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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 ...
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 ...
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... /On=C: /Maxsize=[the maximum space you will allow for this storage area. Solid-State Drive (SSD) A solid-state drive (SSD) is often called a RAM-drive. 78 Drives and Media Reducing Hard Drive Space Used by Shadow Storage. An SSD using SRAM (Static Random Access Memory) or DRAM...Press . 7 Click Start → Computer→ Local Disk (C:) to confirm that less drive space has been allocated to Shadow Storage. Unlike flash-based memory cards, an SSD emulates a hard disk drive, thus easily replacing it in most applications. 3 Click Run as administrator. 4 If a window appears asking ...
... /On=C: /Maxsize=[the maximum space you will allow for this storage area. Solid-State Drive (SSD) A solid-state drive (SSD) is often called a RAM-drive. 78 Drives and Media Reducing Hard Drive Space Used by Shadow Storage. An SSD using SRAM (Static Random Access Memory) or DRAM...Press . 7 Click Start → Computer→ Local Disk (C:) to confirm that less drive space has been allocated to Shadow Storage. Unlike flash-based memory cards, an SSD emulates a hard disk drive, thus easily replacing it in most applications. 3 Click Run as administrator. 4 If a window appears asking ...
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...excellent performance and good fault tolerance. If a drive failure occurs, subsequent read and write operations are directed to highlight Drives, and then press . 3 Press the up - A replacement drive can then be rebuilt using the data from the surviving drives. Drives and Media 87 and down -arrow keys to... 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. It provides data striping at the byte level and...
...excellent performance and good fault tolerance. If a drive failure occurs, subsequent read and write operations are directed to highlight Drives, and then press . 3 Press the up - A replacement drive can then be rebuilt using the data from the surviving drives. Drives and Media 87 and down -arrow keys to... 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. It provides data striping at the byte level and...
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... is rebuilding the array. Rebuilding a RAID Configuration (RAID 1 only) If one of the hard drives in the array. 9 Click Finish. The NVIDIA Rebuild Array Wizard screen appears. 4 Click Next. 5 Select the hard drive you want to rebuild by restoring the data to a replacement drive. 1 Launch Nvidia MediaShield. 2 Click to include in a RAID 1 array fails, you can...
... is rebuilding the array. Rebuilding a RAID Configuration (RAID 1 only) If one of the hard drives in the array. 9 Click Finish. The NVIDIA Rebuild Array Wizard screen appears. 4 Click Next. 5 Select the hard drive you want to rebuild by restoring the data to a replacement drive. 1 Launch Nvidia MediaShield. 2 Click to include in a RAID 1 array fails, you can...
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...and 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 Size window...(R) Matrix Storage Manager→ Intel Matrix Storage Console. NOTE: If you do not see an Actions menu option, you have replaced the failed hard drive (see the appropriate "Drives" section for creating a partition on the new RAID volume. Creating a RAID Level 1 Configuration With the Operating System Installed NOTE...
...and 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 Size window...(R) Matrix Storage Manager→ Intel Matrix Storage Console. NOTE: If you do not see an Actions menu option, you have replaced the failed hard drive (see the appropriate "Drives" section for creating a partition on the new RAID volume. Creating a RAID Level 1 Configuration With the Operating System Installed NOTE...
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... was in before you installed the new device driver (see "Replacing a Driver With a Previous Version of the Driver" on the region from which you ordered your computer, or whether you requested the media, the Dell Drivers and Utilities media and Operating System media may not ship ...open programs. 2 Insert the Operating System disc. Using the Operating System Media Before you Begin If you are installed on your primary hard drive. NOTICE: The Operating System media provides options for reinstalling Windows XP. Reinstalling Windows XP or Windows Vista The reinstallation process can overwrite...
... was in before you installed the new device driver (see "Replacing a Driver With a Previous Version of the Driver" on the region from which you ordered your computer, or whether you requested the media, the Dell Drivers and Utilities media and Operating System media may not ship ...open programs. 2 Insert the Operating System disc. Using the Operating System Media Before you Begin If you are installed on your primary hard drive. NOTICE: The Operating System media provides options for reinstalling Windows XP. Reinstalling Windows XP or Windows Vista The reinstallation process can overwrite...
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... A L U E) - NO BOOT DEVICE AVAILABLE - Run the Dell Diagnostics (see "Running the Dell Diagnostics" on page 292. POWER WARNING MESSAGES HAVE BEEN DISABLED. If the problem persists, replace the CMOS battery. See "Lockups and Software Problems" on page 281).... that support multiple hard drives. N O T I M E R T I C K I N T E R R U P T - See "Entering the System Setup Program" on page 308). This message applies to notebook computers that the configuration information for the hard drive is correct (see "Running the Dell Diagnostics" on page 308). See "Drive Problems" on page...
... A L U E) - NO BOOT DEVICE AVAILABLE - Run the Dell Diagnostics (see "Running the Dell Diagnostics" on page 292. POWER WARNING MESSAGES HAVE BEEN DISABLED. If the problem persists, replace the CMOS battery. See "Lockups and Software Problems" on page 281).... that support multiple hard drives. N O T I M E R T I C K I N T E R R U P T - See "Entering the System Setup Program" on page 308). This message applies to notebook computers that the configuration information for the hard drive is correct (see "Running the Dell Diagnostics" on page 308). See "Drive Problems" on page...
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...IMMEDIATELY BACK UP YOUR DATA AND REPLACE YOUR HARD DRIVE BY CALLING YOUR SUPPORT DESK OR D E L L. - EITHER UNDOCK OR INSERT AN APPROPRIATE ADAPTER. Connect the correct AC adapter. PLEASE CONNECT A DELL XXX-W AC ADAPTER OR GREATER FOR... . WA R N I N G : T H E T P M C O U L D N O T B E I N I T I A L I S R E M O V E D . - Contact Dell for assistance (see "Contacting Dell" on page 307. See "System Setup" on page 337). WARNING: DELL'S DISK MONITORING SYSTEM HAS DETECTED THAT DRIVE [0/1] ON THE [PRIMARY/SECONDARY] EIDE CONTROLLER IS OPERATING OUTSIDE OF NORMAL SPECIFICATIONS. Contact...
...IMMEDIATELY BACK UP YOUR DATA AND REPLACE YOUR HARD DRIVE BY CALLING YOUR SUPPORT DESK OR D E L L. - EITHER UNDOCK OR INSERT AN APPROPRIATE ADAPTER. Connect the correct AC adapter. PLEASE CONNECT A DELL XXX-W AC ADAPTER OR GREATER FOR... . WA R N I N G : T H E T P M C O U L D N O T B E I N I T I A L I S R E M O V E D . - Contact Dell for assistance (see "Contacting Dell" on page 307. See "System Setup" on page 337). WARNING: DELL'S DISK MONITORING SYSTEM HAS DETECTED THAT DRIVE [0/1] ON THE [PRIMARY/SECONDARY] EIDE CONTROLLER IS OPERATING OUTSIDE OF NORMAL SPECIFICATIONS. Contact...
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... See the Service Manual at support.dell.com/manuals). Possible hard drive failure during HDD boot test. To replace the keyboard, see "Contacting Dell" on your hard drive or at support.dell.com/mauals or contact Dell for assistance (see the Service Manual at support.dell.com/manuals). A chip on page 71). Hard-disk drive failure - Hard-disk drive read failure - Keyboard failure or...
... See the Service Manual at support.dell.com/manuals). Possible hard drive failure during HDD boot test. To replace the keyboard, see "Contacting Dell" on your hard drive or at support.dell.com/mauals or contact Dell for assistance (see the Service Manual at support.dell.com/manuals). A chip on page 71). Hard-disk drive failure - Hard-disk drive read failure - Keyboard failure or...
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... new or additional memory, or a new hard drive reinstall or replace a worn or defective part See: "System Recovery Media" on page 60 "Dell Diagnostics" on page 52 "My Dell Downloads" on page 49 support.dell.com the Service Manual at support.dell.com/manuals NOTE: In some countries, opening and replacing parts of your computer may void your...
... new or additional memory, or a new hard drive reinstall or replace a worn or defective part See: "System Recovery Media" on page 60 "Dell Diagnostics" on page 52 "My Dell Downloads" on page 49 support.dell.com the Service Manual at support.dell.com/manuals NOTE: In some countries, opening and replacing parts of your computer may void your...