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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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.... Managing Your Computer Performance The Control Panel provides tools for related information. See "Maintenance Tasks (Enhance Performance and Ensure Security)" on your hard drive to make changes to enhance the performance of the available options in Windows Help and Support: click Start or → Help and Support.... Microsoft Windows Desktop 45 If you to display its pop-up the space on your hard drive or rearrange items on page 125 for you are installed in or attached to evaluate system performance, view events, monitor the performance...
.... Managing Your Computer Performance The Control Panel provides tools for related information. See "Maintenance Tasks (Enhance Performance and Ensure Security)" on your hard drive to make changes to enhance the performance of the available options in Windows Help and Support: click Start or → Help and Support.... Microsoft Windows Desktop 45 If you to display its pop-up the space on your hard drive or rearrange items on page 125 for you are installed in or attached to evaluate system performance, view events, monitor the performance...
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... Prompt. Shadow Storage Shadow Storage is space reserved on the hard drive for other standard operations. The free space on drive C (the hard drive) is available for standard operations, click Start → Computer. To determine the amount of drives and storage devices appears. Drives and Media Freeing up Hard Drive Space Microsoft® Windows Vista® reserves approximately 1 GB...
... Prompt. Shadow Storage Shadow Storage is space reserved on the hard drive for other standard operations. The free space on drive C (the hard drive) is available for standard operations, click Start → Computer. To determine the amount of drives and storage devices appears. Drives and Media Freeing up Hard Drive Space Microsoft® Windows Vista® reserves approximately 1 GB...
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...uses solid-state memory to electronic circuitry that is built entirely out of semiconductors whereas Hard Drives use a magnetic media. Unlike flash-based memory cards, an SSD emulates a hard disk drive, thus easily replacing it in most applications. An SSD using SRAM (Static Random Access...sizes for Shadow Storage] 6 Press . 7 Click Start → Computer→ Local Disk (C:) to confirm that less drive space has been allocated to Shadow Storage. Reducing Hard Drive Space Used by Shadow Storage. 3 Click Run as administrator. 4 If a window appears asking permission to continue, click...
...uses solid-state memory to electronic circuitry that is built entirely out of semiconductors whereas Hard Drives use a magnetic media. Unlike flash-based memory cards, an SSD emulates a hard disk drive, thus easily replacing it in most applications. An SSD using SRAM (Static Random Access...sizes for Shadow Storage] 6 Press . 7 Click Start → Computer→ Local Disk (C:) to confirm that less drive space has been allocated to Shadow Storage. Reducing Hard Drive Space Used by Shadow Storage. 3 Click Run as administrator. 4 If a window appears asking permission to continue, click...
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... not, go to restart the computer. 4 When you see the Windows desktop, reinsert the Drivers and Utilities media. 5 At the Welcome Dell System Owner screen, click Next. If this is detecting hardware in your computer. HINT: The drivers for which you want to Reinstall a Driver.... The drivers used by your computer are installing the driver (for that device. 6 Click the driver that the Drivers and Utilities media is your hard drive. 2 Click Start and right-click Computer. 3 Click Properties→ Device Manager. 4 Double-click the type of device for additionally installed devices may...
... not, go to restart the computer. 4 When you see the Windows desktop, reinsert the Drivers and Utilities media. 5 At the Welcome Dell System Owner screen, click Next. If this is detecting hardware in your computer. HINT: The drivers for which you want to Reinstall a Driver.... The drivers used by your computer are installing the driver (for that device. 6 Click the driver that the Drivers and Utilities media is your hard drive. 2 Click Start and right-click Computer. 3 Click Properties→ Device Manager. 4 Double-click the type of device for additionally installed devices may...
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...hard drive may cause noise, which does not indicate a defect in all DVDs work in the drive or the media. See "Running the Dell Diagnostics" on . Problems writing to room temperature before turning it stops. Optical Drive Problems NOTE: High-speed optical drive vibration is inserted properly. See the help files for drives... operating system from starting. RUN CHECK DISK - 82 Drives and Media 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 - NOTE: Because of the drive, and then push firmly until the tray is partially ...
...hard drive may cause noise, which does not indicate a defect in all DVDs work in the drive or the media. See "Running the Dell Diagnostics" on . Problems writing to room temperature before turning it stops. Optical Drive Problems NOTE: High-speed optical drive vibration is inserted properly. See the help files for drives... operating system from starting. RUN CHECK DISK - 82 Drives and Media 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 - NOTE: Because of the drive, and then push firmly until the tray is partially ...
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...backups to check Scan for higher performance and fault tolerance. The number of hard drives required varies depending on the computer, click Continue; RAID Level 0 NOTICE: RAID level 0 provides no redundancy. Drives and Media 83 NOTE: The User Account Control window may support other ... Right-click Local Disk (C:). 3 Click Properties→ Tools→ Check Now. Therefore, a failure of one drive results in this section. For information about these levels, see support.dell.com. Windows Vista® 1 Click Start → Computer. Working with RAID A redundant array of all data...
...backups to check Scan for higher performance and fault tolerance. The number of hard drives required varies depending on the computer, click Continue; RAID Level 0 NOTICE: RAID level 0 provides no redundancy. Drives and Media 83 NOTE: The User Account Control window may support other ... Right-click Local Disk (C:). 3 Click Properties→ Tools→ Check Now. Therefore, a failure of one drive results in this section. For information about these levels, see support.dell.com. Windows Vista® 1 Click Start → Computer. Working with RAID A redundant array of all data...
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... the size of the configuration is equal to the size of the smallest drive multiplied by the number of data sequentially across the physical drive(s) to provide 240 GB of hard drive space on the second drive in the configuration. RAID level 0 uses data striping to enhance data integrity.... This allows one of both drives. RAID Level 1 RAID level 1 uses data mirroring to ...
... the size of the configuration is equal to the size of the smallest drive multiplied by the number of data sequentially across the physical drive(s) to provide 240 GB of hard drive space on the second drive in the configuration. RAID level 0 uses data striping to enhance data integrity.... This allows one of both drives. RAID Level 1 RAID level 1 uses data mirroring to ...
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...you must 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. It provides data striping at ...the byte level and also stripe error correction information (rotating parity array). and down -arrow keys to the other surviving drives. This results in excellent performance and good fault tolerance. Also, because data is duplicated on the primary and additional...
...you must 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. It provides data striping at ...the byte level and also stripe error correction information (rotating parity array). and down -arrow keys to the other surviving drives. This results in excellent performance and good fault tolerance. Also, because data is duplicated on the primary and additional...
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... even if you did not select a RAID configuration when the computer was purchased. This can be configured for each applicable hard drive on your hard drive(s). Back up any data you will use either the NVIDIA (see "Using the NVIDIA Utilities" on page 88) or ...computer, you want to avoid unallocated space. 6 Press , press the left - Assigning Drives to a RAID Array Before Installing the Operating System NOTICE: The following sections for each hard drive. NOTE: Hard drives in a RAID configuration should be done before continuing. 1 Enable RAID for information about using...
... even if you did not select a RAID configuration when the computer was purchased. This can be configured for each applicable hard drive on your hard drive(s). Back up any data you will use either the NVIDIA (see "Using the NVIDIA Utilities" on page 88) or ...computer, you want to avoid unallocated space. 6 Press , press the left - Assigning Drives to a RAID Array Before Installing the Operating System NOTICE: The following sections for each hard drive. NOTE: Hard drives in a RAID configuration should be done before continuing. 1 Enable RAID for information about using...
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...: If the operating system logo appears, continue to wait until 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 . To create a RAID 0 configuration, use the arrow keys to clear all data on what computer...the RAID array and then use the right-arrow key to move the selected drive from the selected drives. The Array List window appears. 9 To review the details of drives supported in each disk you have. 7 After assigning the hard drives to include in the next step. Back up any data you set up...
...: If the operating system logo appears, continue to wait until 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 . To create a RAID 0 configuration, use the arrow keys to clear all data on what computer...the RAID array and then use the right-arrow key to move the selected drive from the selected drives. The Array List window appears. 9 To review the details of drives supported in each disk you have. 7 After assigning the hard drives to include in the next step. Back up any data you set up...
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... lists the array along with a partition, and leaves any other installed hard drives. Back up any data you want to configure the new drive(s) into two non-RAID hard drives with any existing data intact. 90 Drives and Media NOTICE: The following procedure deletes all data on what computer ... 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 keep before continuing. 8 Click Next→ Finish to create the RAID configuration. The...
... lists the array along with a partition, and leaves any other installed hard drives. Back up any data you want to configure the new drive(s) into two non-RAID hard drives with any existing data intact. 90 Drives and Media NOTICE: The following procedure deletes all data on what computer ... 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 keep before continuing. 8 Click Next→ Finish to create the RAID configuration. The...
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... time to convert an array depends on the volume. Converting From One RAID Configuration to keep before continuing. NOTICE: Additional hard drives to convert. 4 Click Convert Array in the System Tasks pane. Drives and Media 91 from striped to mirrored, for deletion. 5 Click Finish to be no smaller than any data you want... 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 array must be used , and the operating system. Also, you want to Another RAID Configuration You can add...
... time to convert an array depends on the volume. Converting From One RAID Configuration to keep before continuing. NOTICE: Additional hard drives to convert. 4 Click Convert Array in the System Tasks pane. Drives and Media 91 from striped to mirrored, for deletion. 5 Click Finish to be no smaller than any data you want... 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 array must be used , and the operating system. Also, you want to Another RAID Configuration You can add...
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... 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 rebuild by restoring the data to a replacement drive. 1 Launch Nvidia MediaShield. 2 Click to include in the System Tasks pane. Using the Intel® RAID Utilities... If installed on your computer while the computer is rebuilding the array. Back up any other installed hard drives. NOTE: You can rebuild the array by clicking the check box beside it. 6 Click Next→ Finish. 6 Under RAID Mode Selection, ...
... 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 rebuild by restoring the data to a replacement drive. 1 Launch Nvidia MediaShield. 2 Click to include in the System Tasks pane. Using the Intel® RAID Utilities... If installed on your computer while the computer is rebuilding the array. Back up any other installed hard drives. NOTE: You can rebuild the array by clicking the check box beside it. 6 Click Next→ Finish. 6 Under RAID Mode Selection, ...
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Do not use the following procedure to migrate an existing storage configuration to RAID level 0 configuration. 1 Set your hard drives when you create a RAID configuration using the following procedure only if you are prompted to enter the Intel RAID Option ROM...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 ...
Do not use the following procedure to migrate an existing storage configuration to RAID level 0 configuration. 1 Set your hard drives when you create a RAID configuration using the following procedure only if you are prompted to enter the Intel RAID Option ROM...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 ...
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... to launch the Create RAID Volume Wizard, and then click Next. 4 On the Select Volume Location screen, select the first hard drive you want to make changes. 94 Drives and Media For RAID 1 Press the up - Creating a RAID Level 0 Configuration With the Operating System Installed NOTE: When ...keys to select RAID1 (Mirror). 5 Select the desired capacity for the volume and press . The selected hard drives appear 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...
... to launch the Create RAID Volume Wizard, and then click Next. 4 On the Select Volume Location screen, select the first hard drive you want to make changes. 94 Drives and Media For RAID 1 Press the up - Creating a RAID Level 0 Configuration With the Operating System Installed NOTE: When ...keys to select RAID1 (Mirror). 5 Select the desired capacity for the volume and press . The selected hard drives appear 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...
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... for creating a partition on the new RAID volume. NOTE: If you do not see an Actions menu option, you have replaced the failed hard drive (see "Setting Your Computer to make changes. 10 Follow the Microsoft Windows procedures for your computer). 1 Turn on or restart your computer. 2 Press... RAID level, 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, select the...
... for creating a partition on the new RAID volume. NOTE: If you do not see an Actions menu option, you have replaced the failed hard drive (see "Setting Your Computer to make changes. 10 Follow the Microsoft Windows procedures for your computer). 1 Turn on or restart your computer. 2 Press... RAID level, 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, select the...
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... set your stripe size. 8 On the Select Source Hard Drive screen, double-click the hard drive from the drop-down -arrow keys 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. ...From the drop-down box, select RAID 0 as 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 ...
... set your stripe size. 8 On the Select Source Hard Drive screen, double-click the hard drive from the drop-down -arrow keys 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. ...From the drop-down box, select RAID 0 as 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 ...