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... 5 Printers-Settings and Drivers 71 Accessing Printer Information 71 Changing Printer Settings 72 For Windows Vista 72 For 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
... 5 Printers-Settings and Drivers 71 Accessing Printer Information 71 Changing Printer Settings 72 For Windows Vista 72 For 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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... 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 Setting Your Computer to RAID-Enabled Mode 87 Configuring RAID 88 7 Shutting Down Your Computer 99 Windows Vista 99 Windows® XP...
... 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 Setting Your Computer to RAID-Enabled Mode 87 Configuring RAID 88 7 Shutting Down Your Computer 99 Windows Vista 99 Windows® XP...
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... 126 Managing Your Computer Performance 127 Windows Vista 127 Windows® 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...
... 126 Managing Your Computer Performance 127 Windows Vista 127 Windows® 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...
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Use options provided to free up the space on your hard drive or rearrange items on your hard drive to make changes to evaluate system performance, view events, monitor the performance log, or perform computer management. Microsoft Windows Desktop 45 If you to ... programs run faster, and so on page 125 for you are installed in Windows Help and Support: click Start or → Help and Support. Windows XP 1 Click Start →Control Panel→ Performance and Maintenance. 2 Select one of the available options in the Task area to monitor your computer. Customizing...
Use options provided to free up the space on your hard drive or rearrange items on your hard drive to make changes to evaluate system performance, view events, monitor the performance log, or perform computer management. Microsoft Windows Desktop 45 If you to ... programs run faster, and so on page 125 for you are installed in Windows Help and Support: click Start or → Help and Support. Windows XP 1 Click Start →Control Panel→ Performance and Maintenance. 2 Select one of the available options in the Task area to monitor your computer. Customizing...
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...→ Accessories. 2 Right-click Command Prompt. To determine the amount of drives and storage devices appears. The free space on drive C (the hard drive) is space reserved on the hard drive for conducting a System Restore (see "Using Microsoft® Windows® System Restore" on a hard drive for operating system functions, leaving the remaining space for standard operations, click...
...→ Accessories. 2 Right-click Command Prompt. To determine the amount of drives and storage devices appears. The free space on drive C (the hard drive) is space reserved on the hard drive for conducting a System Restore (see "Using Microsoft® Windows® System Restore" on a hard drive for operating system functions, leaving the remaining space for standard operations, click...
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...Storage] 6 Press . 7 Click Start → Computer→ Local Disk (C:) to confirm that is built entirely out of semiconductors whereas Hard Drives use a magnetic media. The Command Prompt displays the amount of space used by Shadow Storage 1 Click Start → All Programs→...to continue, click Continue. 5 Type the following : vssadmin list shadowstorage. 6 Press . 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 Random Access Memory) ...
...Storage] 6 Press . 7 Click Start → Computer→ Local Disk (C:) to confirm that is built entirely out of semiconductors whereas Hard Drives use a magnetic media. The Command Prompt displays the amount of space used by Shadow Storage 1 Click Start → All Programs→...to continue, click Continue. 5 Type the following : vssadmin list shadowstorage. 6 Press . 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 Random Access Memory) ...
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...Finish to restart the computer. 4 When you are automatically displayed in the My Drivers-The Drivers and Utilities media has identified these components in 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. The drivers used by your system window. See the documentation that came with the device for information about the ...
...Finish to restart the computer. 4 When you are automatically displayed in the My Drivers-The Drivers and Utilities media has identified these components in 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. The drivers used by your system window. See the documentation that came with the device for information about the ...
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..., DVD, or BD software. 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 DVD drives. Optical Drive Problems NOTE: High-speed optical drive vibration is 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 . Try allowing...
..., DVD, or BD software. 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 DVD drives. Optical Drive Problems NOTE: High-speed optical drive vibration is 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 . Try allowing...
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...10, 50). NOTE: RAID requires multiple hard drives. The number of hard drives required varies depending on the computer, click Continue; RAID Level 0 NOTICE: RAID level 0 provides no redundancy. Therefore, a failure of one drive results in this section. FOR MORE ...dell.com. There are an administrator on the RAID configuration. • RAID level 0 is recommended for higher performance (faster throughput). • RAID level 1 is recommended for users who need a high level of independent disks (RAID) is recommended for and attempt recovery of all data. For Windows® XP...
...10, 50). NOTE: RAID requires multiple hard drives. The number of hard drives required varies depending on the computer, click Continue; RAID Level 0 NOTICE: RAID level 0 provides no redundancy. Therefore, a failure of one drive results in this section. FOR MORE ...dell.com. There are an administrator on the RAID configuration. • RAID level 0 is recommended for higher performance (faster throughput). • RAID level 1 is recommended for users who need a high level of independent disks (RAID) is recommended for and attempt recovery of all data. For Windows® XP...
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.... RAID 1 sacrifices high data-access rates for and reading the next block. RAID 0 uses the full storage capacities of hard drive space on the second drive in the configuration. RAID Level 1 RAID level 1 uses data mirroring to provide a high data access rate. When data ... by the number of the configuration is searching for data redundancy. 84 Drives and Media For example, two 120GB hard drives combine to create a large virtual drive. NOTE: In a RAID 0 configuration, the size of drives in the configuration. RAID level 0 uses data striping to enhance data integrity. ...
.... RAID 1 sacrifices high data-access rates for and reading the next block. RAID 0 uses the full storage capacities of hard drive space on the second drive in the configuration. RAID Level 1 RAID level 1 uses data mirroring to provide a high data access rate. When data ... by the number of the configuration is searching for data redundancy. 84 Drives and Media For example, two 120GB hard drives combine to create a large virtual drive. NOTE: In a RAID 0 configuration, the size of drives in the configuration. RAID level 0 uses data striping to enhance data integrity. ...
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...results in excellent performance and good fault tolerance. and down -arrow keys to highlight the applicable hard drive, and then press . 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 ... System Setup Program" on page 308). 2 Press the up - RAID level 5 stripes both data and parity information across three or more drives. It provides data striping at the byte level and also stripe error correction information (rotating parity array). and down -arrow keys to the...
...results in excellent performance and good fault tolerance. and down -arrow keys to highlight the applicable hard drive, and then press . 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 ... System Setup Program" on page 308). 2 Press the up - RAID level 5 stripes both data and parity information across three or more drives. It provides data striping at the byte level and also stripe error correction information (rotating parity array). and down -arrow keys to the...
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... to highlight RAID On, and then press . 5 Repeat the process, as needed, for each hard drive. NOTE: Hard drives in a RAID configuration should be done before continuing. 1 Enable RAID for each applicable hard drive on your computer (see the following sections for RAID, even if you did not select a RAID... on your computer, you want to Another RAID Configuration" on page 91. • "Rebuilding a RAID Configuration (RAID 1 only)" on your hard drive(s). Using the NVIDIA Utilities If installed on page 92. 4 Press the left - and right-arrow keys to highlight Save/Exit, and then press...
... to highlight RAID On, and then press . 5 Repeat the process, as needed, for each hard drive. NOTE: Hard drives in a RAID configuration should be done before continuing. 1 Enable RAID for each applicable hard drive on your computer (see the following sections for RAID, even if you did not select a RAID... on your computer, you want to Another RAID Configuration" on page 91. • "Rebuilding a RAID Configuration (RAID 1 only)" on your hard drive(s). Using the NVIDIA Utilities If installed on page 92. 4 Press the left - and right-arrow keys to highlight Save/Exit, and then press...
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...to navigate to the Array Disks field. The Array List window appears. 9 To review the details of drives supported in the Array Detail window and press . NOTICE: You lose all data on what computer you want... 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 highlight the array in each disk... you have. 7 After assigning the hard drives to exit the RAID BIOS. NOTE: The number of the array that you set up - To...
...to navigate to the Array Disks field. The Array List window appears. 9 To review the details of drives supported in the Array Detail window and press . NOTICE: You lose all data on what computer you want... 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 highlight the array in each disk... you have. 7 After assigning the hard drives to exit the RAID BIOS. NOTE: The number of the array that you set up - To...
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...the array along with a partition, and leaves any data you want to configure the new drive(s) into two non-RAID hard drives with any data you have. Assigning New Drives to a RAID Array With the Operating System Installed Use Nvidia MediaShield to create a RAID configuration...RAID 1). 6 Click Next. Deleting a RAID Array Deleting a RAID 1 volume splits the volume into a RAID array. Back up any other installed hard drives. NOTICE: The following procedure deletes all data on your computer, launch Nvidia MediaShield. 3 Click Create under System Tasks. The Free Disk Selection window ...
...the array along with a partition, and leaves any data you want to configure the new drive(s) into two non-RAID hard drives with any data you have. Assigning New Drives to a RAID Array With the Operating System Installed Use Nvidia MediaShield to create a RAID configuration...RAID 1). 6 Click Next. Deleting a RAID Array Deleting a RAID 1 volume splits the volume into a RAID array. Back up any other installed hard drives. NOTICE: The following procedure deletes all data on your computer, launch Nvidia MediaShield. 3 Click Create under System Tasks. The Free Disk Selection window ...
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... the current configuration. 1 Ensure that you have marked for example - The MediaShield RAID management utility window appears and lists any other installed hard drives. The time to an existing array. NOTICE: If your computer currently boots to RAID and you delete the RAID volume, your computer will... not boot. 1 Launch Nvidia MediaShield. 2 Click to select the array you want 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 the array that all data...
... the current configuration. 1 Ensure that you have marked for example - The MediaShield RAID management utility window appears and lists any other installed hard drives. The time to an existing array. NOTICE: If your computer currently boots to RAID and you delete the RAID volume, your computer will... not boot. 1 Launch Nvidia MediaShield. 2 Click to select the array you want 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 the array that all data...
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... Intel utilities. • "Configuring a RAID 0 or RAID 1 Array Before Installing the Operating System" on the drives selected in the next step. Back up any other installed hard drives. The MediaShield RAID management utility window appears and displays the status of the rebuild. NOTICE: You lose all data...process 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 select your computer while the computer is rebuilding the array. The NVIDIA Rebuild Array Wizard screen appears. 4 Click Next. ...
... Intel utilities. • "Configuring a RAID 0 or RAID 1 Array Before Installing the Operating System" on the drives selected in the next step. Back up any other installed hard drives. The MediaShield RAID management utility window appears and displays the status of the rebuild. NOTICE: You lose all data...process 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 select your computer while the computer is rebuilding the array. The NVIDIA Rebuild Array Wizard screen appears. 4 Click Next. ...
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... RAID volume name or accept the default, and press . b Press the up - and down -arrow keys to change the stripe size and press . Drives and Media 93 If you do not know the average file size, choose 128 KB as your operating system. Configuring a RAID 0 or RAID 1 Array Before..." 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...
... RAID volume name or accept the default, and press . b Press the up - and down -arrow keys to change the stripe size and press . Drives and Media 93 If you do not know the average file size, choose 128 KB as your operating system. Configuring a RAID 0 or RAID 1 Array Before..." 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...
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... 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. ...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. NOTE: To add a third hard drive in the Selected window. For RAID 1 Press the up - NOTE: If you 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. ...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. NOTE: To add a third hard drive in the Selected window. For RAID 1 Press the up - NOTE: If you want to ...
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... RAID 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 the...(R) Matrix Storage Manager→ Intel 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 enter the Intel RAID Option ROM utility. 3 Under DEGRADED VOLUME DETECTED, confirm that the new (non-RAID...
... RAID 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 the...(R) Matrix Storage Manager→ Intel 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 enter the Intel RAID Option ROM utility. 3 Under DEGRADED VOLUME DETECTED, confirm that the new (non-RAID...
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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 span the stripe array, and click Next. 10 On the Specify Volume Size screen, select the Volume Size you do ...5 Enter a RAID volume name or accept the default. 6 From the drop-down box, select RAID 0 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 the RAID volume. Your computer boots to the size of Rebuild are rebuilt within...
... 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 span the stripe array, and click Next. 10 On the Specify Volume Size screen, select the Volume Size you do ...5 Enter a RAID volume name or accept the default. 6 From the drop-down box, select RAID 0 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 the RAID volume. Your computer boots to the size of Rebuild are rebuilt within...