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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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...8594; Performance Information and Tools. 2 Select one of the options to display its pop-up the space on your hard drive or rearrange items on your hard drive to make changes to your cursor over the category to evaluate system performance, view events, monitor the performance log,... or perform computer management. If you to manage and improve your computer. Windows XP 1 Click Start →Control Panel→ Performance ...
...8594; Performance Information and Tools. 2 Select one of the options to display its pop-up the space on your hard drive or rearrange items on your hard drive to make changes to your cursor over the category to evaluate system performance, view events, monitor the performance log,... or perform computer management. If you to manage and improve your computer. Windows XP 1 Click Start →Control Panel→ Performance ...
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.... Shadow Storage Shadow Storage is space reserved on the hard drive for other standard operations. Drives and Media 77 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 conducting...Restore (see "Using Microsoft® Windows® System Restore" on page 265). To determine the amount of drives and storage devices appears. A list of hard drive space used by Shadow Storage: 1 Click Start → All Programs→ Accessories. 2 Right-click Command...
.... Shadow Storage Shadow Storage is space reserved on the hard drive for other standard operations. Drives and Media 77 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 conducting...Restore (see "Using Microsoft® Windows® System Restore" on page 265). To determine the amount of drives and storage devices appears. A list of hard drive space used by Shadow Storage: 1 Click Start → All Programs→ Accessories. 2 Right-click Command...
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... allow for this storage area. Solid-State Drive (SSD) A solid-state drive (SSD) is a data storage device 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. 3 Click Run as... administrator. 4 If a window appears asking permission to electronic circuitry that is often called a RAM-drive. 78 Drives and Media Reducing Hard Drive Space Used by Shadow Storage. Solid-state...
... allow for this storage area. Solid-State Drive (SSD) A solid-state drive (SSD) is a data storage device 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. 3 Click Run as... administrator. 4 If a window appears asking permission to electronic circuitry that is often called a RAM-drive. 78 Drives and Media Reducing Hard Drive Space Used by Shadow Storage. Solid-state...
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...appears, stating that you want to 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. Manually ... Utilities media. See the documentation that came with the device for information about the driver for example, Audio or Video). 80 Drives and Media The drivers used by your computer are installing the driver (for that device. 6 Click the driver that the Drivers...
...appears, stating that you want to 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. Manually ... Utilities media. See the documentation that came with the device for information about the driver for example, Audio or Video). 80 Drives and Media The drivers used by your computer are installing the driver (for that device. 6 Click the driver that the Drivers...
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... is normal and may prevent the operating system from starting. The drive tray cannot eject (for your CD, DVD, or BD software. NOTE: Because of the drive, and then push firmly until the tray 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 - ...it stops. See the help files for drives that are not slot-loading) 1 Ensure that the disc is partially ejected. 3 Gently pull out the tray until it on page 281. R U N THE DELL D I A G N O S T I T O N - A hot hard drive may cause noise, which does not indicate...
... is normal and may prevent the operating system from starting. The drive tray cannot eject (for your CD, DVD, or BD software. NOTE: Because of the drive, and then push firmly until the tray 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 - ...it stops. See the help files for drives that are not slot-loading) 1 Ensure that the disc is partially ejected. 3 Gently pull out the tray until it on page 281. R U N THE DELL D I A G N O S T I T O N - A hot hard drive may cause noise, which does not indicate...
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...check Scan for higher performance and fault tolerance. The number of hard drives required varies depending on the computer, click Continue; For Windows® XP: Click Start → My Computer. 2 Right-click Local... Disk (C:). 3 Click Properties→ Tools→ Check Now. otherwise, contact your data. Therefore, a failure of one drive results in this section. For information about these levels, see support.dell.com. RAID Level 0 NOTICE: RAID level 0 provides no redundancy. NOTE: RAID requires multiple hard drives...
...check Scan for higher performance and fault tolerance. The number of hard drives required varies depending on the computer, click Continue; For Windows® XP: Click Start → My Computer. 2 Right-click Local... Disk (C:). 3 Click Properties→ Tools→ Check Now. otherwise, contact your data. Therefore, a failure of one drive results in this section. For information about these levels, see support.dell.com. RAID Level 0 NOTICE: RAID level 0 provides no redundancy. NOTE: RAID requires multiple hard drives...
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... a RAID 0 configuration, the size of the configuration is equal to create a large virtual drive. For example, two 120GB hard drives combine to provide 240 GB of data sequentially across the physical drive(s) to the size of the smallest drive multiplied by the number of drives in the configuration. RAID 0 uses the full storage capacities of the...
... a RAID 0 configuration, the size of the configuration is equal to create a large virtual drive. For example, two 120GB hard drives combine to provide 240 GB of data sequentially across the physical drive(s) to the size of the smallest drive multiplied by the number of drives in the configuration. RAID 0 uses the full storage capacities of the...
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...and down -arrow keys to the other surviving drives. RAID level 5 stripes both data and parity information across three or more drives. If a drive failure occurs, subsequent read and write operations are directed to highlight the applicable hard drive, and then press . Also, because data is... duplicated on the primary and additional drives, four 120-GB RAID level 1 drives collectively have a maximum ...
...and down -arrow keys to the other surviving drives. RAID level 5 stripes both data and parity information across three or more drives. If a drive failure occurs, subsequent read and write operations are directed to highlight the applicable hard drive, and then press . Also, because data is... duplicated on the primary and additional drives, four 120-GB RAID level 1 drives collectively have a maximum ...
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...) or Intel (see the following procedure deletes all data on your system, see "Using the Intel® RAID Utilities" on your hard drive(s). Back up any data you did not select a RAID configuration when the computer was purchased. and right-arrow keys to highlight RAID...size to a RAID Array Before Installing the Operating System NOTICE: The following sections for each hard drive. 4 Press the left - NOTE: Hard drives in a RAID configuration should be configured for each applicable hard drive on your computer (see "Setting Your Computer to RAID-Enabled Mode" on page 92. ...
...) or Intel (see the following procedure deletes all data on your system, see "Using the Intel® RAID Utilities" on your hard drive(s). Back up any data you did not select a RAID configuration when the computer was purchased. and right-arrow keys to highlight RAID...size to a RAID Array Before Installing the Operating System NOTICE: The following sections for each hard drive. 4 Press the left - NOTE: Hard drives in a RAID configuration should be configured for each applicable hard drive on your computer (see "Setting Your Computer to RAID-Enabled Mode" on page 92. ...
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...select Striping. Back up any data you see the Microsoft Windows desktop, and then shut down -arrow keys to select a hard drive to move the selected drive from the selected drives. NOTE: The number of the array that you want to keep before continuing. 8 Press to clear all data on ...what computer you have. 7 After assigning the hard drives to an array, press . The Array List window appears. 9 To review the details of drives supported in the Array Detail window and press . Repeat these steps for each RAID array varies, depending...
...select Striping. Back up any data you see the Microsoft Windows desktop, and then shut down -arrow keys to select a hard drive to move the selected drive from the selected drives. NOTE: The number of the array that you want to keep before continuing. 8 Press to clear all data on ...what computer you have. 7 After assigning the hard drives to an array, press . The Array List window appears. 9 To review the details of drives supported in the Array Detail window and press . Repeat these steps for each RAID array varies, depending...
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...Striping (RAID 0) or Mirroring (RAID 1). 6 Click Next. NOTICE: The Clear System Data option deletes all data on page 87). 2 After restarting your hard drive(s). The NVIDIA Create Array Wizard screen appears and lists the disks that are available for configuration. 4 Click Next→ Custom→ Next. 5 Use the... to create a 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 data you want to keep before continuing. 8 Click Next→ ...
...Striping (RAID 0) or Mirroring (RAID 1). 6 Click Next. NOTICE: The Clear System Data option deletes all data on page 87). 2 After restarting your hard drive(s). The NVIDIA Create Array Wizard screen appears and lists the disks that are available for configuration. 4 Click Next→ Custom→ Next. 5 Use the... to create a 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 data you want to keep before continuing. 8 Click Next→ ...
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...and the operating system. Also, you want to Another RAID Configuration You can add hard drives to delete. 3 Click Delete Array in the System Tasks pane. Drives and Media 91 NOTICE: Additional hard drives to be used in the array must be used in the RAID configuration are RAIDenabled ...to convert. 4 Click Convert Array in the System Tasks pane. without losing any other installed hard drives. The NVIDIA Delete Array Wizard screen appears. 4 Click Next. Back up any of the drives in the current configuration. 1 Ensure that you want to delete the RAID configuration. A ...
...and the operating system. Also, you want to Another RAID Configuration You can add hard drives to delete. 3 Click Delete Array in the System Tasks pane. Drives and Media 91 NOTICE: Additional hard drives to be used in the array must be used in the RAID configuration are RAIDenabled ...to convert. 4 Click Convert Array in the System Tasks pane. without losing any other installed hard drives. The NVIDIA Delete Array Wizard screen appears. 4 Click Next. Back up any of the drives in the current configuration. 1 Ensure that you want to delete the RAID configuration. A ...
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... 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 MediaShield RAID management utility window appears and displays the ... Nvidia MediaShield. 2 Click to rebuild by clicking the check box beside it. 6 Click Next→ Finish. Back up any other installed hard drives. Rebuilding a RAID Configuration (RAID 1 only) If one of the rebuild. 6 Under RAID Mode Selection, select Mirroring or Striping from the dropdown menu. ...
... 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 MediaShield RAID management utility window appears and displays the ... Nvidia MediaShield. 2 Click to rebuild by clicking the check box beside it. 6 Click Next→ Finish. Back up any other installed hard drives. Rebuilding a RAID Configuration (RAID 1 only) If one of the rebuild. 6 Under RAID Mode Selection, select Mirroring or Striping from the dropdown menu. ...
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...volume. b Press the up - and down-arrow keys to select RAID0 (Stripe). and down -arrow keys to change the stripe size and press . Drives and Media 93 and down -arrow keys to highlight Create RAID Volume, and press . 4 Enter a RAID volume name or accept the default, and ... 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...
...volume. b Press the up - and down-arrow keys to select RAID0 (Stripe). and down -arrow keys to change the stripe size and press . Drives and Media 93 and down -arrow keys to highlight Create RAID Volume, and press . 4 Enter a RAID volume name or accept the default, and ... 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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...data on page 87). 2 Click Start→ Programs→ Intel(R) Matrix Storage Manager→ Intel Matrix Storage Console. NOTE: To add a third hard drive in your RAID level 0 volume, and then click the right arrow. The default value is displayed on page 265). The selected... hard drives appear in your RAID level 0 volume, and then click the right arrow. 5 Select a second hard drive to select RAID1 (Mirror). 5 Select the desired capacity for the volume and press . and down -arrow...
...data on page 87). 2 Click Start→ Programs→ Intel(R) Matrix Storage Manager→ Intel Matrix Storage Console. NOTE: To add a third hard drive in your RAID level 0 volume, and then click the right arrow. The default value is displayed on page 265). The selected... hard drives appear in your RAID level 0 volume, and then click the right arrow. 5 Select a second hard drive to select RAID1 (Mirror). 5 Select the desired capacity for the volume and press . and down -arrow...
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... 95 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. Recovering From a Single Hard Drive Failure (RAID 1) NOTE: Perform the following steps only after you have not yet set your...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 ...
... 95 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. Recovering From a Single Hard Drive Failure (RAID 1) NOTE: Perform the following steps only after you have not yet set your...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 ...
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...use your stripe size. 8 On the Select Source Hard Drive screen, double-click the hard drive from the drop-down -arrow keys to the operating system and begins rebuilding the RAID volume automatically. This drive should be the hard drive containing the data or operating system files that you want... On the Actions menu, select Create RAID Volume From Existing Hard Drive to launch the Migration Wizard. 4 Click Next 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 migrate, and click Next. The stripe size should be...
...use your stripe size. 8 On the Select Source Hard Drive screen, double-click the hard drive from the drop-down -arrow keys to the operating system and begins rebuilding the RAID volume automatically. This drive should be the hard drive containing the data or operating system files that you want... On the Actions menu, select Create RAID Volume From Existing Hard Drive to launch the Migration Wizard. 4 Click Next 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 migrate, and click Next. The stripe size should be...