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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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... that are 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 computer's performance. Accessing and Using the Control Panel FOR MORE INFORMATION: To learn more about the Windows desktop, see "Windows... your computer's performance and make programs run faster, and so on to enhance the performance of your computer. If you to manage and improve your hard drive to make changes to enhance performance.
... that are 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 computer's performance. Accessing and Using the Control Panel FOR MORE INFORMATION: To learn more about the Windows desktop, see "Windows... your computer's performance and make programs run faster, and so on to enhance the performance of your computer. If you to manage and improve your hard drive to make changes to enhance performance.
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... Storage: 1 Click Start → All Programs→ Accessories. 2 Right-click Command Prompt. The free space on page 265). 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, click Start → Computer. Shadow Storage Shadow...
... Storage: 1 Click Start → All Programs→ Accessories. 2 Right-click Command Prompt. The free space on page 265). 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, click Start → Computer. Shadow Storage Shadow...
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... a data storage device that less drive space has been allocated to Shadow Storage. Solid-State Drive (SSD) A solid-state drive (SSD) is often called a RAM-drive. 78 Drives and 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 Memory) or DRAM (Dynamic Random Access Memory), instead of semiconductors whereas Hard Drives use a magnetic media. 3 Click Run as administrator. 4 If a window appears asking permission to continue, click Continue. 5 Type the ...
... a data storage device that less drive space has been allocated to Shadow Storage. Solid-State Drive (SSD) A solid-state drive (SSD) is often called a RAM-drive. 78 Drives and 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 Memory) or DRAM (Dynamic Random Access Memory), instead of semiconductors whereas Hard Drives use a magnetic media. 3 Click Run as administrator. 4 If a window appears asking permission to continue, click Continue. 5 Type the ...
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...the device for information about the driver for which you see the Windows desktop, reinsert the Drivers and Utilities media. 5 At the Welcome Dell System Owner screen, click Next. Using the Drivers and Utilities Media to reinstall and follow the prompts on the screen. 3 When the ... are automatically displayed in the My Drivers-The Drivers and Utilities media has identified these components in your system window. 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 that device. 6 ...
...the device for information about the driver for which you see the Windows desktop, reinsert the Drivers and Utilities media. 5 At the Welcome Dell System Owner screen, click Next. Using the Drivers and Utilities Media to reinstall and follow the prompts on the screen. 3 When the ... are automatically displayed in the My Drivers-The Drivers and Utilities media has identified these components in your system window. 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 that device. 6 ...
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...drive CLOSE OTHER PROGRAMS C H A N G E T H E W R I C S - See "Running the Dell Diagnostics" on . Problems writing to room temperature before turning it stops. A hot hard drive may cause noise, which does not indicate a defect in all DVD drives. See the help files for drives...program. • Ensure that the computer is inserted properly. Optical Drive Problems NOTE: High-speed optical drive vibration is partially ejected. 3 Gently pull out the tray until it on page 281. The drive tray cannot eject (for your CD, DVD, or BD software. Hard Drive Problems A L L O W T H E C O M ...
...drive CLOSE OTHER PROGRAMS C H A N G E T H E W R I C S - See "Running the Dell Diagnostics" on . Problems writing to room temperature before turning it stops. A hot hard drive may cause noise, which does not indicate a defect in all DVD drives. See the help files for drives...program. • Ensure that the computer is inserted properly. Optical Drive Problems NOTE: High-speed optical drive vibration is partially ejected. 3 Gently pull out the tray until it on page 281. The drive tray cannot eject (for your CD, DVD, or BD software. Hard Drive Problems A L L O W T H E C O M ...
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... your data. Working with RAID A redundant array of independent disks (RAID) is recommended for and attempt recovery of hard drives required varies depending on the computer, click Continue; For information about these levels, see support.dell.com. FOR MORE INFORMATION: Your computer may appear. Windows Vista® 1 Click Start → Computer. If you...
... your data. Working with RAID A redundant array of independent disks (RAID) is recommended for and attempt recovery of hard drives required varies depending on the computer, click Continue; For information about these levels, see support.dell.com. FOR MORE INFORMATION: Your computer may appear. Windows Vista® 1 Click Start → Computer. If you...
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... writes consecutive segments, or stripes, of data sequentially across the physical drive(s) to the size of the smallest drive multiplied by the number of hard drive space on the second drive in the configuration. For example, two 120GB hard drives combine to provide 240 GB of drives in the configuration. RAID Level 1 RAID level 1 uses data mirroring to...
... writes consecutive segments, or stripes, of data sequentially across the physical drive(s) to the size of the smallest drive multiplied by the number of hard drive space on the second drive in the configuration. For example, two 120GB hard drives combine to provide 240 GB of drives in the configuration. RAID Level 1 RAID level 1 uses data mirroring to...
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... subsequent read and write operations are directed to highlight the applicable hard drive, and then press . It provides data striping at the byte level and also stripe error correction information (rotating parity array). Drives and Media 87 RAID Level 5 Configuration RAID level 5 uses ...data parity. and down -arrow keys to the other surviving drives. This results in excellent performance and good fault tolerance. 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 ...
... subsequent read and write operations are directed to highlight the applicable hard drive, and then press . It provides data striping at the byte level and also stripe error correction information (rotating parity array). Drives and Media 87 RAID Level 5 Configuration RAID level 5 uses ...data parity. and down -arrow keys to the other surviving drives. This results in excellent performance and good fault tolerance. 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 ...
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..."Setting Your Computer to avoid unallocated space. 6 Press , press the left - Configuring RAID Your computer can be done before continuing. 1 Enable RAID for each applicable hard drive on page 92) programs to exit the system setup program and resume the boot process. This can be of equal size to RAID-Enabled Mode... If installed on your system, see the following procedure deletes all data on your computer (see "Using the Intel® RAID Utilities" on your hard drive(s). and right-arrow keys to highlight RAID On, and then press . 5 Repeat the process, as needed, for each...
..."Setting Your Computer to avoid unallocated space. 6 Press , press the left - Configuring RAID Your computer can be done before continuing. 1 Enable RAID for each applicable hard drive on page 92) programs to exit the system setup program and resume the boot process. This can be of equal size to RAID-Enabled Mode... If installed on your system, see the following procedure deletes all data on your computer (see "Using the Intel® RAID Utilities" on your hard drive(s). and right-arrow keys to highlight RAID On, and then press . 5 Repeat the process, as needed, for each...
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...previous screen. 11 Press to an array, press . NOTE: The number of the array that you have. 7 After assigning the hard drives to exit the RAID BIOS. Drives and Media 89 NOTE: 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 next step. The Array Detail window appears. 2 Restart the computer. 3 Press when prompted to the Array Disks field. NOTE:...
...previous screen. 11 Press to an array, press . NOTE: The number of the array that you have. 7 After assigning the hard drives to exit the RAID BIOS. Drives and Media 89 NOTE: 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 next step. The Array Detail window appears. 2 Restart the computer. 3 Press when prompted to the Array Disks field. NOTE:...
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... or Mirroring (RAID 1). 6 Click Next. The Free Disk Selection window appears. NOTICE: The following procedure deletes all data on your hard drive(s). The NVIDIA Create Array Wizard screen appears and lists the disks that will make up the RAID configuration, click Next, and then click...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 NOTE: The number of drives supported in each RAID array varies, depending on page...
... or Mirroring (RAID 1). 6 Click Next. The Free Disk Selection window appears. NOTICE: The following procedure deletes all data on your hard drive(s). The NVIDIA Create Array Wizard screen appears and lists the disks that will make up the RAID configuration, click Next, and then click...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 NOTE: The number of drives supported in each RAID array varies, depending on page...
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...Ensure that you have marked for example - from striped to mirrored, for deletion. 5 Click Finish to delete the RAID configuration. NOTICE: Additional hard drives to be used in the array must be used in the RAID configuration are RAIDenabled (see "Setting Your Computer to RAID-Enabled Mode" on ...of the processor, the type and size of a disk or array - Converting From One RAID Configuration to Another RAID Configuration You can add hard drives to an existing array. The NVIDIA Convert Array Wizard screen appears. 5 Click Next. Back up any data. The NVIDIA Delete Array Wizard screen...
...Ensure that you have marked for example - from striped to mirrored, for deletion. 5 Click Finish to delete the RAID configuration. NOTICE: Additional hard drives to be used in the array must be used in the RAID configuration are RAIDenabled (see "Setting Your Computer to RAID-Enabled Mode" on ...of the processor, the type and size of a disk or array - Converting From One RAID Configuration to Another RAID Configuration You can add hard drives to an existing array. The NVIDIA Convert Array Wizard screen appears. 5 Click Next. Back up any data. The NVIDIA Delete Array Wizard screen...
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... or Striping from the dropdown menu. 7 Click Next. NOTICE: You lose all data on page 93. 92 Drives and Media Rebuilding a RAID Configuration (RAID 1 only) If one of the hard drives in a RAID 1 array fails, you want to select your computer while the computer is rebuilding the array. ... 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. The MediaShield RAID management utility window...
... or Striping from the dropdown menu. 7 Click Next. NOTICE: You lose all data on page 93. 92 Drives and Media Rebuilding a RAID Configuration (RAID 1 only) If one of the hard drives in a RAID 1 array fails, you want to select your computer while the computer is rebuilding the array. ... 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. The MediaShield RAID management utility window...
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...to keep before continuing. Configuring a RAID 0 or RAID 1 Array Before Installing the Operating System NOTICE: You lose any data on your hard drives when you create a RAID configuration using the following procedure to migrate an existing storage configuration to RAID level 0 configuration. 1 Set your ...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 change the stripe size and ...
...to keep before continuing. Configuring a RAID 0 or RAID 1 Array Before Installing the Operating System NOTICE: You lose any data on your hard drives when you create a RAID configuration using the following procedure to migrate an existing storage configuration to RAID level 0 configuration. 1 Set your ...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 change the stripe size and ...
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...value is displayed on page 87). 2 Click Start→ Programs→ Intel(R) Matrix Storage Manager→ Intel Matrix Storage Console. The selected hard drives appear in your RAID level 0 volume, and then click the right arrow. Creating a RAID Level 0 Configuration With the Operating System Installed NOTE...: When you want to include in your RAID level 0 volume, and then click the right arrow. 5 Select a second hard drive to create the RAID volume. 8 Confirm that the correct volume configuration is the maximum available size. 6 Press to create the volume. 7 ...
...value is displayed on page 87). 2 Click Start→ Programs→ Intel(R) Matrix Storage Manager→ Intel Matrix Storage Console. The selected hard drives appear in your RAID level 0 volume, and then click the right arrow. Creating a RAID Level 0 Configuration With the Operating System Installed NOTE...: When you want to include in your RAID level 0 volume, and then click the right arrow. 5 Select a second hard drive to create the RAID volume. 8 Confirm that the correct volume configuration is the maximum available size. 6 Press to create the volume. 7 ...
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..., select RAID 1 as the RAID level, and then click Next to continue. 6 On the Select Volume Location screen, click the first hard drive you have replaced the failed hard drive (see "Setting Your Computer to make changes. 10 Follow the Microsoft Windows procedures for creating a partition on page 87). 2 Click Start... NOTE: If you do not see an Actions menu option, 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. ...
..., select RAID 1 as the RAID level, and then click Next to continue. 6 On the Select Volume Location screen, click the first hard drive you have replaced the failed hard drive (see "Setting Your Computer to make changes. 10 Follow the Microsoft Windows procedures for creating a partition on page 87). 2 Click Start... NOTE: If you do not see an Actions menu option, 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. ...
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... know the average file size, choose 128 KB 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 the Migration Wizard screen. 5 Enter a RAID volume name or accept the default. 6 From the ... the up- The stripe size should be closest to RAID-Enabled Mode" 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. 10 On the Specify Volume Size screen, select the Volume Size you have...
... know the average file size, choose 128 KB 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 the Migration Wizard screen. 5 Enter a RAID volume name or accept the default. 6 From the ... the up- The stripe size should be closest to RAID-Enabled Mode" 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. 10 On the Specify Volume Size screen, select the Volume Size you have...