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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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... called a RAM-drive. 78 Drives and Media 3 Click Run as administrator. 4 If a window appears asking permission to continue, click Continue. 5 Type the following : vssadmin list shadowstorage. 6 Press . Reducing Hard Drive Space Used by ...Hard Drives use a magnetic media. NOTE: See Windows Help and Support for information on optimum and minimum sizes for Shadow Storage] 6 Press . 7 Click Start → Computer→ 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...
... called a RAM-drive. 78 Drives and Media 3 Click Run as administrator. 4 If a window appears asking permission to continue, click Continue. 5 Type the following : vssadmin list shadowstorage. 6 Press . Reducing Hard Drive Space Used by ...Hard Drives use a magnetic media. NOTE: See Windows Help and Support for information on optimum and minimum sizes for Shadow Storage] 6 Press . 7 Click Start → Computer→ 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...
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and down -arrow keys to highlight the applicable hard drive, and then press . RAID Level 5 Configuration RAID level 5 uses data parity. A replacement drive can then be rebuilt using the data from the surviving drives. Drives and Media 87 This results in excellent performance and good fault tolerance. Setting Your Computer to RAID-Enabled Mode Before creating a RAID...
and down -arrow keys to highlight the applicable hard drive, and then press . RAID Level 5 Configuration RAID level 5 uses data parity. A replacement drive can then be rebuilt using the data from the surviving drives. Drives and Media 87 This results in excellent performance and good fault tolerance. Setting Your Computer to RAID-Enabled Mode Before creating a RAID...
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...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 select your RAID configuration (Mirroring) in the management utility window. 3 Select...MediaShield RAID management utility window appears and displays the status of the upgrade/migration process along with any data you want to the hard drive(s) you can use your system, see the following sections for information about using the Intel utilities. • "Configuring a ...
...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 select your RAID configuration (Mirroring) in the management utility window. 3 Select...MediaShield RAID management utility window appears and displays the status of the upgrade/migration process along with any data you want to the hard drive(s) you can use your system, see the following sections for information about using the Intel utilities. • "Configuring a ...
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...Level 1 Configuration With the Operating System Installed NOTE: When 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, select the Volume Size desired and click Next...Media 95 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. Recovering From a Single Hard Drive Failure (RAID 1) NOTE: Perform the following steps only after you have not ...
...Level 1 Configuration With the Operating System Installed NOTE: When 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, select the Volume Size desired and click Next...Media 95 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. Recovering From a Single Hard Drive Failure (RAID 1) NOTE: Perform the following steps only after you have not ...
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... Windows operating system to correct a problem with your computer. Use 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).... to do not reinstall Windows XP unless a Dell technical support representative instructs you must also reinstall the device drivers, virus protection program, and other software. Then try using Windows Device Driver Rollback. For conventional hard drive configurations, the primary hard drive is the Source of the computer. See "...
... Windows operating system to correct a problem with your computer. Use 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).... to do not reinstall Windows XP unless a Dell technical support representative instructs you must also reinstall the device drivers, virus protection program, and other software. Then try using Windows Device Driver Rollback. For conventional hard drive configurations, the primary hard drive is the Source of the computer. See "...
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... EXPECTING ( V A L U E) - D I S K D R I V E - R E A D F A I L U R E O N I N T E R N A L H A R D D R I V E - If the problem persists, replace the CMOS battery. PLEASE RUN THE SYSTEM SETUP Troubleshooting 277 See "Lockups and Software Problems" on page 292. M E M O R Y S I Z E I N C M O S I N V A L I V E - See "Lockups and Software Problems" on page 292. N O B O O T S E C T O R O N H A R D - Enter the system setup program and ensure that the configuration information for the hard drive is correct (see "Entering the System...
... EXPECTING ( V A L U E) - D I S K D R I V E - R E A D F A I L U R E O N I N T E R N A L H A R D D R I V E - If the problem persists, replace the CMOS battery. PLEASE RUN THE SYSTEM SETUP Troubleshooting 277 See "Lockups and Software Problems" on page 292. M E M O R Y S I Z E I N C M O S I N V A L I V E - See "Lockups and Software Problems" on page 292. N O B O O T S E C T O R O N H A R D - Enter the system setup program and ensure that the configuration information for the hard drive is correct (see "Entering the System...
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...Dell for assistance (see "Contacting Dell" on page 337). STRIKE T H E F 1 K E Y T O S H U T D O W N . - For computers with two batteries installed, one or more of the batteries may be defective. PRESS F1 TO SHUTDOWN THE S YS T E M . RUN THE SETUP UTILITY TO ENABLE T H E S E M E S S A G E S . - IT IS ADVISABLE TO IMMEDIATELY BACK UP YOUR DATA AND REPLACE YOUR HARD DRIVE...E R Y I S R E M O V E D . - WARNING: DELL'S DISK MONITORING SYSTEM HAS DETECTED THAT DRIVE [0/1] ON THE [PRIMARY/SECONDARY] EIDE CONTROLLER IS OPERATING OUTSIDE OF NORMAL SPECIFICATIONS. Troubleshooting...
...Dell for assistance (see "Contacting Dell" on page 337). STRIKE T H E F 1 K E Y T O S H U T D O W N . - For computers with two batteries installed, one or more of the batteries may be defective. PRESS F1 TO SHUTDOWN THE S YS T E M . RUN THE SETUP UTILITY TO ENABLE T H E S E M E S S A G E S . - IT IS ADVISABLE TO IMMEDIATELY BACK UP YOUR DATA AND REPLACE YOUR HARD DRIVE...E R Y I S R E M O V E D . - WARNING: DELL'S DISK MONITORING SYSTEM HAS DETECTED THAT DRIVE [0/1] ON THE [PRIMARY/SECONDARY] EIDE CONTROLLER IS OPERATING OUTSIDE OF NORMAL SPECIFICATIONS. Troubleshooting...
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... Dell Technology Guide on your hard drive or at support.dell.com/manuals or see "Contacting Dell" on page 75 for assistance. Contact Dell (see "Contacting Dell" on page 75). CMOS checksum error - Contact Dell (see "Contacting Dell" on page 75). Replace the battery (see the Service Manual at support.dell.com/manuals) or contact Dell (see "Contacting Dell" on page 75). Hard-disk drive...
... Dell Technology Guide on your hard drive or at support.dell.com/manuals or see "Contacting Dell" on page 75 for assistance. Contact Dell (see "Contacting Dell" on page 75). CMOS checksum error - Contact Dell (see "Contacting Dell" on page 75). Replace the battery (see the Service Manual at support.dell.com/manuals) or contact Dell (see "Contacting Dell" on page 75). Hard-disk drive...
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... new or additional components like a new hard drive reinstall or replace a worn or defective part See: "System Recovery Media" on page 65 "Dell Diagnostics" on page 56 "My Dell Downloads" on page 52 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 components like a new hard drive reinstall or replace a worn or defective part See: "System Recovery Media" on page 65 "Dell Diagnostics" on page 56 "My Dell Downloads" on page 52 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...