WD SERIAL ATA RAID CONTROLLER
CREATING A DISK ARRAY - 13
USER MANUAL
Follow these steps to create a security array with an existing hard drive:
1. Press the SPACEBAR to choose Security under the Optimize Array for section.
2. Press CTRL+Y to save your selection. The window below will appear.
3. Press Y for the Create and Duplicate option. The window below will appear asking you
to select the Source drive to use. EasyBuild will copy all data from the Source drive to the
Target drive.
4. Use the arrow keys to choose which drive contains the existing data to be copied. If you
have two identical hard drives, determine which hard drive contains existing data via
channel ID (Channel 1 or 2). These are concurrent with the physical ports on the WD
SATA RAID Controller that the hard drives are connected to. Port 1 = Channel 1 and
Port 2 = Channel 2 (see step 6 under “Installing the Serial ATA RAID Controller” on
page 8).
5. Press CTRL+Y to save selection and start duplication. The following progress screen will
appear.
6. Select Y to continue. If you choose N, you will be returned to step 1.
7. Once complete, the following screen will appear confirming that your Security array has
been created. Press any key to reboot the system.
The computer should now boot to the operating system on the source drive (now duplicated
to the target drive). The source drive will have no visible changes other than in Device
Manager where the drive will be listed as the new array instead of a single drive model.
Note: Disk duplication may take up to several hours depending on how much data will be
copied to the target drive. For example, 120 GB of data will take an average of one to two
hours to be duplicated in a newer computer system.
Do you want the disk image to be duplicated to another or do
quick initialize or create only?
Y - Create and Duplicate
N - Create Only
I - Create and Quick Initialize
Source Disk
Channel:ID Drive Model Capacity (MB)
----- ----- -----
Target Disk
Channel:ID Drive Model Capacity (MB)
----- ----- -----
[Please Select A Source Disk]
Channel:ID Drive Model Capacity (MB)
1 : WD WD740GD-00DAC3 74025
2 : WD WD740GD-00DAC3 74025
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↑] Up [↓] Down [ESC] Exit [Ctrl-Y] Save
Start to duplicate the image . . .
Do you want to continue? (Yes/No)
Y - Continue N - Abort
Array has been created.
<Press Any Key to Reboot>
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