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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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... Shadow Storage. The Command Prompt displays the amount of semiconductors whereas Hard Drives use a magnetic media. Solid-State Drive (SSD) A solid-state drive (SSD) is often called a RAM-drive. 78 Drives and Media An SSD using SRAM (Static Random Access Memory) or...drive space has been allocated to continue, click Continue. 5 Type the following : vssadmin resize shadowstorage /On=C: /Maxsize=[the maximum space you will allow for this storage area. Unlike flash-based memory cards, an SSD emulates a hard disk drive, thus easily replacing it in most applications. Reducing Hard Drive...
... Shadow Storage. The Command Prompt displays the amount of semiconductors whereas Hard Drives use a magnetic media. Solid-State Drive (SSD) A solid-state drive (SSD) is often called a RAM-drive. 78 Drives and Media An SSD using SRAM (Static Random Access Memory) or...drive space has been allocated to continue, click Continue. 5 Type the following : vssadmin resize shadowstorage /On=C: /Maxsize=[the maximum space you will allow for this storage area. Unlike flash-based memory cards, an SSD emulates a hard disk drive, thus easily replacing it in most applications. Reducing Hard Drive...
Dell Technology Guide
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...5 stripes both data and parity information across three or more drives. 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).... 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 . Drives and Media 87 RAID Level 5 Configuration RAID level 5 uses data parity. It provides data striping at the byte level...
...5 stripes both data and parity information across three or more drives. 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).... 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 . Drives and Media 87 RAID Level 5 Configuration RAID level 5 uses data parity. It provides data striping at the byte level...
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... the array. 9 Click Finish. The 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 can use your computer while the computer is rebuilding the array. The MediaShield RAID ...along with 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 select your system, see the following sections for information about using the Intel utilities. ...
... the array. 9 Click Finish. The 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 can use your computer while the computer is rebuilding the array. The MediaShield RAID ...along with 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 select your system, see the following sections for information about using the Intel utilities. ...
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... Installed NOTE: When you perform this operation, all data on the RAID drives is Rebuild. 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 page 87). 2 Click Start→ Programs...
... Installed NOTE: When you perform this operation, all data on the RAID drives is Rebuild. 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 page 87). 2 Click Start→ Programs...
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... the operating system, you to complete. The options can take 1 to 2 hours 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. See "Determining Whether a Device... a problem with your hard drive. For conventional hard drive configurations, the primary hard drive is the Source of the Driver" on page 79. Restoring Your Operating System 269 Using the Operating System Media Before you Begin If you installed the new device driver (see "Replacing a Driver With a ...
... the operating system, you to complete. The options can take 1 to 2 hours 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. See "Determining Whether a Device... a problem with your hard drive. For conventional hard drive configurations, the primary hard drive is the Source of the Driver" on page 79. Restoring Your Operating System 269 Using the Operating System Media Before you Begin If you installed the new device driver (see "Replacing a Driver With a ...
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.... This message applies to notebook computers that the configuration information for the hard drive is correct (see "Running the Dell Diagnostics" on page 308). S H U T D O W N...hard drives. Run the Dell Diagnostics (see "Entering the System Setup Program" on page 292. RUN THE SETUP UTILITY TO E N A B L E T H E S E M E S S A G E S . - 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 - See "Drive Problems" on page 308). Enter the system setup program and correct the date or time (see "Running the Dell Diagnostics" on page 281). If the problem persists, replace...
.... This message applies to notebook computers that the configuration information for the hard drive is correct (see "Running the Dell Diagnostics" on page 308). S H U T D O W N...hard drives. Run the Dell Diagnostics (see "Entering the System Setup Program" on page 292. RUN THE SETUP UTILITY TO E N A B L E T H E S E M E S S A G E S . - 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 - See "Drive Problems" on page 308). Enter the system setup program and correct the date or time (see "Running the Dell Diagnostics" on page 281). If the problem persists, replace...
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... IS ADVISABLE TO IMMEDIATELY BACK UP YOUR DATA AND REPLACE YOUR HARD DRIVE BY CALLING YOUR SUPPORT DESK OR D E L L. - Connect the correct AC adapter. Troubleshooting 279 PLEASE CONNECT A DELL XXX-W AC ADAPTER OR GREATER FOR BEST PERFORMANCE.... TO RUN THE SETUP UTILITY. - WARNING: THE PRIMARY BATTERY CANNOT BE IDENTIFIED. THIS SYSTEM WILL BE UNABLE TO CHARGE THIS BATTERY. - WARNING: DELL'S DISK MONITORING SYSTEM HAS DETECTED THAT DRIVE [0/1] ON THE [PRIMARY/SECONDARY] EIDE CONTROLLER IS OPERATING OUTSIDE OF NORMAL SPECIFICATIONS. WA R N I N G : T H E T P M C O U L D N O T B E I N I T I...
... IS ADVISABLE TO IMMEDIATELY BACK UP YOUR DATA AND REPLACE YOUR HARD DRIVE BY CALLING YOUR SUPPORT DESK OR D E L L. - Connect the correct AC adapter. Troubleshooting 279 PLEASE CONNECT A DELL XXX-W AC ADAPTER OR GREATER FOR BEST PERFORMANCE.... TO RUN THE SETUP UTILITY. - WARNING: THE PRIMARY BATTERY CANNOT BE IDENTIFIED. THIS SYSTEM WILL BE UNABLE TO CHARGE THIS BATTERY. - WARNING: DELL'S DISK MONITORING SYSTEM HAS DETECTED THAT DRIVE [0/1] ON THE [PRIMARY/SECONDARY] EIDE CONTROLLER IS OPERATING OUTSIDE OF NORMAL SPECIFICATIONS. WA R N I N G : T H E T P M C O U L D N O T B E I N I T I...
Quick Reference Guide
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Contents Finding Information 7 1 About Your Computer 9 Front and Right View 9 Back and Left View 15 Bottom View 19 Removing and Replacing the Battery 20 Removing and Replacing the Base Cover 21 2 Specifications 25 3 Troubleshooting 35 Dell Technical Update Service 35 Pre-Boot Self Assessment (PSA) Diagnostics and Dell 32 Bit Diagnostics 35 Dell Support Center 39 Drive Problems 40 Hard drive problems 40 Error Messages 41 Contents 3
Contents Finding Information 7 1 About Your Computer 9 Front and Right View 9 Back and Left View 15 Bottom View 19 Removing and Replacing the Battery 20 Removing and Replacing the Base Cover 21 2 Specifications 25 3 Troubleshooting 35 Dell Technical Update Service 35 Pre-Boot Self Assessment (PSA) Diagnostics and Dell 32 Bit Diagnostics 35 Dell Support Center 39 Drive Problems 40 Hard drive problems 40 Error Messages 41 Contents 3
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Press once to determine the battery health/condition. Replace the battery only with your computer. Do not use batteries from the computer. To remove the battery: 1 Ensure that contains the processor, hard drive, memory modules, WLAN, WWAN, and Ultra Wideband (UWB) cards. If no charge in ...Press and hold for 3 seconds to determine the battery charge. B A S E C O V E R - NOTICE: If you choose to replace the battery with your Dell computer. CAUTION: Before performing this procedure, turn off . 2 Turn the computer over. 3 Slide the battery release latch towards the side of the ...
Press once to determine the battery health/condition. Replace the battery only with your computer. Do not use batteries from the computer. To remove the battery: 1 Ensure that contains the processor, hard drive, memory modules, WLAN, WWAN, and Ultra Wideband (UWB) cards. If no charge in ...Press and hold for 3 seconds to determine the battery charge. B A S E C O V E R - NOTICE: If you choose to replace the battery with your Dell computer. CAUTION: Before performing this procedure, turn off . 2 Turn the computer over. 3 Slide the battery release latch towards the side of the ...
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... in this section, follow the safety instructions in the Dell Diagnostics (see "Drive Problems" on page 35). The hard drive failed initialization. Run the hard drive tests in the Product Information Guide. Contact Dell (see "Contacting Dell" on the computer, click Continue; Reinstall the memory modules and, if necessary, replace them (see Service Manual for the operating system or...
... in this section, follow the safety instructions in the Dell Diagnostics (see "Drive Problems" on page 35). The hard drive failed initialization. Run the hard drive tests in the Product Information Guide. Contact Dell (see "Contacting Dell" on the computer, click Continue; Reinstall the memory modules and, if necessary, replace them (see Service Manual for the operating system or...
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... and, if necessary, replace them. GENERAL FAILURE - E X T E N D E D M E M O R Y S I O N E R R O R - Run the Hard Disk Drive tests in the Dell Diagnostics (see "Pre-Boot Self Assessment (PSA) Diagnostics and Dell 32 Bit Diagnostics" on page 35). Then, shut down the computer, remove the hard drive, and boot the computer from the computer. Run the Hard Disk Drive tests in the Dell Diagnostics (see "Pre...
... and, if necessary, replace them. GENERAL FAILURE - E X T E N D E D M E M O R Y S I O N E R R O R - Run the Hard Disk Drive tests in the Dell Diagnostics (see "Pre-Boot Self Assessment (PSA) Diagnostics and Dell 32 Bit Diagnostics" on page 35). Then, shut down the computer, remove the hard drive, and boot the computer from the computer. Run the Hard Disk Drive tests in the Dell Diagnostics (see "Pre...
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... routine. L I C E N S E D C O N T E N T I S N O T A C C E S S I B L E I N M E D I A D I L U R E - Reinstall the memory modules and, if necessary, replace them. K E Y B O A R D C L O C K L I N E F A I L U R E - MEMORY ADDRESS LINE FAILURE AT ADDRESS, READ VALUE EXPECTING VALUE - D I S K D R I V E R E A D F A I L U R E - Shut down the computer, reinstall the hard drive, and restart the computer. If the problem persists, try another drive. Correct the appropriate options in the Dell Diagnostics (see "Pre-Boot Self Assessment (PSA) Diagnostics and...
... routine. L I C E N S E D C O N T E N T I S N O T A C C E S S I B L E I N M E D I A D I L U R E - Reinstall the memory modules and, if necessary, replace them. K E Y B O A R D C L O C K L I N E F A I L U R E - MEMORY ADDRESS LINE FAILURE AT ADDRESS, READ VALUE EXPECTING VALUE - D I S K D R I V E R E A D F A I L U R E - Shut down the computer, reinstall the hard drive, and restart the computer. If the problem persists, try another drive. Correct the appropriate options in the Dell Diagnostics (see "Pre-Boot Self Assessment (PSA) Diagnostics and...
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.... The operating system may be corrupted. Contact Dell (see "Contacting Dell" on the system board may be malfunctioning. MEMORY ODD/EVEN LOGIC FAILURE AT ADDRESS, READ VALUE EXPECTING VALUE - Try to run the program again. Reinstall the memory modules and, if necessary, replace them . OP E R A T I V E - Reinstall the hard drive. The software you want to use...
.... The operating system may be corrupted. Contact Dell (see "Contacting Dell" on the system board may be malfunctioning. MEMORY ODD/EVEN LOGIC FAILURE AT ADDRESS, READ VALUE EXPECTING VALUE - Try to run the program again. Reinstall the memory modules and, if necessary, replace them . OP E R A T I V E - Reinstall the hard drive. The software you want to use...