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Chapter 4: Management with SuperBuild™
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• To change the Sector Size, highlight Sector Size and press Enter.
Use the default 512 Bytes. Only exceptions are logical drives larger than
2 TB on Windows XP 32-bit. See page 178 for more information.
6. Highlight Save Configuration and press Enter.
At this point you can create additional logical drives, if there is space
remaining on your disk arrays. To create another logical drive, repeat steps 2
though 6 above.
7. Press the F10 key to exit the SuperBuild utility and press Y to confirm and
restart the computer.
Do not press the Ctrl-Alt-Del keys. Do not press the Esc key.
Initializing a Logical Drive
Promise recommends that you Initialize your logical drives immediately after you
create them. Initialization sets all data bits in the logical drive to zero, removing
any residual data left behind from earlier configurations. You can also perform an
Initialization on an existing logical drive.
1. In the Main Menu, highlight Logical Drive Management and press Enter.
The Logical Drive Management screen displays.
2. Highlight the logical drive you want to initialize and press Enter.
3. Highlight Initialization Start and press Enter.
A message appears at the bottom of the screen.
4. Press Y to confirm logical drive Initialization.
The Initialization takes only a moment.
Important
You must be partition and format your new logical drive before you
can use it. Use the same method of partitioning and formatting a
logical drive as you would any other fixed disk added to your
computer system.
Warning
When you initialize a logical drive, you delete all data on the
logical drive. Backup any important data before you initialize!