Dell Technology Guide
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... 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 Setting Your Computer to RAID-Enabled Mode 87 Configuring RAID 88 7 Shutting Down Your Computer 99 Windows Vista 99 Windows® XP...
... 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 Setting Your Computer to RAID-Enabled Mode 87 Configuring RAID 88 7 Shutting Down Your Computer 99 Windows Vista 99 Windows® XP...
Dell Technology Guide
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... following : vssadmin resize shadowstorage /On=C: /Maxsize=[the maximum space you will allow for this storage area. Reducing Hard Drive Space Used by Shadow Storage. The Command Prompt displays the amount of a flash memory, is a data storage device that less...out 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 following : vssadmin list shadowstorage. 6 Press . Unlike flash-based memory cards, an SSD emulates a hard disk drive, thus easily replacing it in most ...
... following : vssadmin resize shadowstorage /On=C: /Maxsize=[the maximum space you will allow for this storage area. Reducing Hard Drive Space Used by Shadow Storage. The Command Prompt displays the amount of a flash memory, is a data storage device that less...out 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 following : vssadmin list shadowstorage. 6 Press . Unlike flash-based memory cards, an SSD emulates a hard disk drive, thus easily replacing it in most ...
Dell Technology Guide
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...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. If a drive failure occurs, subsequent read and write operations are directed to highlight the applicable hard drive, and then press... . and down -arrow keys to the other surviving drives. It provides data striping at the byte ...
...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. If a drive failure occurs, subsequent read and write operations are directed to highlight the applicable hard drive, and then press... . and down -arrow keys to the other surviving drives. It provides data striping at the byte ...
Dell Technology Guide
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...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 appears and displays the status of the hard drives in a RAID 1 array fails, you want to select your system, ...
...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 appears and displays the status of the hard drives in a RAID 1 array fails, you want to select your system, ...
Dell Technology Guide
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...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 your computer). 1 Turn on or ...restart your computer to RAID-enabled mode (see the appropriate "Drives" section for creating a partition on page 87). 2 Click Start→ ...
...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 your computer). 1 Turn on or ...restart your computer to RAID-enabled mode (see the appropriate "Drives" section for creating a partition on page 87). 2 Click Start→ ...
Dell Technology Guide
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...Restore to return your operating system to correct a problem with your computer, or whether you installed the new device driver (see "Replacing a Driver With a Previous Version of a Device Problem" on the region from which you ordered your computer. Depending on page 79... your primary hard drive. After you reinstall the operating system, you are installed on your hard drive. For conventional hard drive configurations, the primary hard drive is the Source of the Driver" on page 265). To reinstall Windows, you to do not reinstall Windows XP unless a Dell technical support...
...Restore to return your operating system to correct a problem with your computer, or whether you installed the new device driver (see "Replacing a Driver With a Previous Version of a Device Problem" on the region from which you ordered your computer. Depending on page 79... your primary hard drive. After you reinstall the operating system, you are installed on your hard drive. For conventional hard drive configurations, the primary hard drive is the Source of the Driver" on page 265). To reinstall Windows, you to do not reinstall Windows XP unless a Dell technical support...
Dell Technology Guide
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...E S E M E S S A G E S . - If the problem persists, replace the CMOS battery. Run the Dell Diagnostics (see "Entering the System Setup Program" on page 281). Enter the system setup program and ensure that the configuration information for the hard drive is correct (see "Running the Dell Diagnostics" on page 308). MEMORY WRITE/READ FAILURE AT... ensure that the cables are connected and that a bootable optical media is in the drive. • If the hard drive is your boot device, ensure that the drive is correct (see "Entering the System Setup Program" on page 281). This message applies...
...E S E M E S S A G E S . - If the problem persists, replace the CMOS battery. Run the Dell Diagnostics (see "Entering the System Setup Program" on page 281). Enter the system setup program and ensure that the configuration information for the hard drive is correct (see "Running the Dell Diagnostics" on page 308). MEMORY WRITE/READ FAILURE AT... ensure that the cables are connected and that a bootable optical media is in the drive. • If the hard drive is your boot device, ensure that the drive is correct (see "Entering the System Setup Program" on page 281). This message applies...
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... PRIMARY BATTERY CANNOT BE IDENTIFIED. PRESS F1 TO SHUTDOWN THE S YS T E M . HIT F1 TO CONTINUE. Contact Dell for assistance (see "Contacting Dell" on page 307. IT IS ADVISABLE TO IMMEDIATELY BACK UP YOUR DATA AND REPLACE YOUR HARD DRIVE BY CALLING YOUR SUPPORT DESK OR D E L L. - THIS SYSTEM WILL BE U N A B L E T O C H A R G E B A T T E R I E S U N T I L T H I S B A T T E R Y I S R E M O V E D . - THE RECOMMENDED XXX-W AC ADAPTER ORIGINALLY...
... PRIMARY BATTERY CANNOT BE IDENTIFIED. PRESS F1 TO SHUTDOWN THE S YS T E M . HIT F1 TO CONTINUE. Contact Dell for assistance (see "Contacting Dell" on page 307. IT IS ADVISABLE TO IMMEDIATELY BACK UP YOUR DATA AND REPLACE YOUR HARD DRIVE BY CALLING YOUR SUPPORT DESK OR D E L L. - THIS SYSTEM WILL BE U N A B L E T O C H A R G E B A T T E R I E S U N T I L T H I S B A T T E R Y I S R E M O V E D . - THE RECOMMENDED XXX-W AC ADAPTER ORIGINALLY...
Setup Guide
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... support.dell.com. CPU fan has failed. Replace the CPU fan. Hard-disk (HDD) drive failure - Keyboard failure or loose cable. See the Service Manual at support.dell.com). Hard-disk drive read failure - Possible system board failure or RTC battery low. com or see the Service Manual at support.dell.com. No bootable partition on hard drive, the hard drive cable...
... support.dell.com. CPU fan has failed. Replace the CPU fan. Hard-disk (HDD) drive failure - Keyboard failure or loose cable. See the Service Manual at support.dell.com). Hard-disk drive read failure - Possible system board failure or RTC battery low. com or see the Service Manual at support.dell.com. No bootable partition on hard drive, the hard drive cable...
Setup Guide
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... new or additional memory, or a new hard drive reinstall or replace a worn or defective part See: "System Recovery Media" on page 49 "Dell Diagnostics" on page 41 "My Dell Downloads" on page 38 support.dell.com the Service Manual at support.dell.com/manuals NOTE: In some countries, opening and replacing parts of your computer may void your...
... new or additional memory, or a new hard drive reinstall or replace a worn or defective part See: "System Recovery Media" on page 49 "Dell Diagnostics" on page 41 "My Dell Downloads" on page 38 support.dell.com the Service Manual at support.dell.com/manuals NOTE: In some countries, opening and replacing parts of your computer may void your...