drives stripped.
It migrated the way I expected. In my case I went to RAID 1 so I did not increase my size.
It should be like any disk physical disk except this one is a RAID Volume made of your physical SATA disk port 0, and port 1.
Right Click MyComputer and select manange. From Manage select disk manager. From the disk manager find te disk in question and right click on the free area. Create a parition. You will get an options to assign the drive letter and format type (NTFS should be choosen). Unless multiple paritions aree going to be created an extended parition should NOT be choosen. I forget the choices.
Note if you want this drive to have a drive letter near you existing hard drive paritions, you may want to change the drive letters of you CD devices or any other devices on your system. I made my CD ROM device X and W.
Becarefull on changing letters of any existing disk with programs on them, or CD that may be referenced by a program already installed.
I have this virtual CD program that I use for all CD I use offen, so I do not have to worry about inserting the CD.
Basically my (C:) drive is still 232.78GB in a Raid 0 setting which is across two Disks and unallocated space at 232.83GB in a Raid 0 setting is also across two Disks, and if I don't do anything this unallocated space can not be used for programs or storage.
I thought that going into Raid 0 would increase my (C:) Drive to 500GB but Raid 0 just spreads data across two Disks for speed of information gathering.
OK, when I go into Disk Management to do a format and partition, you mention to select the disk at port 1 but isn't the unallocated space spread across two Disks, so how do I select the unallocated space ?
In the disk manager the RAID_VOLUME should have approx 232 GB to un-allocated space that you can create a new parition and format to lets say drive "D". It should be another RAID 0 volume since the RAID_VOLUME is RAID 0. I did not have this issue when I went to RAID 1, but I was basically just mirror my orginal drive.
The only way to get one volume of 500GB would be to start over and create the raid on BOOT up of the OS install. The Application Accelerator only migrates the existing parition and does not attemp to extend it, like you expected. The net result will be the same, just you have the space over two logical RAID 0 disk.
Not sure about what you mean by port 0, but the disk you have free space is the RAID volume which is really physical disk SATA port 0, and 1. But you really do not need to be concerned about this.
Basically (C:) Drive is still 232.GB in a Raid 0 setting and data/programs are spread across two SATA disks (port 0 and port 1) and the unallocated space which is 232 GB and once formatted and partitioned with Letter assigned will be in Raid 0 and striped across two SATA disks.
TomXPS
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April 30th, 2004 02:00
You have everything you need except the drive and cable. Leave the BIOS setting as is.
Steps to install
For more information check the Intel Web site here is a link to the manual and other resources. The RAID controller build on your system is using the Intel RAID chipset.
http://www.intel.com/support/chipsets/iaa_raid/
http://support.intel.com/support/chipsets/iaa_raid/sb/CS-009333.htm
MDR51
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April 30th, 2004 13:00
Thanks for the great answer Tom, I was looking for the same thing. I just received my new XPS but I did not opt for the RAID 0 during purchase. I have a SATA 120 gb and will consider getting another 120 down the road.
Mike
davexps
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April 30th, 2004 15:00
OK I don't need to go into the BIOS. How about when I format the Maxtor 250GB SATA drive do I use Windows XP or Maxblast CD that came with Hard Drive. Your help is greatly appreciated.
Actually before I requested help from the Community Forum, I connected the second Maxtor 250GB SATA Drive to the SATA port 1 on the motherboard and used a spare "P5 Power cable" to energize it ,but after I rebooted I didn't see any additional Drive Letter in "My Computer" and when I tried to shutdown my XPS, it would go into saving my files mode and not shutdown. Since I didn't format the Drive,I guess it wasn't recognized.
Dave
TomXPS
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April 30th, 2004 16:00
It will not show up as a drive letter until you format it. But you do not need to format it. Since your setting up the RAID it will take care all of it when it adds it to the new array.
When you get done you may have 1/2 of the RAID, free to create another partition.
I am not sure what will happen when you migrate you 250GB drive to a RAID 0. In my case migrated to RAID 1 so it just mirroed the data to the other disk. In your case it going to stripe your existing data between the two disk.
TomXPS
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davexps
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wgnoyes
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davexps
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May 22nd, 2004 23:00
Hi Again,
I just installed my 2nd Maxtor 250GB Sata hard drive using the supplied sata cable connected to port 1 and spare P5 power cable from motherboard and rebooted.
I then clicked My Computer and went into Disk Management where the new drive was recognized as Disk 1, unknown, 233.76GB, not initialized and unallocated (6Y250MO) and original drive was Disk 0, basic, 232.82GB, online with 39MB-Fat (healthy-EI) and (C:) 232.78GB-NTFS (healthy-system) (7Y250MO).
Then I went into Control Panel and double clicked the Intel Application Accelerator which opens a window and clicked on Create Raid Volume. Then selected source drive on port 0, computer selected a default name called Raid_Volume 1, selected Raid level at 0, selected strip size at 128KB as recommended for desktops and Intel Application Accelerator states that it will now claim disks to be used in creating volume which is the one on port 1-Maxtor 6Y250MO. After I clicked Next a new window opens called Raid Volume Information and listed as follows: Raid Volume Name: Raid_Volume 1 , Raid Level: 0 , Size: 465.6GB , Strip Size: 128KB Source Disk: Non-Raid Disk -Y62MJ8LE , Serial Numbers of Target Disks:member disks: Y62MJ8LE,Y62FCFEE I then clicked on Migrate and a Migration Progress Window opens. It took 2 3/4 hours to migrate 250GB into raid 0. A final Intel Application Accelerator window opens and indicates the Raid Volume created from an existing Disk was successful and the system will need to be rebooted to use full capacity.
After I rebooted, I went into Disk Management and it indicated Disk 0 as basic, 465.65GB, online with 39MB (healthy) and (C:) 232.78GB-NTFS (healthy-system) and 232.83GB as unallocated. I then went into setup and clicked F2 and hit pause when the screen called Raid Volume: opens and it listed the following information:
0 Raid Volume 1 , Raid level 0 (stripe), 128KB strip, 465.6GB size, normal status and bootable
Maxtor 7Y250MO, Y62MJ8LE at port 0, 232.8GB size, normal status
Maxtor 6Y250MO, Y62FCFEE at port 1, 233.7GB size, normal status
I hope this helps someone who wants to add an SATA hard drive into Raid 0.
DaveXPS
davexps
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May 24th, 2004 12:00
TomXPS
I just installed a Maxtor 250GB SATA HD in a Raid 0 configuration as per your step by step procedure. After migration and rebooting, I went back into Disk Management and Disk 0 is now recognized as basic, 465.65GB, online with 39MB healthy) and (C:) 232.78GB-NTFS (healthy-system) and 232.83GB as unallocated.
Does this mean that the unallocated Hard drive needs to formated or partitioned?
Thanks Again,
DaveXPS
TomXPS
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May 24th, 2004 14:00
Yes, when you added the mirror and migrated it only migrated the existing partition of aprox 250MB. Since you have RAID 0, you doubled your space when you added the drive. Just partition and format the un-used space. It will be a RAID 0 partition also.
The disk that in your disk manager (RAID 0) is the orginal two disk drives stripped.
It migrated the way I expected. In my case I went to RAID 1 so I did not increase my size.
davexps
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May 24th, 2004 16:00
TomXPS
In Disk Management, Disk 0 increased in size to 465.65GB with (C:) as 232.78GB and 232.83GB as unallocated.
How do I format and partition the unallocated 232.83GB since it is in a Raid 0 configuration and doesn't have its own drive letter?
Please give me a step by step procedure, I don't want to make any mistakes since I came far in the Raid 0 installation.
Your help s greatly appreciated.
Dave XPS
TomXPS
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May 24th, 2004 18:00
It should be like any disk physical disk except this one is a RAID Volume made of your physical SATA disk port 0, and port 1.
Right Click MyComputer and select manange. From Manage select disk manager. From the disk manager find te disk in question and right click on the free area. Create a parition. You will get an options to assign the drive letter and format type (NTFS should be choosen). Unless multiple paritions aree going to be created an extended parition should NOT be choosen. I forget the choices.
Note if you want this drive to have a drive letter near you existing hard drive paritions, you may want to change the drive letters of you CD devices or any other devices on your system. I made my CD ROM device X and W.
Becarefull on changing letters of any existing disk with programs on them, or CD that may be referenced by a program already installed.
I have this virtual CD program that I use for all CD I use offen, so I do not have to worry about inserting the CD.
davexps
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May 24th, 2004 19:00
TomXPS
Basically my (C:) drive is still 232.78GB in a Raid 0 setting which is across two Disks and unallocated space at 232.83GB in a Raid 0 setting is also across two Disks, and if I don't do anything this unallocated space can not be used for programs or storage.
I thought that going into Raid 0 would increase my (C:) Drive to 500GB but Raid 0 just spreads data across two Disks for speed of information gathering.
OK, when I go into Disk Management to do a format and partition, you mention to select the disk at port 1 but isn't the unallocated space spread across two Disks, so how do I select the unallocated space ?
Thanks , your help is greatly appreciated.
DaveXPS
TomXPS
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May 25th, 2004 00:00
In the disk manager the RAID_VOLUME should have approx 232 GB to un-allocated space that you can create a new parition and format to lets say drive "D". It should be another RAID 0 volume since the RAID_VOLUME is RAID 0. I did not have this issue when I went to RAID 1, but I was basically just mirror my orginal drive.
The only way to get one volume of 500GB would be to start over and create the raid on BOOT up of the OS install. The Application Accelerator only migrates the existing parition and does not attemp to extend it, like you expected. The net result will be the same, just you have the space over two logical RAID 0 disk.
Not sure about what you mean by port 0, but the disk you have free space is the RAID volume which is really physical disk SATA port 0, and 1. But you really do not need to be concerned about this.
davexps
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May 25th, 2004 10:00
TomXPS,
Thanks again I 'll attempt this project soon.
Basically (C:) Drive is still 232.GB in a Raid 0 setting and data/programs are spread across two SATA disks (port 0 and port 1) and the unallocated space which is 232 GB and once formatted and partitioned with Letter assigned will be in Raid 0 and striped across two SATA disks.
DaveXPS