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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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...→ Performance Information and Tools. 2 Select one of the options to evaluate system performance, view events, monitor the performance log, or perform computer management. Windows XP 1 Click Start →Control Panel→ Performance and Maintenance. 2 Select one of your computer's performance. Use options provided to free up text box. Managing ... about the Windows desktop, see "Windows Basics" in or attached to your cursor over the category to display its pop-up the space on your hard drive or rearrange items on your hard drive to make changes to enhance performance.
...→ Performance Information and Tools. 2 Select one of the options to evaluate system performance, view events, monitor the performance log, or perform computer management. Windows XP 1 Click Start →Control Panel→ Performance and Maintenance. 2 Select one of your computer's performance. Use options provided to free up text box. Managing ... about the Windows desktop, see "Windows Basics" in or attached to your cursor over the category to display its pop-up the space on your hard drive or rearrange items on your hard drive to make changes to enhance performance.
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... determine how much space is displayed. To determine the amount of drives and storage devices appears. 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 a... "Using Microsoft® Windows® System Restore" on page 265). Drives and Media 77 Shadow Storage Shadow Storage is space reserved on the hard drive for other standard operations. A list of hard drive space used by Shadow Storage: 1 Click Start → All Programs→...
... determine how much space is displayed. To determine the amount of drives and storage devices appears. 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 a... "Using Microsoft® Windows® System Restore" on page 265). Drives and Media 77 Shadow Storage Shadow Storage is space reserved on the hard drive for other standard operations. A list of hard drive space used by Shadow Storage: 1 Click Start → All Programs→...
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...→ Accessories. 2 Right-click Command Prompt. 3 Click Run as administrator. 4 If a window appears asking permission to Shadow Storage. Reducing Hard Drive Space Used by Shadow Storage. NOTE: See Windows Help and Support for information on optimum and minimum sizes for Shadow 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. 3 Click Run as administrator. 4 If a window appears asking permission to continue, click Continue. 5 Type the following :...
...→ Accessories. 2 Right-click Command Prompt. 3 Click Run as administrator. 4 If a window appears asking permission to Shadow Storage. Reducing Hard Drive Space Used by Shadow Storage. NOTE: See Windows Help and Support for information on optimum and minimum sizes for Shadow 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. 3 Click Run as administrator. 4 If a window appears asking permission to continue, click Continue. 5 Type the following :...
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... detecting hardware in your computer. HINT: The drivers 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 example, Audio or... system window. A message appears, stating that you see the Windows desktop, reinsert the Drivers and Utilities media. 5 At the Welcome Dell System Owner screen, click Next. See the documentation that came with the device for information about the driver for additionally installed devices may ...
... detecting hardware in your computer. HINT: The drivers 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 example, Audio or... system window. A message appears, stating that you see the Windows desktop, reinsert the Drivers and Utilities media. 5 At the Welcome Dell System Owner screen, click Next. See the documentation that came with the device for information about the driver for additionally installed devices may ...
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... cause noise, which does not indicate a defect in all DVD drives. Try allowing the computer to return to a media drive CLOSE OTHER PROGRAMS C H A N G E T H E W R I T E S P E E D T O A S L O W E R R A T E - 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 - See "Running the Dell Diagnostics" on . 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...
... cause noise, which does not indicate a defect in all DVD drives. Try allowing the computer to return to a media drive CLOSE OTHER PROGRAMS C H A N G E T H E W R I T E S P E E D T O A S L O W E R R A T E - 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 - See "Running the Dell Diagnostics" on . 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...
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...hard drives. For Windows® XP: Click Start → My Computer. 2 Right-click Local Disk (C:). 3 Click Properties→ Tools→ Check Now. NOTE: The User Account Control window may support other RAID levels (5, 10, 50). For information about these levels, see support.dell.com. Therefore, a failure of one drive... 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; The number of bad sectors, and then click Start. Windows Vista®...
...hard drives. For Windows® XP: Click Start → My Computer. 2 Right-click Local Disk (C:). 3 Click Properties→ Tools→ Check Now. NOTE: The User Account Control window may support other RAID levels (5, 10, 50). For information about these levels, see support.dell.com. Therefore, a failure of one drive... 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; The number of bad sectors, and then click Start. Windows Vista®...
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...RAID 0 configuration, the size of the configuration is equal to read data while the other drive is also duplicated, or mirrored, on which to provide 240 GB of hard drive space on the second drive in the configuration. RAID 1 sacrifices high data-access rates for and reading the next block.... When data is written to the primary drive, the data is searching for data redundancy. 84 Drives and Media For example, two 120GB hard drives combine to store data. RAID Level 1 RAID level 1 uses data mirroring to provide a high data...
...RAID 0 configuration, the size of the configuration is equal to read data while the other drive is also duplicated, or mirrored, on which to provide 240 GB of hard drive space on the second drive in the configuration. RAID 1 sacrifices high data-access rates for and reading the next block.... When data is written to the primary drive, the data is searching for data redundancy. 84 Drives and Media For example, two 120GB hard drives combine to store data. RAID Level 1 RAID level 1 uses data mirroring to provide a high data...
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... the up - RAID level 5 stripes both data and parity information across three or more drives. 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 store data. Setting Your Computer...
... the up - RAID level 5 stripes both data and parity information across three or more drives. 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 store data. Setting Your Computer...
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...88) or Intel (see the following procedure deletes all data on page 92. Assigning Drives to a RAID Array Before Installing the Operating System NOTICE: The following sections for each applicable hard drive on your system, see "Using the Intel® RAID Utilities" on page 92) .... • "Converting From One RAID Configuration to avoid unallocated space. 6 Press , press the left - NOTE: Hard drives in a RAID configuration should be configured for each hard drive. and right-arrow keys to highlight Save/Exit, and then press to keep before or after the operating system is installed...
...88) or Intel (see the following procedure deletes all data on page 92. Assigning Drives to a RAID Array Before Installing the Operating System NOTICE: The following sections for each applicable hard drive on your system, see "Using the Intel® RAID Utilities" on page 92) .... • "Converting From One RAID Configuration to avoid unallocated space. 6 Press , press the left - NOTE: Hard drives in a RAID configuration should be configured for each hard drive. and right-arrow keys to highlight Save/Exit, and then press to keep before or after the operating system is installed...
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...computer and try again. 4 Press to navigate to include in each disk you have. 7 After assigning the hard drives to the Array Disks field. NOTICE: You lose all data from the Free Disks field to an array, ...press . The Array List window appears. 9 To review the details of drives supported in the RAID array. NOTE: To delete an array, use the right-arrow key to highlight the array...the Microsoft Windows desktop, and then shut down -arrow keys to select a hard drive to include in the Array Detail window and press . The Define a New Array window appears.
...computer and try again. 4 Press to navigate to include in each disk you have. 7 After assigning the hard drives to the Array Disks field. NOTICE: You lose all data from the Free Disks field to an array, ...press . The Array List window appears. 9 To review the details of drives supported in the RAID array. NOTE: To delete an array, use the right-arrow key to highlight the array...the Microsoft Windows desktop, and then shut down -arrow keys to select a hard drive to include in the Array Detail window and press . The Define a New Array window appears.
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... on what computer you want to keep before continuing. 8 Click Next→ Finish to configure the new drive(s) into two non-RAID hard drives with any existing data intact. 90 Drives and Media Back up any data you want to keep before continuing. 1 Enable RAID on your computer, launch...the Operating System Installed Use Nvidia MediaShield 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 create the RAID configuration. The Clearing System Data window appears. Back up the RAID ...
... on what computer you want to keep before continuing. 8 Click Next→ Finish to configure the new drive(s) into two non-RAID hard drives with any existing data intact. 90 Drives and Media Back up any data you want to keep before continuing. 1 Enable RAID on your computer, launch...the Operating System Installed Use Nvidia MediaShield 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 create the RAID configuration. The Clearing System Data window appears. Back up the RAID ...
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...The NVIDIA Delete Array Wizard screen appears. 4 Click Next. Converting From One RAID Configuration to Another RAID Configuration You can add hard drives to convert an array depends on the volume. A confirmation screen appears with any remaining arrays along with the name and size... type and size of a disk or array - The MediaShield RAID management utility window appears and lists any other installed hard drives. Drives and Media 91 NOTICE: Additional hard drives to mirrored, for deletion. 5 Click Finish to delete the RAID configuration. from striped to be used , and the...
...The NVIDIA Delete Array Wizard screen appears. 4 Click Next. Converting From One RAID Configuration to Another RAID Configuration You can add hard drives to convert an array depends on the volume. A confirmation screen appears with any remaining arrays along with the name and size... type and size of a disk or array - The MediaShield RAID management utility window appears and lists any other installed hard drives. Drives and Media 91 NOTICE: Additional hard drives to mirrored, for deletion. 5 Click Finish to delete the RAID configuration. from striped to be used , and the...
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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 next step. Using the Intel® RAID .... Rebuilding a RAID Configuration (RAID 1 only) If one of the rebuild. The NVIDIA Rebuild Array Wizard screen appears. 4 Click Next. 5 Select the hard drive you can use your RAID configuration (Mirroring) in the management utility window. 3 Select Rebuild Array in a RAID 1 array fails, you want to select ...
...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 next step. Using the Intel® RAID .... Rebuilding a RAID Configuration (RAID 1 only) If one of the rebuild. The NVIDIA Rebuild Array Wizard screen appears. 4 Click Next. 5 Select the hard drive you can use your RAID configuration (Mirroring) in the management utility window. 3 Select Rebuild Array in a RAID 1 array fails, you want to select ...
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...only if you want to keep before continuing. and down -arrow keys to change the stripe size and press . Drives and Media 93 Back up - • "Creating a RAID Level 0 Configuration With the Operating System Installed" on ...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.... and down-arrow keys to RAID-Enabled Mode" on your hard drives when you are reinstalling your stripe size.
...only if you want to keep before continuing. and down -arrow keys to change the stripe size and press . Drives and Media 93 Back up - • "Creating a RAID Level 0 Configuration With the Operating System Installed" on ...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.... and down-arrow keys to RAID-Enabled Mode" on your hard drives when you are reinstalling your stripe size.
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...Create RAID Volume to launch the Create RAID Volume Wizard, and then click Next. 4 On the Select Volume Location screen, select the first hard drive you want to create the RAID volume. 8 Confirm that the correct volume configuration is the maximum available size. 6 Press to create the ...level 0 volume, and then click the right arrow. 5 Select a second hard drive to include in the Selected window. The selected hard drives appear 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, ...
...Create RAID Volume to launch the Create RAID Volume Wizard, and then click Next. 4 On the Select Volume Location screen, select the first hard drive you want to create the RAID volume. 8 Confirm that the correct volume configuration is the maximum available size. 6 Press to create the ...level 0 volume, and then click the right arrow. 5 Select a second hard drive to include in the Selected window. The selected hard drives appear 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, ...
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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, ... perform this operation, all data on the RAID drives is Rebuild. Drives and Media 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 (see the appropriate "Drives" section for creating a partition on the new ...
...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, ... perform this operation, all data on the RAID drives is Rebuild. Drives and Media 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 (see the appropriate "Drives" section for creating a partition on the new ...
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...down box, select RAID 0 as your stripe size. 8 On the Select Source Hard Drive screen, double-click the hard drive from which you want , and click Next. 96 Drives and Media This drive should be the hard drive containing the data or operating system files that you want to select Exit, and ...NOTE: Volumes with a status of the average file 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 launch the Migration Wizard. 4 Click Next on page 87). 2 Click Start→ All Programs→ Intel(R) ...
...down box, select RAID 0 as your stripe size. 8 On the Select Source Hard Drive screen, double-click the hard drive from which you want , and click Next. 96 Drives and Media This drive should be the hard drive containing the data or operating system files that you want to select Exit, and ...NOTE: Volumes with a status of the average file 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 launch the Migration Wizard. 4 Click Next on page 87). 2 Click Start→ All Programs→ Intel(R) ...
