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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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...Computer→ Local Disk (C:) to confirm that less drive space has been allocated to Shadow Storage. Solid-State Drive (SSD) A solid-state drive (SSD) is a data storage device that is built entirely out of semiconductors whereas Hard Drives use a magnetic media. An SSD using SRAM (Static... Hard Drive Space Used by Shadow Storage. 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 . Unlike flash-based memory cards, an SSD emulates a hard disk drive, thus easily replacing it...
...Computer→ Local Disk (C:) to confirm that less drive space has been allocated to Shadow Storage. Solid-State Drive (SSD) A solid-state drive (SSD) is a data storage device that is built entirely out of semiconductors whereas Hard Drives use a magnetic media. An SSD using SRAM (Static... Hard Drive Space Used by Shadow Storage. 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 . Unlike flash-based memory cards, an SSD emulates a hard disk drive, thus easily replacing it...
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... 360-GB on page 308). 2 Press the up - and down -arrow keys to store data. 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 ...1 Enter the system setup program (see "Entering the System Setup Program" on which to highlight the applicable hard drive, and then press . and down -arrow keys to the other surviving drives. RAID Level 5 Configuration RAID level 5 uses data parity. RAID level 5 stripes both data and parity ...
... 360-GB on page 308). 2 Press the up - and down -arrow keys to store data. 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 ...1 Enter the system setup program (see "Entering the System Setup Program" on which to highlight the applicable hard drive, and then press . and down -arrow keys to the other surviving drives. RAID Level 5 Configuration RAID level 5 uses data parity. RAID level 5 stripes both data and parity ...
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..., select Mirroring or Striping from the dropdown menu. 7 Click Next. 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 Rebuild Array in the...
..., select Mirroring or Striping from the dropdown menu. 7 Click Next. 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 Rebuild Array in the...
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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" on the new RAID volume. Drives and Media 95 Recovering From a Single Hard Drive Failure (RAID 1) NOTE: Perform the following steps only after you have not yet ...computer). 1 Turn on or restart your computer. 2 Press 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. 9...
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" on the new RAID volume. Drives and Media 95 Recovering From a Single Hard Drive Failure (RAID 1) NOTE: Perform the following steps only after you have not yet ...computer). 1 Turn on or restart your computer. 2 Press 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. 9...
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...your primary hard drive. See "Determining Whether a Device Driver is the first drive detected by the computer. Then try using Windows Device Driver Rollback. The options can take 1 to 2 hours to the operating state it was in before you installed the new device driver (see "Replacing a ... any open programs. 2 Insert the Operating System disc. Therefore, do not reinstall Windows XP unless a Dell technical support representative instructs you requested the media, the Dell Drivers and Utilities media and Operating System media may not ship with a newly installed driver, first try ...
...your primary hard drive. See "Determining Whether a Device Driver is the first drive detected by the computer. Then try using Windows Device Driver Rollback. The options can take 1 to 2 hours to the operating state it was in before you installed the new device driver (see "Replacing a ... any open programs. 2 Insert the Operating System disc. Therefore, do not reinstall Windows XP unless a Dell technical support representative instructs you requested the media, the Dell Drivers and Utilities media and Operating System media may not ship with a newly installed driver, first try ...
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... that support multiple hard drives. N O B O O T S E C T O R O N H A R D - D I S K D R I V E - Run the Dell Diagnostics (see "Entering the System Setup Program" on page 308). See "Drive Problems" on page 287. R E A D F A I L U R E O N S E C O N D I N T E R N A L H A R D D R I V E - See "Drive Problems" on page 287. Enter the system setup program and correct the date or time (see "Running the Dell Diagnostics" on page 292. If the problem persists, replace the CMOS battery...
... that support multiple hard drives. N O B O O T S E C T O R O N H A R D - D I S K D R I V E - Run the Dell Diagnostics (see "Entering the System Setup Program" on page 308). See "Drive Problems" on page 287. R E A D F A I L U R E O N S E C O N D I N T E R N A L H A R D D R I V E - See "Drive Problems" on page 287. Enter the system setup program and correct the date or time (see "Running the Dell Diagnostics" on page 292. If the problem persists, replace the CMOS battery...
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... BOOT WITH THIS BATTERY PLUGGED IN. HIT F1 TO CONTINUE. WARNING MESSAGES HAVE BEEN DISABLED. IT IS ADVISABLE TO IMMEDIATELY BACK UP YOUR DATA AND REPLACE YOUR HARD DRIVE BY CALLING YOUR SUPPORT DESK OR D E L L. - STRIKE T H E F 1 K E Y T O S H U T D O W N . - Troubleshooting 279 For computers...WARNING: THE SECOND BATTERY CANNOT BE IDENTIFIED. PRESS F1 TO SHUTDOWN THE S YS T E M . WARNING: DELL'S DISK MONITORING SYSTEM HAS DETECTED THAT DRIVE [0/1] ON THE [PRIMARY/SECONDARY] EIDE CONTROLLER IS OPERATING OUTSIDE OF NORMAL SPECIFICATIONS. For computers with two batteries installed...
... BOOT WITH THIS BATTERY PLUGGED IN. HIT F1 TO CONTINUE. WARNING MESSAGES HAVE BEEN DISABLED. IT IS ADVISABLE TO IMMEDIATELY BACK UP YOUR DATA AND REPLACE YOUR HARD DRIVE BY CALLING YOUR SUPPORT DESK OR D E L L. - STRIKE T H E F 1 K E Y T O S H U T D O W N . - Troubleshooting 279 For computers...WARNING: THE SECOND BATTERY CANNOT BE IDENTIFIED. PRESS F1 TO SHUTDOWN THE S YS T E M . WARNING: DELL'S DISK MONITORING SYSTEM HAS DETECTED THAT DRIVE [0/1] ON THE [PRIMARY/SECONDARY] EIDE CONTROLLER IS OPERATING OUTSIDE OF NORMAL SPECIFICATIONS. For computers with two batteries installed...
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CPU fan failure - Contact Dell (see "Contacting Dell" on page 77). Contact Dell (see "Contacting Dell" on page 77). To replace the keyboard, see the Service Manual at support.dell.com/manuals) or contact Dell (see "Contacting Dell" on hard drive, the hard drive cable is loose, or no bootable device exists. • If the hard drive is your boot device, ensure that the cables...
CPU fan failure - Contact Dell (see "Contacting Dell" on page 77). Contact Dell (see "Contacting Dell" on page 77). To replace the keyboard, see the Service Manual at support.dell.com/manuals) or contact Dell (see "Contacting Dell" on hard drive, the hard drive cable is loose, or no bootable device exists. • If the hard drive is your boot device, ensure that the cables...
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... system and features See: "System Recovery Media" on page 67 "Dell Diagnostics" on page 59 "My Dell Downloads" on page 56 support.dell.com upgrade your computer with new or additional memory, or a new hard drive reinstall or replace a worn or defective part the Service Manual at support.dell.com/manuals NOTE: In some countries, opening and...
... system and features See: "System Recovery Media" on page 67 "Dell Diagnostics" on page 59 "My Dell Downloads" on page 56 support.dell.com upgrade your computer with new or additional memory, or a new hard drive reinstall or replace a worn or defective part the Service Manual at support.dell.com/manuals NOTE: In some countries, opening and...