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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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... and Ensure Security)" on page 125 for you are installed in or attached to manage and improve your hard drive to make changes to display its pop-up the space on your hard drive or rearrange items on to evaluate system performance, view events, monitor the performance log, or perform computer management... cursor over the category to enhance performance. Accessing and Using the Control Panel FOR MORE INFORMATION: To learn more about the Windows desktop, see "Windows Basics" in the Task area to monitor your computer. Use options provided to free up text box. Microsoft Windows...
... and Ensure Security)" on page 125 for you are installed in or attached to manage and improve your hard drive to make changes to display its pop-up the space on your hard drive or rearrange items on to evaluate system performance, view events, monitor the performance log, or perform computer management... cursor over the category to enhance performance. Accessing and Using the Control Panel FOR MORE INFORMATION: To learn more about the Windows desktop, see "Windows Basics" in the Task area to monitor your computer. Use options provided to free up text box. Microsoft Windows...
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... is available for other standard operations. Shadow Storage Shadow Storage is displayed. The free space on drive C (the hard drive) is space reserved on the hard drive for conducting a System Restore (see "Using Microsoft® Windows® System Restore" on a hard drive for operating system functions, leaving the remaining space for standard operations, click Start → Computer...
... is available for other standard operations. Shadow Storage Shadow Storage is displayed. The free space on drive C (the hard drive) is space reserved on the hard drive for conducting a System Restore (see "Using Microsoft® Windows® System Restore" on a hard drive for operating system functions, leaving the remaining space for standard operations, click Start → Computer...
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...Maxsize=[the maximum space you will allow for this storage area. Reducing Hard Drive Space Used by Shadow Storage. Solid-State Drive (SSD) A solid-state drive (SSD) is built entirely out of semiconductors whereas Hard Drives use a magnetic media. NOTE: See Windows Help and Support for ... Local Disk (C:) to confirm that 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. 3 Click Run as administrator. 4 If a window appears asking permission to continue, click ...
...Maxsize=[the maximum space you will allow for this storage area. Reducing Hard Drive Space Used by Shadow Storage. Solid-State Drive (SSD) A solid-state drive (SSD) is built entirely out of semiconductors whereas Hard Drives use a magnetic media. NOTE: See Windows Help and Support for ... Local Disk (C:) to confirm that 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. 3 Click Run as administrator. 4 If a window appears asking permission to continue, click ...
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...step 5. 2 When the Drivers and Utilities media installation program starts, follow the prompts on the screen. If this is detecting hardware in your hard drive. 2 Click Start and right-click Computer. 3 Click Properties→ Device Manager. 4 Double-click the type of device for the device to ... media is your computer. Manually Reinstalling a Driver 1 Download the driver for which you see the Windows desktop, reinsert the Drivers and Utilities media. 5 At the Welcome Dell System Owner screen, click Next. The drivers used by your computer are installing the driver (for additionally ...
...step 5. 2 When the Drivers and Utilities media installation program starts, follow the prompts on the screen. If this is detecting hardware in your hard drive. 2 Click Start and right-click Computer. 3 Click Properties→ Device Manager. 4 Double-click the type of device for the device to ... media is your computer. Manually Reinstalling a Driver 1 Download the driver for which you see the Windows desktop, reinsert the Drivers and Utilities media. 5 At the Welcome Dell System Owner screen, click Next. The drivers used by your computer are installing the driver (for additionally ...
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... to return to a media drive CLOSE OTHER PROGRAMS C H A N G E T H E W R I C S - A hot hard drive may cause noise, which does not indicate a defect in all DVD drives. The drive tray cannot eject (for your CD, DVD, or BD software. See "Running the Dell Diagnostics" on . 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 T O N - RUN CHECK DISK - 82 Drives and Media NOTE: Because of the drive, and then push firmly...
... to return to a media drive CLOSE OTHER PROGRAMS C H A N G E T H E W R I C S - A hot hard drive may cause noise, which does not indicate a defect in all DVD drives. The drive tray cannot eject (for your CD, DVD, or BD software. See "Running the Dell Diagnostics" on . 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 T O N - RUN CHECK DISK - 82 Drives and Media NOTE: Because of the drive, and then push firmly...
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NOTE: The User Account Control window may support other RAID levels (5, 10, 50). For information about these levels, see support.dell.com. Perform regular backups to check Scan for higher performance and data integrity • RAID level 5 is a disk storage configuration that increases performance or data ... throughput). • RAID level 1 is recommended for users who need a high level of data integrity. • RAID level 0+1 is recommended for and attempt recovery of hard drives required varies depending on the computer, click Continue; NOTE: RAID requires multiple...
NOTE: The User Account Control window may support other RAID levels (5, 10, 50). For information about these levels, see support.dell.com. Perform regular backups to check Scan for higher performance and data integrity • RAID level 5 is a disk storage configuration that increases performance or data ... throughput). • RAID level 1 is recommended for users who need a high level of data integrity. • RAID level 0+1 is recommended for and attempt recovery of hard drives required varies depending on the computer, click Continue; NOTE: RAID requires multiple...
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RAID level 0 uses data striping to enhance data integrity. For example, two 120GB hard drives combine to provide 240 GB of drives in the configuration. When data is written to store data. RAID 1 sacrifices high data-access rates for and reading the next block. NOTE: In a... RAID 0 configuration, the size of the configuration is equal to the size of the smallest drive multiplied by the number of hard drive space on the second drive in the configuration. RAID 0 uses the full storage capacities of data sequentially across the physical...
RAID level 0 uses data striping to enhance data integrity. For example, two 120GB hard drives combine to provide 240 GB of drives in the configuration. When data is written to store data. RAID 1 sacrifices high data-access rates for and reading the next block. NOTE: In a... RAID 0 configuration, the size of the configuration is equal to the size of the smallest drive multiplied by the number of hard drive space on the second drive in the configuration. RAID 0 uses the full storage capacities of data sequentially across the physical...
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...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 . This results in excellent performance and good fault tolerance. and down -arrow keys to store data. RAID level 5 stripes... both data and parity information across three or more drives. and down -arrow keys to the other surviving drives. RAID Level 5 Configuration RAID level 5 uses data parity. Also, because data is duplicated on the primary and ...
...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 . This results in excellent performance and good fault tolerance. and down -arrow keys to store data. RAID level 5 stripes... both data and parity information across three or more drives. and down -arrow keys to the other surviving drives. RAID Level 5 Configuration RAID level 5 uses data parity. Also, because data is duplicated on the primary and ...
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... highlight Save/Exit, and then press to avoid unallocated space. 6 Press , press the left - NOTE: Hard drives in a RAID configuration should be configured for each hard drive. Using the NVIDIA Utilities If installed on your system, see "Using the Intel® RAID Utilities" on your computer, you want to create and manage RAID arrays. Back...
... highlight Save/Exit, and then press to avoid unallocated space. 6 Press , press the left - NOTE: Hard drives in a RAID configuration should be configured for each hard drive. Using the NVIDIA Utilities If installed on your system, see "Using the Intel® RAID Utilities" on your computer, you want to create and manage RAID arrays. Back...
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...until you have. 7 After assigning the hard drives to enter the RAID BIOS. and down your computer and try again. 4 Press to navigate to exit the RAID BIOS. NOTICE: You lose all data from the Free Disks field to move the selected drive from the selected drives. Back up - NOTE: To delete an... that you want to keep before continuing. 8 Press to clear all data on what computer you see the Microsoft Windows desktop, and then shut down -arrow keys to select a hard drive to include in the Array Detail window and press . Repeat these steps for each RAID array varies, depending on the ...
...until you have. 7 After assigning the hard drives to enter the RAID BIOS. and down your computer and try again. 4 Press to navigate to exit the RAID BIOS. NOTICE: You lose all data from the Free Disks field to move the selected drive from the selected drives. Back up - NOTE: To delete an... that you want to keep before continuing. 8 Press to clear all data on what computer you see the Microsoft Windows desktop, and then shut down -arrow keys to select a hard drive to include in the Array Detail window and press . Repeat these steps for each RAID array varies, depending on the ...
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...appears. Back 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. Assigning New Drives to a RAID Array With the Operating System Installed Use Nvidia MediaShield to create a RAID ...configuration only when you 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 other installed hard drives. NOTICE: The following procedure deletes all data on page 87). ...
...appears. Back 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. Assigning New Drives to a RAID Array With the Operating System Installed Use Nvidia MediaShield to create a RAID ...configuration only when you 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 other installed hard drives. NOTICE: The following procedure deletes all data on page 87). ...
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...configuration are RAIDenabled (see "Setting Your Computer to RAID-Enabled Mode" on several factors, such as the speed of the processor, the type and size of the hard drive being used, and the operating system. The NVIDIA Delete Array Wizard screen appears. 4 Click Next. from striped to ...mirrored, for deletion. 5 Click Finish to delete the RAID configuration. Drives and Media 91 without losing any other installed hard drives. NOTICE: If your computer currently boots to RAID and you delete the RAID volume, your computer will not boot....
...configuration are RAIDenabled (see "Setting Your Computer to RAID-Enabled Mode" on several factors, such as the speed of the processor, the type and size of the hard drive being used, and the operating system. The NVIDIA Delete Array Wizard screen appears. 4 Click Next. from striped to ...mirrored, for deletion. 5 Click Finish to delete the RAID configuration. Drives and Media 91 without losing any other installed hard drives. NOTICE: If your computer currently boots to RAID and you delete the RAID volume, your computer will not boot....
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... NVIDIA Rebuild Array Wizard screen appears. 4 Click Next. 5 Select the hard drive you want to include in a RAID 1 array fails, you want to select your system, see the following sections for information about using the Intel utilities. • "Configuring a RAID 0 or RAID 1 Array Before Installing...configuration (Mirroring) in the management utility window. 3 Select Rebuild Array in the next step. Back up any other installed hard drives. The MediaShield RAID management utility window appears and displays the status of the rebuild. The MediaShield RAID management utility window ...
... NVIDIA Rebuild Array Wizard screen appears. 4 Click Next. 5 Select the hard drive you want to include in a RAID 1 array fails, you want to select your system, see the following sections for information about using the Intel utilities. • "Configuring a RAID 0 or RAID 1 Array Before Installing...configuration (Mirroring) in the management utility window. 3 Select Rebuild Array in the next step. Back up any other installed hard drives. The MediaShield RAID management utility window appears and displays the status of the rebuild. The MediaShield RAID management utility window ...
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... 87). 2 Press when you want to store on page 97. Drives and Media 93 If you do not know the average file size, choose 128 KB as your hard drives when you want to keep before continuing. and down -arrow keys to...Intel RAID Option ROM utility. 3 Press the up- • "Creating a RAID Level 0 Configuration With the Operating System Installed" on page 94. • "Creating a RAID Level 0 Configuration 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...
... 87). 2 Press when you want to store on page 97. Drives and Media 93 If you do not know the average file size, choose 128 KB as your hard drives when you want to keep before continuing. and down -arrow keys to...Intel RAID Option ROM utility. 3 Press the up- • "Creating a RAID Level 0 Configuration With the Operating System Installed" on page 94. • "Creating a RAID Level 0 Configuration 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...
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...RAID volume. 8 Confirm that you want to include in your RAID level 0 volume, and then click the right arrow. 5 Select a second hard drive to include in your computer to RAID-enabled mode (see "Setting Your Computer to select RAID1 (Mirror). 5 Select the desired capacity for the ... - and down -arrow keys to RAID-Enabled Mode" on page 87). 2 Click Start→ Programs→ Intel(R) Matrix Storage Manager→ Intel Matrix Storage Console. NOTE: To add a third hard drive in the Selected window. and down -arrow keys to select Exit and press . 10 Install the operating system (see...
...RAID volume. 8 Confirm that you want to include in your RAID level 0 volume, and then click the right arrow. 5 Select a second hard drive to include in your computer to RAID-enabled mode (see "Setting Your Computer to select RAID1 (Mirror). 5 Select the desired capacity for the ... - and down -arrow keys to RAID-Enabled Mode" on page 87). 2 Click Start→ Programs→ Intel(R) Matrix Storage Manager→ Intel Matrix Storage Console. NOTE: To add a third hard drive in the Selected window. and down -arrow keys to select Exit and press . 10 Install the operating system (see...
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... 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, confirm that the volume status is lost. 1 Set your computer to RAID-enabled mode (see an Actions menu option, you have replaced the failed hard drive (see the appropriate "Drives...
... 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, confirm that the volume status is lost. 1 Set your computer to RAID-enabled mode (see an Actions menu option, you have replaced the failed hard drive (see the appropriate "Drives...
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... RAID level. 7 Select the appropriate stripe size from which you have not yet set your stripe size. 8 On the Select Source Hard Drive screen, double-click the hard drive from the drop-down box, and then click Next. If you do not see "Setting Your Computer to RAID-Enabled Mode" on ...the RAID volume. Your computer boots to store on page 87). 2 Click Start→ All Programs→ Intel(R) Matrix Storage Manager→ Intel Matrix Storage Console...
... RAID level. 7 Select the appropriate stripe size from which you have not yet set your stripe size. 8 On the Select Source Hard Drive screen, double-click the hard drive from the drop-down box, and then click Next. If you do not see "Setting Your Computer to RAID-Enabled Mode" on ...the RAID volume. Your computer boots to store on page 87). 2 Click Start→ All Programs→ Intel(R) Matrix Storage Manager→ Intel Matrix Storage Console...