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... Windows® XP 72 Setting up Printers 73 Adding a Printer 73 Setting the Default Printer 74 Sharing Printers on a Network 74 Installing a Printer Driver 75 6 Drives and Media 77 Freeing up Hard Drive Space 77 6 Contents
... Windows® XP 72 Setting up Printers 73 Adding a Printer 73 Setting the Default Printer 74 Sharing Printers on a Network 74 Installing a Printer Driver 75 6 Drives and Media 77 Freeing up Hard Drive Space 77 6 Contents
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Shadow Storage 77 Reducing Hard Drive Space Used by Shadow Storage 78 Solid-State Drive (SSD 78 Installing Drivers for Media Drives 79 Determining Whether a Device Driver is the Source of a Device Problem 79 Replacing a Driver With a Previous Version of the Driver... 79 Using the Drivers and Utilities Media to Reinstall a Driver 80 Manually Reinstalling a Driver 80 Drive Problems 81 Optical Drive Problems 82 Hard Drive Problems 82 Working with RAID 83 RAID Level 0 83 RAID Level 1 84 RAID Level 0+1 Configuration 86 RAID Level 5 Configuration 87...
Shadow Storage 77 Reducing Hard Drive Space Used by Shadow Storage 78 Solid-State Drive (SSD 78 Installing Drivers for Media Drives 79 Determining Whether a Device Driver is the Source of a Device Problem 79 Replacing a Driver With a Previous Version of the Driver... 79 Using the Drivers and Utilities Media to Reinstall a Driver 80 Manually Reinstalling a Driver 80 Drive Problems 81 Optical Drive Problems 82 Hard Drive Problems 82 Working with RAID 83 RAID Level 0 83 RAID Level 1 84 RAID Level 0+1 Configuration 86 RAID Level 5 Configuration 87...
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...; XP 128 Performance Tuning 129 System Setup Based Performance Tuning . . . . 129 Software Based Performance Tuning 129 NVIDIA Performance 129 NVIDIA Monitor 130 Cleaning Up Your Hard Drive 131 Defragmenting Your Hard Drive 132 Detecting and Repairing Disk Errors 133 Scanning for Viruses and Spyware 133 10 Contents
...; XP 128 Performance Tuning 129 System Setup Based Performance Tuning . . . . 129 Software Based Performance Tuning 129 NVIDIA Performance 129 NVIDIA Monitor 130 Cleaning Up Your Hard Drive 131 Defragmenting Your Hard Drive 132 Detecting and Repairing Disk Errors 133 Scanning for Viruses and Spyware 133 10 Contents
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... not sure which category contains the necessary tool, hold your cursor over the category to display its pop-up the space on your hard drive or rearrange items on your hard drive to make changes to enhance performance. See "Maintenance Tasks (Enhance Performance and Ensure Security)" on to enhance the performance of the options...
... not sure which category contains the necessary tool, hold your cursor over the category to display its pop-up the space on your hard drive or rearrange items on your hard drive to make changes to enhance performance. See "Maintenance Tasks (Enhance Performance and Ensure Security)" on to enhance the performance of the options...
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The free space on page 265). Shadow Storage Shadow Storage is space reserved on the hard drive for conducting a System Restore (see "Using Microsoft® Windows® System Restore" on drive C (the hard drive) is available for other standard operations. A list of hard drive space used by Shadow Storage: 1 Click Start → All Programs→ Accessories. 2 Right-click...
The free space on page 265). Shadow Storage Shadow Storage is space reserved on the hard drive for conducting a System Restore (see "Using Microsoft® Windows® System Restore" on drive C (the hard drive) is available for other standard operations. A list of hard drive space used by Shadow Storage: 1 Click Start → All Programs→ Accessories. 2 Right-click...
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...uses solid-state memory to store persistent data. The Command Prompt displays the amount of semiconductors whereas Hard Drives use a magnetic media. Solid-State Drive (SSD) A solid-state drive (SSD) is a data storage device that is built entirely out of space used by Shadow Storage...to continue, click Continue. 5 Type the following : vssadmin list shadowstorage. 6 Press . Unlike flash-based memory cards, an SSD emulates a hard disk drive, thus easily replacing it in most applications. NOTE: See Windows Help and Support for information on optimum and minimum sizes for Shadow Storage] 6 ...
...uses solid-state memory to store persistent data. The Command Prompt displays the amount of semiconductors whereas Hard Drives use a magnetic media. Solid-State Drive (SSD) A solid-state drive (SSD) is a data storage device that is built entirely out of space used by Shadow Storage...to continue, click Continue. 5 Type the following : vssadmin list shadowstorage. 6 Press . Unlike flash-based memory cards, an SSD emulates a hard disk drive, thus easily replacing it in most applications. NOTE: See Windows Help and Support for information on optimum and minimum sizes for Shadow Storage] 6 ...
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...identified these components in your system window. Manually Reinstalling a Driver 1 Download the driver for the device to step 2. If not, go to your hard drive. 2 Click Start and right-click Computer. 3 Click Properties→ Device Manager. 4 Double-click the type of device for that device. 6 ...which you see the Windows desktop, reinsert the Drivers and Utilities media. 5 At the Welcome Dell System Owner screen, click Next. HINT: The drivers for example, Audio or Video). 80 Drives and Media Using the Drivers and Utilities Media to Reinstall a Driver 1 With the Windows desktop...
...identified these components in your system window. Manually Reinstalling a Driver 1 Download the driver for the device to step 2. If not, go to your hard drive. 2 Click Start and right-click Computer. 3 Click Properties→ Device Manager. 4 Double-click the type of device for that device. 6 ...which you see the Windows desktop, reinsert the Drivers and Utilities media. 5 At the Welcome Dell System Owner screen, click Next. HINT: The drivers for example, Audio or Video). 80 Drives and Media Using the Drivers and Utilities Media to Reinstall a Driver 1 With the Windows desktop...
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... allowing the computer to return to a media drive CLOSE OTHER PROGRAMS C H A N G E T H E W R I T E S P E E D T O A S L O W E R R A T E - The drive tray cannot eject (for your CD, DVD, or BD software. A hot hard drive may cause noise, which does not indicate a defect in all DVD drives. Hard Drive Problems A L L O W T H E C O M P U T E R T O C O O L B E F O R E T U R N I N G I C S - See "Running the Dell Diagnostics" on . See the help files for drives that are not slot-loading) 1 Ensure...
... allowing the computer to return to a media drive CLOSE OTHER PROGRAMS C H A N G E T H E W R I T E S P E E D T O A S L O W E R R A T E - The drive tray cannot eject (for your CD, DVD, or BD software. A hot hard drive may cause noise, which does not indicate a defect in all DVD drives. Hard Drive Problems A L L O W T H E C O M P U T E R T O C O O L B E F O R E T U R N I N G I C S - See "Running the Dell Diagnostics" on . See the help files for drives that are not slot-loading) 1 Ensure...
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...If you are four basic RAID levels discussed in the loss of bad sectors, and then click Start. NOTE: RAID requires multiple hard drives. NOTE: The User Account Control window may support other RAID levels (5, 10, 50). Perform regular backups to protect your administrator...redundant array of independent disks (RAID) is recommended for and attempt recovery of all data. For information about these levels, see support.dell.com. Drives and Media 83 There are an administrator on the RAID configuration. • RAID level 0 is recommended for higher performance (faster ...
...If you are four basic RAID levels discussed in the loss of bad sectors, and then click Start. NOTE: RAID requires multiple hard drives. NOTE: The User Account Control window may support other RAID levels (5, 10, 50). Perform regular backups to protect your administrator...redundant array of independent disks (RAID) is recommended for and attempt recovery of all data. For information about these levels, see support.dell.com. Drives and Media 83 There are an administrator on the RAID configuration. • RAID level 0 is recommended for higher performance (faster ...
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... data access rate. For example, two 120GB hard drives combine to provide 240 GB of data sequentially across the physical drive(s) to create a large virtual drive. Data striping writes consecutive segments, or stripes, of hard drive space on the second drive in the configuration. This allows one of both drives. When data is also duplicated, or mirrored, on...
... data access rate. For example, two 120GB hard drives combine to provide 240 GB of data sequentially across the physical drive(s) to create a large virtual drive. Data striping writes consecutive segments, or stripes, of hard drive space on the second drive in the configuration. This allows one of both drives. When data is also duplicated, or mirrored, on...
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... array). Also, because data is duplicated on the primary and additional drives, four 120-GB RAID level 1 drives collectively have a maximum of 360-GB on page 308). 2 Press the up - Drives and Media 87 If a drive failure occurs, subsequent read and write operations are directed to highlight...set your computer to RAIDenabled mode. 1 Enter the system setup program (see "Entering the System Setup Program" on which to highlight the applicable hard drive, and then press . RAID Level 5 Configuration RAID level 5 uses data parity. and down -arrow keys to store data. and down -arrow...
... array). Also, because data is duplicated on the primary and additional drives, four 120-GB RAID level 1 drives collectively have a maximum of 360-GB on page 308). 2 Press the up - Drives and Media 87 If a drive failure occurs, subsequent read and write operations are directed to highlight...set your computer to RAIDenabled mode. 1 Enter the system setup program (see "Entering the System Setup Program" on which to highlight the applicable hard drive, and then press . RAID Level 5 Configuration RAID level 5 uses data parity. and down -arrow keys to store data. and down -arrow...
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...keys to highlight Save/Exit, and then press to highlight RAID On, and then press . 5 Repeat the process, as needed, for each hard drive. Using the NVIDIA Utilities If installed on your system, see the following procedure deletes all data on page 92. 4 Press the left - ... on your computer (see "Using the Intel® RAID Utilities" on page 87). 88 Drives and Media This can be done before continuing. 1 Enable RAID for each applicable hard drive on your hard drive(s). Assigning Drives to keep before or after the operating system is installed. Back up any data you will...
...keys to highlight Save/Exit, and then press to highlight RAID On, and then press . 5 Repeat the process, as needed, for each hard drive. Using the NVIDIA Utilities If installed on your system, see the following procedure deletes all data on page 92. 4 Press the left - ... on your computer (see "Using the Intel® RAID Utilities" on page 87). 88 Drives and Media This can be done before continuing. 1 Enable RAID for each applicable hard drive on your hard drive(s). Assigning Drives to keep before or after the operating system is installed. Back up any data you will...
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NOTE: The number of the array that you have. 7 After assigning the hard drives to highlight the array in the Array Detail window and press . The Array List window appears. 9 To review the details of drives supported in the RAID array and then use the arrow keys to select Mirroring. 5 Press to ... steps for each disk you see the Microsoft Windows desktop, and then shut down -arrow keys to select a hard drive to include in each RAID array varies, depending on the selected drives in the RAID array. NOTICE: You lose all data from the Free Disks field to include in the next ...
NOTE: The number of the array that you have. 7 After assigning the hard drives to highlight the array in the Array Detail window and press . The Array List window appears. 9 To review the details of drives supported in the RAID array and then use the arrow keys to select Mirroring. 5 Press to ... steps for each disk you see the Microsoft Windows desktop, and then shut down -arrow keys to select a hard drive to include in each RAID array varies, depending on the selected drives in the RAID array. NOTICE: You lose all data from the Free Disks field to include in the next ...
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...Next again. NOTE: Only RAID-enabled hard drives are listed as free disks. 7 Click to select the drives that are adding one or more new hard drives to an existing (non-RAID) single-drive computer, and you want to configure the new drive(s) into two non-RAID hard drives with any data you want to keep... and lists the disks that will make up any data you want to keep before continuing. 1 Enable RAID on your hard drives (see "Setting Your Computer to RAIDEnabled Mode" on the selected drive. NOTICE: The Clear System Data option deletes all data on what computer you have. Assigning New...
...Next again. NOTE: Only RAID-enabled hard drives are listed as free disks. 7 Click to select the drives that are adding one or more new hard drives to an existing (non-RAID) single-drive computer, and you want to configure the new drive(s) into two non-RAID hard drives with any data you want to keep... and lists the disks that will make up any data you want to keep before continuing. 1 Enable RAID on your hard drives (see "Setting Your Computer to RAIDEnabled Mode" on the selected drive. NOTICE: The Clear System Data option deletes all data on what computer you have. Assigning New...
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... name and size of the array that all data on several factors, such as the speed of the processor, the type and size of the hard drive being used in the RAID configuration are RAIDenabled (see "Setting Your Computer to RAID-Enabled Mode" on page 87). 2 Launch Nvidia MediaShield. 3 Click to ...array you want to convert. 4 Click Convert Array in the System Tasks pane. Converting From One RAID Configuration to Another RAID Configuration You can add hard drives to an existing array. The NVIDIA Convert Array Wizard screen appears. 5 Click Next. without losing any of a disk or array -
... name and size of the array that all data on several factors, such as the speed of the processor, the type and size of the hard drive being used in the RAID configuration are RAIDenabled (see "Setting Your Computer to RAID-Enabled Mode" on page 87). 2 Launch Nvidia MediaShield. 3 Click to ...array you want to convert. 4 Click Convert Array in the System Tasks pane. Converting From One RAID Configuration to Another RAID Configuration You can add hard drives to an existing array. The NVIDIA Convert Array Wizard screen appears. 5 Click Next. without losing any of a disk or array -
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... before continuing. 8 Under Free Disk Selection, click the check box next to the hard drive(s) you want to include in a RAID 1 array fails, you want to rebuild by restoring the data to a replacement drive. 1 Launch Nvidia MediaShield. 2 Click to select your system, see the following sections...by clicking the check box beside it. 6 Click Next→ Finish. The MediaShield RAID management utility window appears and displays the status of the hard drives in the array. 9 Click Finish. Rebuilding a RAID Configuration (RAID 1 only) If one of the rebuild. Using the Intel® RAID...
... before continuing. 8 Under Free Disk Selection, click the check box next to the hard drive(s) you want to include in a RAID 1 array fails, you want to rebuild by restoring the data to a replacement drive. 1 Launch Nvidia MediaShield. 2 Click to select your system, see the following sections...by clicking the check box beside it. 6 Click Next→ Finish. The MediaShield RAID management utility window appears and displays the status of the hard drives in the array. 9 Click Finish. Rebuilding a RAID Configuration (RAID 1 only) If one of the rebuild. Using the Intel® RAID...
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...NOTICE: You lose any data on page 87). 2 Press when you do not know the average file size, choose 128 KB as your hard drives when you are prompted to enter the Intel RAID Option ROM utility. 3 Press the up data that you want to store on page 97....With the Operating System Installed" on page 94. • "Creating a RAID Level 1 Configuration With the Operating System Installed" on page 95. • "Recovering From a Single Hard Drive Failure (RAID 1)" on page 95. • "Migrating to a RAID Level 0 Configuration" on page 96. • "Migrating to a RAID Level 1 Configuration" on the ...
...NOTICE: You lose any data on page 87). 2 Press when you do not know the average file size, choose 128 KB as your hard drives when you are prompted to enter the Intel RAID Option ROM utility. 3 Press the up data that you want to store on page 97....With the Operating System Installed" on page 94. • "Creating a RAID Level 1 Configuration With the Operating System Installed" on page 95. • "Recovering From a Single Hard Drive Failure (RAID 1)" on page 95. • "Migrating to a RAID Level 0 Configuration" on page 96. • "Migrating to a RAID Level 1 Configuration" on the ...
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... to include in your RAID level 0 volume, and then click the right arrow. 5 Select a second hard drive to include in your RAID level 0 volume, follow the above step after selecting the third hard drive. 6 In the Specify Volume Size window, click the Volume Size desired, and then click Next. 7...Click Start→ Programs→ Intel(R) Matrix Storage Manager→ Intel Matrix Storage Console. Click Next. For RAID 1 Press the up - The selected hard drives appear in your RAID level 0 volume, and then click the right arrow. and down -arrow keys to select Exit and press . 10 Install the ...
... to include in your RAID level 0 volume, and then click the right arrow. 5 Select a second hard drive to include in your RAID level 0 volume, follow the above step after selecting the third hard drive. 6 In the Specify Volume Size window, click the Volume Size desired, and then click Next. 7...Click Start→ Programs→ Intel(R) Matrix Storage Manager→ Intel Matrix Storage Console. Click Next. For RAID 1 Press the up - The selected hard drives appear in your RAID level 0 volume, and then click the right arrow. and down -arrow keys to select Exit and press . 10 Install the ...
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Recovering From a Single Hard Drive Failure (RAID 1) NOTE: Perform the following steps only after you have not yet set your computer to ...then click Next to continue. 6 On the Select Volume Location screen, click the first hard drive you want to use, and then click the right arrow. 7 Click a second hard drive until two drives appear in the Selected window, and then click Next. 8 In the Specify Volume ... Media 95 NOTE: If you do not see an Actions menu option, you have replaced the failed hard drive (see "Setting Your Computer to RAID-Enabled Mode" on or restart your computer. 2 Press when ...
Recovering From a Single Hard Drive Failure (RAID 1) NOTE: Perform the following steps only after you have not yet set your computer to ...then click Next to continue. 6 On the Select Volume Location screen, click the first hard drive you want to use, and then click the right arrow. 7 Click a second hard drive until two drives appear in the Selected window, and then click Next. 8 In the Specify Volume ... Media 95 NOTE: If you do not see an Actions menu option, you have replaced the failed hard drive (see "Setting Your Computer to RAID-Enabled Mode" on or restart your computer. 2 Press when ...
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...Actions menu option, you have not yet set your computer to RAID-enabled mode. 3 On the Actions menu, select Create RAID Volume From Existing Hard Drive to launch the Migration Wizard. 4 Click Next on page 87). 2 Click Start→ All Programs→ Intel(R) Matrix Storage Manager→ ...Intel Matrix Storage Console. Your computer boots to store on the RAID volume. 9 On the Select Member Hard Drive screen, double-click the hard drive(s) to select the member drive(s) to span the stripe array, and click Next. 10 On the Specify Volume Size screen, select the Volume Size ...
...Actions menu option, you have not yet set your computer to RAID-enabled mode. 3 On the Actions menu, select Create RAID Volume From Existing Hard Drive to launch the Migration Wizard. 4 Click Next on page 87). 2 Click Start→ All Programs→ Intel(R) Matrix Storage Manager→ ...Intel Matrix Storage Console. Your computer boots to store on the RAID volume. 9 On the Select Member Hard Drive screen, double-click the hard drive(s) to select the member drive(s) to span the stripe array, and click Next. 10 On the Specify Volume Size screen, select the Volume Size ...