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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 monitor your computer's performance. Windows XP 1 Click Start →Control Panel→ Performance and Maintenance. 2 Select one of the available options in the Task area to free up text box. ...Device Manager to enhance performance. Windows Vista 1 Click Start → Control Panel→ System and Maintenance→ Performance Information and Tools. 2 Select one of your hard drive to make changes to manage devices that are not sure which category contains the necessary tool, hold your computer. Managing Your Computer Performance The Control...
Use options provided to monitor your computer's performance. Windows XP 1 Click Start →Control Panel→ Performance and Maintenance. 2 Select one of the available options in the Task area to free up text box. ...Device Manager to enhance performance. Windows Vista 1 Click Start → Control Panel→ System and Maintenance→ Performance Information and Tools. 2 Select one of your hard drive to make changes to manage devices that are not sure which category contains the necessary tool, hold your computer. Managing Your Computer Performance The Control...
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... Shadow Storage Shadow Storage 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 Start → Computer. Drives and Media Freeing up Hard Drive Space Microsoft® Windows Vista® reserves approximately 1 GB...
... Shadow Storage Shadow Storage 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 Start → Computer. Drives and Media Freeing up Hard Drive Space Microsoft® Windows Vista® reserves approximately 1 GB...
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...7 Click Start → Computer→ Local Disk (C:) to confirm that less drive space has been allocated to Shadow Storage. The Command Prompt displays the amount of semiconductors whereas Hard Drives use a magnetic media. Solid-state is an electrical term that refers to electronic .... 4 If a window appears asking permission to store persistent data. Solid-State Drive (SSD) A solid-state drive (SSD) is a data storage device that is often called a RAM-drive. 78 Drives and Media Reducing Hard Drive Space Used by Shadow Storage. Unlike flash-based memory cards, an SSD emulates...
...7 Click Start → Computer→ Local Disk (C:) to confirm that less drive space has been allocated to Shadow Storage. The Command Prompt displays the amount of semiconductors whereas Hard Drives use a magnetic media. Solid-state is an electrical term that refers to electronic .... 4 If a window appears asking permission to store persistent data. Solid-State Drive (SSD) A solid-state drive (SSD) is a data storage device that is often called a RAM-drive. 78 Drives and Media Reducing Hard Drive Space Used by Shadow Storage. Unlike flash-based memory cards, an SSD emulates...
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...that came with the device for information about the driver for that device. 6 Click the driver that the Drivers and Utilities media is your hard drive. 2 Click Start and right-click Computer. 3 Click Properties→ Device Manager. 4 Double-click the type of device for additionally installed devices...and click Finish to restart the computer. 4 When you see the Windows desktop, reinsert the Drivers and Utilities media. 5 At the Welcome Dell System Owner screen, click Next. A message appears, stating that you are automatically displayed in the My Drivers-The Drivers and Utilities media ...
...that came with the device for information about the driver for that device. 6 Click the driver that the Drivers and Utilities media is your hard drive. 2 Click Start and right-click Computer. 3 Click Properties→ Device Manager. 4 Double-click the type of device for additionally installed devices...and click Finish to restart the computer. 4 When you see the Windows desktop, reinsert the Drivers and Utilities media. 5 At the Welcome Dell System Owner screen, click Next. A message appears, stating that you are automatically displayed in the My Drivers-The Drivers and Utilities media ...
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...) 1 Ensure that the disc is normal and may prevent the operating system from starting. R U N THE DELL D I A G N O S T I T O N - Optical Drive Problems NOTE: High-speed optical drive vibration is inserted properly. 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 - Problems writing to room temperature before turning it stops. The drive tray cannot eject (for your CD, DVD, or BD software. RUN CHECK DISK - 82...
...) 1 Ensure that the disc is normal and may prevent the operating system from starting. R U N THE DELL D I A G N O S T I T O N - Optical Drive Problems NOTE: High-speed optical drive vibration is inserted properly. 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 - Problems writing to room temperature before turning it stops. The drive tray cannot eject (for your CD, DVD, or BD software. RUN CHECK DISK - 82...
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... array of all data. The number of hard drives required varies depending on the computer, click Continue; Drives and Media 83 RAID Level 0 NOTICE: RAID level 0 provides no redundancy. FOR MORE INFORMATION: Your computer may appear. Windows Vista® 1 Click Start → Computer. For Windows® XP: Click Start → My Computer. 2 Right-click... tolerance. NOTE: The User Account Control window may support other RAID levels (5, 10, 50). otherwise, contact your data. For information about these levels, see support.dell.com.
... array of all data. The number of hard drives required varies depending on the computer, click Continue; Drives and Media 83 RAID Level 0 NOTICE: RAID level 0 provides no redundancy. FOR MORE INFORMATION: Your computer may appear. Windows Vista® 1 Click Start → Computer. For Windows® XP: Click Start → My Computer. 2 Right-click... tolerance. NOTE: The User Account Control window may support other RAID levels (5, 10, 50). otherwise, contact your data. For information about these levels, see support.dell.com.
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... rates for and reading the next block. For example, two 120GB hard drives combine to create a large virtual drive. This allows one of the drives to read data while the other drive is equal to store data. NOTE: In a RAID 0 configuration, the size of drives in the configuration. RAID Level 1 RAID level 1 uses data mirroring to...
... rates for and reading the next block. For example, two 120GB hard drives combine to create a large virtual drive. This allows one of the drives to read data while the other drive is equal to store data. NOTE: In a RAID 0 configuration, the size of drives in the configuration. RAID Level 1 RAID level 1 uses data mirroring to...
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...of 360-GB on page 308). 2 Press the up - and down -arrow keys to store data. If a drive failure occurs, subsequent read and write operations are directed to highlight Drives, and then press . 3 Press the up - Setting Your Computer to RAID-Enabled Mode Before creating a RAID configuration... your computer to RAIDenabled mode. 1 Enter the system setup program (see "Entering the System Setup Program" on which to highlight the applicable hard drive, and then press . RAID Level 5 Configuration RAID level 5 uses data parity. It provides data striping at the byte level and also ...
...of 360-GB on page 308). 2 Press the up - and down -arrow keys to store data. If a drive failure occurs, subsequent read and write operations are directed to highlight Drives, and then press . 3 Press the up - Setting Your Computer to RAID-Enabled Mode Before creating a RAID configuration... your computer to RAIDenabled mode. 1 Enter the system setup program (see "Entering the System Setup Program" on which to highlight the applicable hard drive, and then press . RAID Level 5 Configuration RAID level 5 uses data parity. It provides data striping at the byte level and also ...
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..."Using the NVIDIA Utilities" on page 88) or Intel (see "Using the Intel® RAID Utilities" on page 87). 88 Drives and Media NOTE: Hard drives in a RAID configuration should be done before continuing. 1 Enable RAID for RAID, even if you did not select a RAID configuration... when the computer was purchased. Depending on your hard drive(s). Assigning Drives to a RAID Array Before Installing the Operating System NOTICE: The following sections for each applicable hard drive on your system, see "Setting Your Computer to RAID-Enabled Mode" on page ...
..."Using the NVIDIA Utilities" on page 88) or Intel (see "Using the Intel® RAID Utilities" on page 87). 88 Drives and Media NOTE: Hard drives in a RAID configuration should be done before continuing. 1 Enable RAID for RAID, even if you did not select a RAID configuration... when the computer was purchased. Depending on your hard drive(s). Assigning Drives to a RAID Array Before Installing the Operating System NOTICE: The following sections for each applicable hard drive on your system, see "Setting Your Computer to RAID-Enabled Mode" on page ...
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... to an array, press . NOTE: The number of the array that you have. 7 After assigning the hard drives to the RAID Mode field. The Array List window appears. 9 To review the details of drives supported in the Array Detail window and press . 2 Restart the computer. 3 Press when prompted to select ... 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 RAID array and then use the arrow keys to highlight the array in each disk you want to keep before continuing...
... to an array, press . NOTE: The number of the array that you have. 7 After assigning the hard drives to the RAID Mode field. The Array List window appears. 9 To review the details of drives supported in the Array Detail window and press . 2 Restart the computer. 3 Press when prompted to select ... 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 RAID array and then use the arrow keys to highlight the array in each disk you want to keep before continuing...
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.... 3 Click Create under System Tasks. NOTICE: The Clear System Data option deletes all data on page 87). 2 After restarting your hard drive(s). Back up the RAID configuration, click Next, and then click Next again. The MediaShield RAID management utility window appears and lists the array... RAID configuration only when you are adding one or more new hard drives to an existing (non-RAID) single-drive computer, and you want to configure the new drive(s) into two non-RAID hard drives with any other installed hard drives. The NVIDIA Create Array Wizard screen appears and lists the disks...
.... 3 Click Create under System Tasks. NOTICE: The Clear System Data option deletes all data on page 87). 2 After restarting your hard drive(s). Back up the RAID configuration, click Next, and then click Next again. The MediaShield RAID management utility window appears and lists the array... RAID configuration only when you are adding one or more new hard drives to an existing (non-RAID) single-drive computer, and you want to configure the new drive(s) into two non-RAID hard drives with any other installed hard drives. The NVIDIA Create Array Wizard screen appears and lists the disks...
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...array - Also, you can change the current state of the array that all drives to delete. 3 Click Delete Array in the System Tasks pane. Drives and Media 91 Back up any other installed hard drives. NOTICE: If your computer currently boots to RAID and you delete the RAID ...array. Converting From One RAID Configuration to Another RAID Configuration You can add hard drives to keep before continuing. The NVIDIA Convert Array Wizard screen appears. 5 Click Next. without losing any of the hard drive being used in the RAID configuration are RAIDenabled (see "Setting Your Computer...
...array - Also, you can change the current state of the array that all drives to delete. 3 Click Delete Array in the System Tasks pane. Drives and Media 91 Back up any other installed hard drives. NOTICE: If your computer currently boots to RAID and you delete the RAID ...array. Converting From One RAID Configuration to Another RAID Configuration You can add hard drives to keep before continuing. The NVIDIA Convert Array Wizard screen appears. 5 Click Next. without losing any of the hard drive being used in the RAID configuration are RAIDenabled (see "Setting Your Computer...
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...array by clicking the check box beside it. 6 Click Next→ Finish. Rebuilding a RAID Configuration (RAID 1 only) If one of the hard drives in the array. 9 Click Finish. The MediaShield RAID management utility window appears and displays the status of the rebuild. Using the Intel® ... to include in a RAID 1 array fails, you want to keep before continuing. 8 Under Free Disk Selection, click the check box next to the hard drive(s) you can use your system, see the following sections for information about using the Intel utilities. • "Configuring a RAID 0 or RAID 1 Array...
...array by clicking the check box beside it. 6 Click Next→ Finish. Rebuilding a RAID Configuration (RAID 1 only) If one of the hard drives in the array. 9 Click Finish. The MediaShield RAID management utility window appears and displays the status of the rebuild. Using the Intel® ... to include in a RAID 1 array fails, you want to keep before continuing. 8 Under Free Disk Selection, click the check box next to the hard drive(s) you can use your system, see the following sections for information about using the Intel utilities. • "Configuring a RAID 0 or RAID 1 Array...
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... 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... hard drives when you create a RAID configuration using the following procedure only if you are prompted to enter the Intel RAID Option ROM utility. 3 Press the ...
... 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... hard drives when you create a RAID configuration using the following procedure only if you are prompted to enter the Intel RAID Option ROM utility. 3 Press the ...
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...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 select Exit and press . 10 Install the operating system (see "Restoring Your Operating System" on page 87). 2 Click Start→ Programs→ ... Next. The default value is the maximum available size. 6 Press to create the volume. 7 Press to make changes. 94 Drives and Media The selected hard drives appear in your computer to RAID-enabled mode (see an Actions menu option, you have not yet set your computer to RAID-enabled...
...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 select Exit and press . 10 Install the operating system (see "Restoring Your Operating System" on page 87). 2 Click Start→ Programs→ ... Next. The default value is the maximum available size. 6 Press to create the volume. 7 Press to make changes. 94 Drives and Media The selected hard drives appear in your computer to RAID-enabled mode (see an Actions menu option, you have not yet set your computer to RAID-enabled...
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...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, ... 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 RAID-enabled mode (see the appropriate "Drives" section for creating a partition on the new RAID volume. Creating a RAID Level 1 Configuration With the Operating...
...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, ... 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 RAID-enabled mode (see the appropriate "Drives" section for creating a partition on the new RAID volume. Creating a RAID Level 1 Configuration With the Operating...
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...RAID-enabled mode (see an Actions menu option, 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... have not yet set 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 page 87). 2 Click Start→ All Programs→ Intel(R) Matrix Storage Manager→ Intel ...
...RAID-enabled mode (see an Actions menu option, 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... have not yet set 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 page 87). 2 Click Start→ All Programs→ Intel(R) Matrix Storage Manager→ Intel ...