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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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... not sure which category contains the necessary tool, hold your cursor over the category to display its pop-up the space on your hard drive or rearrange items on your hard drive to make changes to enhance performance. Customizing Your Computer Settings 1 Click Start or → Control Panel. 2 Select a category. Windows Vista 1 Click Start...
... not sure which category contains the necessary tool, hold your cursor over the category to display its pop-up the space on your hard drive or rearrange items on your hard drive to make changes to enhance performance. Customizing Your Computer Settings 1 Click Start or → Control Panel. 2 Select a category. Windows Vista 1 Click Start...
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...Storage is space reserved on the hard drive for conducting a System Restore (see "Using Microsoft® Windows® System Restore" on drive C (the hard drive) is available for other standard operations. Drives and Media 77 A list of hard drive space used by Shadow Storage: .... 2 Right-click Command Prompt. 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 on a hard drive for operating system functions, leaving the remaining space for standard operations...
...Storage is space reserved on the hard drive for conducting a System Restore (see "Using Microsoft® Windows® System Restore" on drive C (the hard drive) is available for other standard operations. Drives and Media 77 A list of hard drive space used by Shadow Storage: .... 2 Right-click Command Prompt. 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 on a hard drive for operating system functions, leaving the remaining space for standard operations...
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The Command Prompt displays the amount of semiconductors whereas Hard Drives use a magnetic media. Solid-state is an electrical term that refers to electronic circuitry that is often called a RAM-drive. 78 Drives and Media An SSD using SRAM (Static Random Access Memory) or DRAM (Dynamic Random... /On=C: /Maxsize=[the maximum space you will allow for this storage area. Reducing Hard Drive Space Used by Shadow Storage. Unlike flash-based memory cards, an SSD emulates a hard disk drive, thus easily replacing it in most applications. NOTE: See Windows Help and Support for...
The Command Prompt displays the amount of semiconductors whereas Hard Drives use a magnetic media. Solid-state is an electrical term that refers to electronic circuitry that is often called a RAM-drive. 78 Drives and Media An SSD using SRAM (Static Random Access Memory) or DRAM (Dynamic Random... /On=C: /Maxsize=[the maximum space you will allow for this storage area. Reducing Hard Drive Space Used by Shadow Storage. Unlike flash-based memory cards, an SSD emulates a hard disk drive, thus easily replacing it in most applications. NOTE: See Windows Help and Support for...
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...your computer are installing the driver (for additionally installed devices may not be included on the Drivers and Utilities media. The drivers used by your hard drive. 2 Click Start and right-click Computer. 3 Click Properties→ Device Manager. 4 Double-click the type of device for which 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 first time to use the Drivers and Utilities media, go to Reinstall ...
...your computer are installing the driver (for additionally installed devices may not be included on the Drivers and Utilities media. The drivers used by your hard drive. 2 Click Start and right-click Computer. 3 Click Properties→ Device Manager. 4 Double-click the type of device for which 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 first time to use the Drivers and Utilities media, go to Reinstall ...
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... partially ejected. 3 Gently pull out the tray until it on page 281. RUN CHECK DISK - 82 Drives and Media See "Running the Dell Diagnostics" on . Problems writing to room temperature before turning it stops. 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 - The drive makes a scraping or grinding sound • Ensure that the sound is not caused by a program. •...
... partially ejected. 3 Gently pull out the tray until it on page 281. RUN CHECK DISK - 82 Drives and Media See "Running the Dell Diagnostics" on . Problems writing to room temperature before turning it stops. 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 - The drive makes a scraping or grinding sound • Ensure that the sound is not caused by a program. •...
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... Computer. 2 Right-click Local Disk (C:). 3 Click Properties→ Tools→ Check Now. For information about these levels, see support.dell.com. FOR MORE INFORMATION: Your computer may appear. NOTE: RAID requires multiple hard drives. If you are four basic RAID levels discussed in the loss of bad sectors, and then click Start. There...
... Computer. 2 Right-click Local Disk (C:). 3 Click Properties→ Tools→ Check Now. For information about these levels, see support.dell.com. FOR MORE INFORMATION: Your computer may appear. NOTE: RAID requires multiple hard drives. If you are four basic RAID levels discussed in the loss of bad sectors, and then click Start. There...
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... 0 uses the full storage capacities of data sequentially across the physical drive(s) to read data while the other drive is searching for data redundancy. 84 Drives and Media For example, two 120GB hard drives combine to provide 240 GB of the drives to create a large virtual drive. NOTE: In a RAID 0 configuration, the size of the configuration is...
... 0 uses the full storage capacities of data sequentially across the physical drive(s) to read data while the other drive is searching for data redundancy. 84 Drives and Media For example, two 120GB hard drives combine to provide 240 GB of the drives to create a large virtual drive. NOTE: In a RAID 0 configuration, the size of the configuration is...
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...operations are directed to store data. A replacement drive can then be rebuilt using the data from the surviving drives. Setting Your Computer to RAID-Enabled Mode Before creating a RAID configuration, you must set your computer to highlight the applicable hard drive, and then press . and down -arrow ...keys to highlight Drives, and then press . 3 Press the up - It provides data striping at the byte level and also ...
...operations are directed to store data. A replacement drive can then be rebuilt using the data from the surviving drives. Setting Your Computer to RAID-Enabled Mode Before creating a RAID configuration, you must set your computer to highlight the applicable hard drive, and then press . and down -arrow ...keys to highlight Drives, and then press . 3 Press the up - It provides data striping at the byte level and also ...
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... create and manage RAID arrays. Configuring RAID Your computer can be done before continuing. 1 Enable RAID for each hard drive. Back up any data you did not select a RAID configuration when the computer was purchased. and right-arrow keys to highlight Save/Exit... even if you want to keep before or after the operating system is installed. 4 Press the left - NOTE: Hard drives in a RAID configuration should be configured for information about using the NVIDIA utilities. • "Assigning Drives to a RAID Array Before Installing the Operating System" on page 88. • "Assigning New...
... create and manage RAID arrays. Configuring RAID Your computer can be done before continuing. 1 Enable RAID for each hard drive. Back up any data you did not select a RAID configuration when the computer was purchased. and right-arrow keys to highlight Save/Exit... even if you want to keep before or after the operating system is installed. 4 Press the left - NOTE: Hard drives in a RAID configuration should be configured for information about using the NVIDIA utilities. • "Assigning Drives to a RAID Array Before Installing the Operating System" on page 88. • "Assigning New...
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...to select Mirroring. 5 Press to navigate to the Free Disks field. 6 Use the up any data you have. 7 After assigning the hard drives to move the selected drive from the selected drives. The Define a New Array window appears. To create a RAID 1 configuration, use the right-arrow key to an array, press . ... 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 each disk you want to keep before continuing. 8 Press to clear all data on what computer you want to the Array ...
...to select Mirroring. 5 Press to navigate to the Free Disks field. 6 Use the up any data you have. 7 After assigning the hard drives to move the selected drive from the selected drives. The Define a New Array window appears. To create a RAID 1 configuration, use the right-arrow key to an array, press . ... 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 each disk you want to keep before continuing. 8 Press to clear all data on what computer you want to the Array ...
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... array. The Free Disk Selection window appears. NOTE: Only RAID-enabled hard drives are listed as free disks. 7 Click to select the drives that 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→...utility window appears and lists the array along with a partition, and leaves any other installed hard drives. Back up the RAID configuration, click Next, and then click Next again. Assigning New Drives to a RAID Array With the Operating System Installed Use Nvidia MediaShield to create a RAID...
... array. The Free Disk Selection window appears. NOTE: Only RAID-enabled hard drives are listed as free disks. 7 Click to select the drives that 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→...utility window appears and lists the array along with a partition, and leaves any other installed hard drives. Back up the RAID configuration, click Next, and then click Next again. Assigning New Drives to a RAID Array With the Operating System Installed Use Nvidia MediaShield to create a RAID...
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... Delete Array Wizard screen appears. 4 Click Next. Converting From One RAID Configuration to Another RAID Configuration You can add hard drives to an existing array. NOTICE: Additional hard drives to be used in the array must be used , and the operating system. without losing any of a disk or...delete. 3 Click Delete Array in the current configuration. 1 Ensure that you have marked for example - Back up any other installed hard drives. The MediaShield RAID management utility window appears and lists any remaining arrays along with the name and size of the array that all...
... Delete Array Wizard screen appears. 4 Click Next. Converting From One RAID Configuration to Another RAID Configuration You can add hard drives to an existing array. NOTICE: Additional hard drives to be used in the array must be used , and the operating system. without losing any of a disk or...delete. 3 Click Delete Array in the current configuration. 1 Ensure that you have marked for example - Back up any other installed hard drives. The MediaShield RAID management utility window appears and lists any remaining arrays along with the name and size of the array that all...
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... NOTE: You can rebuild the array by clicking the check box beside it. 6 Click Next→ Finish. Back up any other installed hard drives. The 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 RAID 0 or RAID 1 ...
... NOTE: You can rebuild the array by clicking the check box beside it. 6 Click Next→ Finish. Back up any other installed hard drives. The 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 RAID 0 or RAID 1 ...
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..." 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 your... hard drives when you create a RAID configuration using the following procedure only if you do not know the average file size, choose 128 KB as your stripe ...
..." 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 your... hard drives when you create a RAID configuration using the following procedure only if you do not know the average file size, choose 128 KB as your stripe ...
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...that the correct volume configuration is displayed on the main Intel RAID Option ROM utility screen. 9 Press the up - NOTE: To add a third hard drive in the Selected window. and down -arrow keys to create the 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 make changes. 94 Drives and Media Creating a RAID Level 0 Configuration With the Operating System Installed NOTE: When you want to select RAID1 (Mirror). 5 Select the ...
...that the correct volume configuration is displayed on the main Intel RAID Option ROM utility screen. 9 Press the up - NOTE: To add a third hard drive in the Selected window. and down -arrow keys to create the 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 make changes. 94 Drives and Media Creating a RAID Level 0 Configuration With the Operating System Installed NOTE: When you want to select RAID1 (Mirror). 5 Select the ...
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...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...Mode" on page 87). 2 Click Start→ Programs→ Intel(R) Matrix Storage Manager→ Intel Matrix Storage Console. Recovering From a Single Hard Drive Failure (RAID 1) NOTE: Perform the following steps only after you have not yet set your computer to RAID-enabled mode (see the appropriate...
...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...Mode" on page 87). 2 Click Start→ Programs→ Intel(R) Matrix Storage Manager→ Intel Matrix Storage Console. Recovering From a Single Hard Drive Failure (RAID 1) NOTE: Perform the following steps only after you have not yet set your computer to RAID-enabled mode (see the appropriate...
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... RAID volume. 9 On the Select Member Hard Drive screen, double-click the hard drive(s) to select the member drive(s) to migrate, and click Next. Migrating to a RAID Level 0 Configuration 1 Set your stripe size. 8 On the Select Source Hard Drive screen, double-click the hard drive from the drop-down -arrow keys to select...Next. 10 On the Specify Volume Size screen, select the Volume Size you want, and click Next. 96 Drives and Media This drive should be the hard drive containing the data or operating system files that you have not yet set your computer while the computer is rebuilding ...
... RAID volume. 9 On the Select Member Hard Drive screen, double-click the hard drive(s) to select the member drive(s) to migrate, and click Next. Migrating to a RAID Level 0 Configuration 1 Set your stripe size. 8 On the Select Source Hard Drive screen, double-click the hard drive from the drop-down -arrow keys to select...Next. 10 On the Specify Volume Size screen, select the Volume Size you want, and click Next. 96 Drives and Media This drive should be the hard drive containing the data or operating system files that you have not yet set your computer while the computer is rebuilding ...