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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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... of the available options in the Task area to monitor your cursor over the category to display its pop-up the space on your hard drive or rearrange items on to manage and improve your computer. Accessing and Using the Control Panel FOR MORE INFORMATION: To learn more about...devices that are not sure which category contains the necessary tool, hold your computer's performance and make programs run faster, and so on your hard drive to make changes to free up text box. See "Maintenance Tasks (Enhance Performance and Ensure Security)" on page 125 for you are installed in...
... of the available options in the Task area to monitor your cursor over the category to display its pop-up the space on your hard drive or rearrange items on to manage and improve your computer. Accessing and Using the Control Panel FOR MORE INFORMATION: To learn more about...devices that are not sure which category contains the necessary tool, hold your computer's performance and make programs run faster, and so on your hard drive to make changes to free up text box. See "Maintenance Tasks (Enhance Performance and Ensure Security)" on page 125 for you are installed in...
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... Start → Computer. Shadow Storage Shadow Storage is displayed. 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 page 265). A list of hard drive space used by Shadow Storage: 1 Click Start → All Programs→ Accessories. 2 Right-click...
... Start → Computer. Shadow Storage Shadow Storage is displayed. 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 page 265). A list of hard drive space used by Shadow Storage: 1 Click Start → All Programs→ Accessories. 2 Right-click...
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Solid-State Drive (SSD) A solid-state drive (SSD) is often called a RAM-drive. 78 Drives and Media 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. An SSD using SRAM (Static ... is a data storage device that uses solid-state memory to store persistent data. The Command Prompt displays the amount of semiconductors whereas Hard Drives use a magnetic media. NOTE: See Windows Help and Support for information on optimum and minimum sizes for Shadow Storage] 6 Press ....
Solid-State Drive (SSD) A solid-state drive (SSD) is often called a RAM-drive. 78 Drives and Media 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. An SSD using SRAM (Static ... is a data storage device that uses solid-state memory to store persistent data. The Command Prompt displays the amount of semiconductors whereas Hard Drives use a magnetic media. NOTE: See Windows Help and Support for information on optimum and minimum sizes for Shadow Storage] 6 Press ....
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... Drivers and Utilities Media 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. The drivers used by your first time to use the Drivers and Utilities media, go to step 5. 2 When...is your computer are installing the driver (for the device to step 2. If this is detecting hardware in your computer. If not, go to 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...
... Drivers and Utilities Media 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. The drivers used by your first time to use the Drivers and Utilities media, go to step 5. 2 When...is your computer are installing the driver (for the device to step 2. If this is detecting hardware in your computer. If not, go to 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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... software. Try allowing the computer to return to a media drive CLOSE OTHER PROGRAMS C H A N G E T H E W R I T E S P E E D T O A S L O W E R R A T E - 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 C S - A hot hard drive may cause noise, which does not indicate a defect in all DVDs work in the drive or the media. The drive makes a scraping or grinding sound • Ensure that the...
... software. Try allowing the computer to return to a media drive CLOSE OTHER PROGRAMS C H A N G E T H E W R I T E S P E E D T O A S L O W E R R A T E - 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 C S - A hot hard drive may cause noise, which does not indicate a defect in all DVDs work in the drive or the media. The drive makes a scraping or grinding sound • Ensure that the...
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NOTE: RAID requires multiple hard drives. RAID Level 0 NOTICE: RAID level 0 provides no redundancy. Drives and Media 83 otherwise, contact your data. The number of hard drives required varies depending on the computer, click Continue; For Windows® XP: Click Start → My Computer. 2 Right-... Account Control window may support other RAID levels (5, 10, 50). Therefore, a failure of one drive results in this section. For information about these levels, see support.dell.com. If you are four basic RAID levels discussed in the loss of independent disks (RAID) ...
NOTE: RAID requires multiple hard drives. RAID Level 0 NOTICE: RAID level 0 provides no redundancy. Drives and Media 83 otherwise, contact your data. The number of hard drives required varies depending on the computer, click Continue; For Windows® XP: Click Start → My Computer. 2 Right-... Account Control window may support other RAID levels (5, 10, 50). Therefore, a failure of one drive results in this section. For information about these levels, see support.dell.com. If you are four basic RAID levels discussed in the loss of independent disks (RAID) ...
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... to store data. RAID Level 1 RAID level 1 uses data mirroring to provide a high data access rate. For example, two 120GB hard drives combine to the size of the smallest drive multiplied by the number of drives in the configuration. NOTE: In a RAID 0 configuration, the size of the configuration is searching for data redundancy. 84...
... to store data. RAID Level 1 RAID level 1 uses data mirroring to provide a high data access rate. For example, two 120GB hard drives combine to the size of the smallest drive multiplied by the number of drives in the configuration. NOTE: In a RAID 0 configuration, the size of the configuration is searching for data redundancy. 84...
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...highlight the applicable hard drive, and then press . Setting Your Computer to RAID-Enabled Mode Before creating a RAID configuration, you must set your computer to RAIDenabled mode. 1 Enter the system setup program (see "Entering the System Setup Program" on which to highlight Drives, and then press...results in excellent performance and good fault tolerance. A replacement drive can then be rebuilt using the data from the surviving drives. 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 page 308)....
...highlight the applicable hard drive, and then press . Setting Your Computer to RAID-Enabled Mode Before creating a RAID configuration, you must set your computer to RAIDenabled mode. 1 Enter the system setup program (see "Entering the System Setup Program" on which to highlight Drives, and then press...results in excellent performance and good fault tolerance. A replacement drive can then be rebuilt using the data from the surviving drives. 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 page 308)....
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...Intel® RAID Utilities" on page 92) programs to create and manage RAID arrays. and right-arrow keys to RAID-Enabled Mode" on your hard drive(s). Depending on your system, see "Setting Your Computer to highlight RAID On, and then press . 5 Repeat the process, as needed, for ... Installing the Operating System NOTICE: The following procedure deletes all data on your computer (see the following sections for each applicable hard drive on page 87). 88 Drives and Media Configuring RAID Your computer can be done before continuing. 1 Enable RAID for RAID, even if you want to ...
...Intel® RAID Utilities" on page 92) programs to create and manage RAID arrays. and right-arrow keys to RAID-Enabled Mode" on your hard drive(s). Depending on your system, see "Setting Your Computer to highlight RAID On, and then press . 5 Repeat the process, as needed, for ... Installing the Operating System NOTICE: The following procedure deletes all data on your computer (see the following sections for each applicable hard drive on page 87). 88 Drives and Media Configuring RAID Your computer can be done before continuing. 1 Enable RAID for RAID, even if you want to ...
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... configuration, use the arrow keys to select Striping. The Clear disk data prompt appears. Drives and Media 89 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 the RAID Mode field. 2 Restart the computer. 3 Press when prompted to include... the Free Disks field. 6 Use the up any data you see the Microsoft Windows desktop, and then shut down -arrow keys to select a hard drive to include in the RAID array and then use the arrow keys to select the array and press . 10 Press to return to the previous...
... configuration, use the arrow keys to select Striping. The Clear disk data prompt appears. Drives and Media 89 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 the RAID Mode field. 2 Restart the computer. 3 Press when prompted to include... the Free Disks field. 6 Use the up any data you see the Microsoft Windows desktop, and then shut down -arrow keys to select a hard drive to include in the RAID array and then use the arrow keys to select the array and press . 10 Press to return to the previous...
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...what computer you want to keep before continuing. 8 Click Next→ Finish to configure the new drive(s) into two non-RAID hard drives with any existing data intact. 90 Drives and Media The Clearing System Data window appears. The MediaShield RAID management utility window appears and lists the... array along with a partition, and leaves any other installed hard drives. The NVIDIA Create Array Wizard screen appears and lists the disks that will make up the RAID configuration, click Next, and then...
...what computer you want to keep before continuing. 8 Click Next→ Finish to configure the new drive(s) into two non-RAID hard drives with any existing data intact. 90 Drives and Media The Clearing System Data window appears. The MediaShield RAID management utility window appears and lists the... array along with a partition, and leaves any other installed hard drives. The NVIDIA Create Array Wizard screen appears and lists the disks that will make up the RAID configuration, click Next, and then...
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...NVIDIA Delete Array Wizard screen appears. 4 Click Next. The NVIDIA Convert Array Wizard screen appears. 5 Click Next. Back up any other installed hard drives. A confirmation screen appears with any data you want to delete. 3 Click Delete Array in the System Tasks pane. from striped to delete...The MediaShield RAID management utility window appears and lists any data. Converting From One RAID Configuration to Another RAID Configuration You can add hard drives to convert an array depends on several factors, such as the speed of the processor, the type and size of a disk or...
...NVIDIA Delete Array Wizard screen appears. 4 Click Next. The NVIDIA Convert Array Wizard screen appears. 5 Click Next. Back up any other installed hard drives. A confirmation screen appears with any data you want to delete. 3 Click Delete Array in the System Tasks pane. from striped to delete...The MediaShield RAID management utility window appears and lists any data. Converting From One RAID Configuration to Another RAID Configuration You can add hard drives to convert an array depends on several factors, such as the speed of the processor, the type and size of a disk or...
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...0 or RAID 1 Array Before Installing the Operating System" on the drives selected in the array. 9 Click Finish. Back up any other installed hard drives. The NVIDIA Rebuild Array Wizard screen appears. 4 Click Next. 5 Select the hard drive you can use your RAID configuration (Mirroring) in the management utility window...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 select your computer while the computer is rebuilding the ...
...0 or RAID 1 Array Before Installing the Operating System" on the drives selected in the array. 9 Click Finish. Back up any other installed hard drives. The NVIDIA Rebuild Array Wizard screen appears. 4 Click Next. 5 Select the hard drive you can use your RAID configuration (Mirroring) in the management utility window...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 select your computer while the computer is rebuilding the ...
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...Configuration" on page 97. Configuring a RAID 0 or RAID 1 Array Before Installing the Operating System NOTICE: You lose any data on your hard drives when you do not know the average file size, choose 128 KB as your operating system. • "Creating a RAID Level 0 ...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 highlight Create RAID Volume,...
...Configuration" on page 97. Configuring a RAID 0 or RAID 1 Array Before Installing the Operating System NOTICE: You lose any data on your hard drives when you do not know the average file size, choose 128 KB as your operating system. • "Creating a RAID Level 0 ...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 highlight Create RAID Volume,...
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...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 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 ...select Create RAID Volume to launch the Create RAID Volume Wizard, and then click Next. 4 On the Select Volume Location screen, select the first hard drive you do not see "Setting Your Computer to select Exit and press . 10 Install the operating system (see "Restoring Your Operating System" on ...
...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 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 ...select Create RAID Volume to launch the Create RAID Volume Wizard, and then click Next. 4 On the Select Volume Location screen, select the first hard drive you do not see "Setting Your Computer to select Exit and press . 10 Install the operating system (see "Restoring Your Operating System" on ...
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..., 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, ... Matrix Storage Console. NOTE: If you do not see an Actions menu option, you have replaced the failed hard drive (see "Setting Your Computer to RAID-enabled mode (see the appropriate "Drives" section for creating a partition on the new RAID volume. Creating a RAID Level 1 Configuration With the Operating...
..., 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, ... Matrix Storage Console. NOTE: If you do not see an Actions menu option, you have replaced the failed hard drive (see "Setting Your Computer to RAID-enabled mode (see the appropriate "Drives" section for creating a partition on the new RAID volume. Creating a RAID Level 1 Configuration With the Operating...
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... the data or operating system files that you want to keep 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 RAID-Enabled Mode" on the RAID volume. Migrating to a RAID Level 0 Configuration 1 Set your computer to RAID-enabled ... volume. NOTE: If you do not know the average file size, choose 128 KB as 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 page 87). 2 Click Start→ All Programs→ Intel(R) Matrix Storage Manager→...
... the data or operating system files that you want to keep 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 RAID-Enabled Mode" on the RAID volume. Migrating to a RAID Level 0 Configuration 1 Set your computer to RAID-enabled ... volume. NOTE: If you do not know the average file size, choose 128 KB as 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 page 87). 2 Click Start→ All Programs→ Intel(R) Matrix Storage Manager→...