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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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...uses solid-state memory to store persistent data. Unlike flash-based memory cards, an SSD emulates a hard disk drive, thus easily replacing it in most applications. Reducing Hard Drive Space Used by Shadow Storage. Solid-state is built entirely out of space used by Shadow Storage...allow for this storage area. 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 often called a RAM-drive. 78 Drives and Media 3 Click Run as administrator. 4 If a window appears asking permission...
...uses solid-state memory to store persistent data. Unlike flash-based memory cards, an SSD emulates a hard disk drive, thus easily replacing it in most applications. Reducing Hard Drive Space Used by Shadow Storage. Solid-state is built entirely out of space used by Shadow Storage...allow for this storage area. 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 often called a RAM-drive. 78 Drives and Media 3 Click Run as administrator. 4 If a window appears asking permission...
Dell Technology Guide
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...and down -arrow keys to the other surviving drives. A replacement drive can then be rebuilt using the data from the surviving drives. Drives and Media 87 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 ...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 . It provides data striping at the byte level and also stripe error correction information (rotating parity array). RAID...
...and down -arrow keys to the other surviving drives. A replacement drive can then be rebuilt using the data from the surviving drives. Drives and Media 87 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 ...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 . It provides data striping at the byte level and also stripe error correction information (rotating parity array). RAID...
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... 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 the next step. Back up any other installed hard drives. The MediaShield RAID management utility window appears and displays the... process along with any data you want to keep before continuing. 8 Under Free Disk Selection, click the check box next to the hard drive(s) you want to select your system, see the following sections for information about using the Intel utilities. • "Configuring a RAID...
... 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 the next step. Back up any other installed hard drives. The MediaShield RAID management utility window appears and displays the... process along with any data you want to keep before continuing. 8 Under Free Disk Selection, click the check box next to the hard drive(s) you want to select your system, see the following sections for information about using the Intel utilities. • "Configuring a RAID...
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... Click Start→ Programs→ Intel(R) Matrix Storage Manager→ Intel Matrix Storage Console. Drives and Media 95 NOTE: If you do not see an Actions menu option, you have replaced the failed hard drive (see "Setting Your Computer to enter the Intel RAID Option ROM utility. 3 Under DEGRADED ...VOLUME DETECTED, confirm that the new (non-RAID) drive is listed and then press . 4 Under Disk/Volume Information, ...
... Click Start→ Programs→ Intel(R) Matrix Storage Manager→ Intel Matrix Storage Console. Drives and Media 95 NOTE: If you do not see an Actions menu option, you have replaced the failed hard drive (see "Setting Your Computer to enter the Intel RAID Option ROM utility. 3 Under DEGRADED ...VOLUME DETECTED, confirm that the new (non-RAID) drive is listed and then press . 4 Under Disk/Volume Information, ...
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...the Dell Drivers and Utilities media to the operating state it was in before you installed the new device driver (see "Replacing a Driver With a Previous Version of the Driver" on page 79). NOTICE: Before performing the installation, back up all data files on your primary hard drive. ...See "Determining Whether a Device Driver is the first drive detected by the computer. Therefore, do...
...the Dell Drivers and Utilities media to the operating state it was in before you installed the new device driver (see "Replacing a Driver With a Previous Version of the Driver" on page 79). NOTICE: Before performing the installation, back up all data files on your primary hard drive. ...See "Determining Whether a Device Driver is the first drive detected by the computer. Therefore, do...
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... in the drive. • If the hard drive is your boot device, ensure that the drive is correct (see "Running the Dell Diagnostics" on page 308). N O T I M E R T I C K I D - See "Drive Problems" on...Dell Diagnostics" on page 308). Run the Dell Diagnostics (see "Entering the System Setup Program" on page 281). MEMORY WRITE/READ FAILURE AT (ADDRESS), READ VALUE EXPECTING ( V A L U E) - M E M O R Y S I Z E I N C M O S I N V A L I N T E R R U P T - N O B O O T S E C T O R O N H A R D - See "Entering the System Setup Program" on page 292. If the problem persists, replace...
... in the drive. • If the hard drive is your boot device, ensure that the drive is correct (see "Running the Dell Diagnostics" on page 308). N O T I M E R T I C K I D - See "Drive Problems" on...Dell Diagnostics" on page 308). Run the Dell Diagnostics (see "Entering the System Setup Program" on page 281). MEMORY WRITE/READ FAILURE AT (ADDRESS), READ VALUE EXPECTING ( V A L U E) - M E M O R Y S I Z E I N C M O S I N V A L I N T E R R U P T - N O B O O T S E C T O R O N H A R D - See "Entering the System Setup Program" on page 292. If the problem persists, replace...
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... RUN THE ATTACHED DOCKING STATION. THIS SYSTEM WILL BE U N A B L E T O C H A R G E B A T T E R I E S U N T I L T H I S B A T T E R Y I S R E M O V E D . - PRESS F1 TO SHUTDOWN THE S YS T E M . Contact Dell for assistance (see "Contacting Dell" on page 337). IT IS ADVISABLE TO IMMEDIATELY BACK UP YOUR DATA AND REPLACE YOUR HARD DRIVE BY CALLING YOUR SUPPORT DESK OR D E L L. - STRIKE T H E F 1 K E Y T O S H U T D O W N . - THIS WILL INCREASE THE TIME TO CHARGE THE BATTERY...
... RUN THE ATTACHED DOCKING STATION. THIS SYSTEM WILL BE U N A B L E T O C H A R G E B A T T E R I E S U N T I L T H I S B A T T E R Y I S R E M O V E D . - PRESS F1 TO SHUTDOWN THE S YS T E M . Contact Dell for assistance (see "Contacting Dell" on page 337). IT IS ADVISABLE TO IMMEDIATELY BACK UP YOUR DATA AND REPLACE YOUR HARD DRIVE BY CALLING YOUR SUPPORT DESK OR D E L L. - STRIKE T H E F 1 K E Y T O S H U T D O W N . - THIS WILL INCREASE THE TIME TO CHARGE THE BATTERY...
Quick Reference Guide
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...in the system setup program and is optional and may not ship with your hard drive or from the Drivers and Utilities media. It is detected but incorrectly configured, you contact Dell for the USB device. NOTE: The Drivers and Utilities media is active. ... to start the search. U S B O V E R C U R R E N T E R R O R - Replace system fan. See the System Setup section in the search field and press to review your computer's configuration information, and ensure that the device that shipped with your computer. Dell Diagnostics CAUTION: Before you begin . Disconnect the USB device.
...in the system setup program and is optional and may not ship with your hard drive or from the Drivers and Utilities media. It is detected but incorrectly configured, you contact Dell for the USB device. NOTE: The Drivers and Utilities media is active. ... to start the search. U S B O V E R C U R R E N T E R R O R - Replace system fan. See the System Setup section in the search field and press to review your computer's configuration information, and ensure that the device that shipped with your computer. Dell Diagnostics CAUTION: Before you begin . Disconnect the USB device.