Change array size Intel Matrix Storage Manager

[Guest]

I replaced a failed HD with two larger ones .. now I have two mirrored how hard drives functioning correctly ... how do I increase the array size to utilize the increased capacity? Thx Much ... DMiller

 

[treefrog07]

I think I would use Partition Wizard to re-size the partitions on the RAID 1 volume. It is free for home use.

 

[Guest]

The OS is Windows Server/2003 .. I'm not comfortable with using Partition Management software to accomplish this. Isn't there a way to rebuild the array to a new volume (properly sized). I suppose Disk Manager won't help with this task; all I'd really need to do is extend the size of the data partition to use the entire hard drive ...

 

[treefrog07]

You may be able to accomplish it using the HDD manufacturer's utility software. Western Digital has/had a DOS-based utility called DataLifeguard that would allow the resizing partitions on its HDDs, but I don't know if it would work on a RAID volume. I've successfully used Partition Wizard in XPx32, XPx64, and W7x64 ultimate.