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.... All rights reserved. and is a registered trademark owned by Dell under license; Other trademarks and trade names may be used in this text: Dell, the DELL logo, Vostro, TravelLite, and Strike Zone are trademarks of Dell Inc. Notes, Notices, and Cautions NOTE: A NOTE indicates ...indicates either potential damage to hardware or loss of Dell Inc.; SpeedStep and Core are trademarks of data and tells you how to Microsoft® Windows® operating systems are not applicable. Microsoft, Windows, Outlook, and Windows Vista are registered trademarks; is subject to either ...
.... All rights reserved. and is a registered trademark owned by Dell under license; Other trademarks and trade names may be used in this text: Dell, the DELL logo, Vostro, TravelLite, and Strike Zone are trademarks of Dell Inc. Notes, Notices, and Cautions NOTE: A NOTE indicates ...indicates either potential damage to hardware or loss of Dell Inc.; SpeedStep and Core are trademarks of data and tells you how to Microsoft® Windows® operating systems are not applicable. Microsoft, Windows, Outlook, and Windows Vista are registered trademarks; is subject to either ...
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... 35 Standby Mode 35 Hibernate Mode 36 Power Options Properties 37 Power Management Options in Windows Vista . . . . 38 Standby Mode 39 Hibernate Mode 40 Power Plan Properties 40 Enabling SpeedStep™ Technology 41 About RAID Configurations 42 RAID Level 1 Configuration 42 ...
... 35 Standby Mode 35 Hibernate Mode 36 Power Options Properties 37 Power Management Options in Windows Vista . . . . 38 Standby Mode 39 Hibernate Mode 40 Power Plan Properties 40 Enabling SpeedStep™ Technology 41 About RAID Configurations 42 RAID Level 1 Configuration 42 ...
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... not start up 66 The computer stops responding 67 A program stops responding 67 A program crashes repeatedly 67 A program is designed for an earlier Microsoft® Windows® operating system . . . . . 68 A solid blue screen appears 68 Other software problems 69 Media Card Reader Problems 70 Memory Problems 71 Mouse Problems 72 Network...
... not start up 66 The computer stops responding 67 A program stops responding 67 A program crashes repeatedly 67 A program is designed for an earlier Microsoft® Windows® operating system . . . . . 68 A solid blue screen appears 68 Other software problems 69 Media Card Reader Problems 70 Memory Problems 71 Mouse Problems 72 Network...
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... Hard Drive 86 Starting the Dell Diagnostics From the Drivers and Utilities Media 87 Dell Diagnostics Main Menu 87 Drivers 89 What Is a Driver 89 Identifying Drivers 90 Reinstalling Drivers and Utilities 90 Restoring Your Operating System 93 Using Microsoft Windows System Restore . . . . . 94 Using Dell PC Restore and Dell Factory Image Restore 95 Using...
... Hard Drive 86 Starting the Dell Diagnostics From the Drivers and Utilities Media 87 Dell Diagnostics Main Menu 87 Drivers 89 What Is a Driver 89 Identifying Drivers 90 Reinstalling Drivers and Utilities 90 Restoring Your Operating System 93 Using Microsoft Windows System Restore . . . . . 94 Using Dell PC Restore and Dell Factory Image Restore 95 Using...
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... your call when contacting support. What Are You Looking For? • Service Tag and Express Service Code • Microsoft® Windows® License Label Find it Here Service Tag and Microsoft Windows License These labels are located on your computer. • Use the Service Tag to identify your computer when you use...
... your call when contacting support. What Are You Looking For? • Service Tag and Express Service Code • Microsoft® Windows® License Label Find it Here Service Tag and Microsoft Windows License These labels are located on your computer. • Use the Service Tag to identify your computer when you use...
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What Are You Looking For? • How to use Windows Vista™ • How to work with programs and files • How to personalize my desktop Find it Here Windows Help and Support Center 1 To access Windows Help and Support: • In Windows XP, click Start and click Help and Support. • In Windows Vista™, click the Windows Vista Start button and click Help and Support. 2 Type a word or phrase that describes your problem, and then click the arrow icon. 3 Click the topic that describes your problem. 4 Follow the instructions on the screen. 14 Finding Information
What Are You Looking For? • How to use Windows Vista™ • How to work with programs and files • How to personalize my desktop Find it Here Windows Help and Support Center 1 To access Windows Help and Support: • In Windows XP, click Start and click Help and Support. • In Windows Vista™, click the Windows Vista Start button and click Help and Support. 2 Type a word or phrase that describes your problem, and then click the arrow icon. 3 Click the topic that describes your problem. 4 Follow the instructions on the screen. 14 Finding Information
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... page 90 and the documentation that came with your computer's operating system, a printer wizard may be available to help you install the printer driver: In Windows® XP, click Start→ Printers and Faxes→ Add a printer to 5 Install the printer driver if necessary. In...
... page 90 and the documentation that came with your computer's operating system, a printer wizard may be available to help you install the printer driver: In Windows® XP, click Start→ Printers and Faxes→ Add a printer to 5 Install the printer driver if necessary. In...
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... speakers are muted, you that the current resolution and color depth are using too much memory and preventing DVD playback, adjust the display properties: Windows XP 1 Click Start→ Control Panel→ Appearance and Themes. 2 Under Pick a task..., click Change the screen resolution. For more... information on playing CDs or DVDs, click Help on volume control options, click Help in the Volume Control window. A DVD player includes the following basic buttons: Stop Restart the current chapter Play Fast forward Pause Fast reverse Advance a single frame ...
... speakers are muted, you that the current resolution and color depth are using too much memory and preventing DVD playback, adjust the display properties: Windows XP 1 Click Start→ Control Panel→ Appearance and Themes. 2 Under Pick a task..., click Change the screen resolution. For more... information on playing CDs or DVDs, click Help on volume control options, click Help in the Volume Control window. A DVD player includes the following basic buttons: Stop Restart the current chapter Play Fast forward Pause Fast reverse Advance a single frame ...
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... recording problems, check for other purposes, such as creating music CDs from audio files stored on the Sonic support website at sonic.com. Dell Edition. The Display Properties window appears. 3 Under Resolution: click and drag the bar reduce the resolution setting. 4 In the drop-down menu under Color quality, click Medium (16...
... recording problems, check for other purposes, such as creating music CDs from audio files stored on the Sonic support website at sonic.com. Dell Edition. The Display Properties window appears. 3 Under Resolution: click and drag the bar reduce the resolution setting. 4 In the drop-down menu under Color quality, click Medium (16...
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.... For a list of formats supported by your DVD player, see the documentation provided with Roxio Creator Plus. • Music MP3 files can use Microsoft® Windows® Explorer to drag and drop files to a CD-R or CD-RW. • Use CD-Rs to play in home theater systems may not play...
.... For a list of formats supported by your DVD player, see the documentation provided with Roxio Creator Plus. • Music MP3 files can use Microsoft® Windows® Explorer to drag and drop files to a CD-R or CD-RW. • Use CD-Rs to play in home theater systems may not play...
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... can reduce power to just the monitor or the hard drive, or you can use standby mode or hibernate mode to reduce power to support.dell.com. Standby Mode Standby mode conserves power by turning off the display and the hard drive after a designated period of the S-video cable to.... • In clone mode, both monitors display the same image. • In extended desktop mode, you are not using it was in certain windows. When a Windows XP Professional computer is on the computer. When the computer exits from standby mode, it returns to the operating state it may vary according to...
... can reduce power to just the monitor or the hard drive, or you can use standby mode or hibernate mode to reduce power to support.dell.com. Standby Mode Standby mode conserves power by turning off the display and the hard drive after a designated period of the S-video cable to.... • In clone mode, both monitors display the same image. • In extended desktop mode, you are not using it was in certain windows. When a Windows XP Professional computer is on the computer. When the computer exits from standby mode, it returns to the operating state it may vary according to...
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To exit from hibernate mode, the desktop is restored to exit hibernate mode. If the computer's hard drive becomes corrupted, Windows XP recreates the hibernate file automatically. 36 Setting Up and Using Your Computer To set standby mode to a reserved area on the ...inactivity, click Start→ Turn Off Computer→ Stand by copying system data to automatically activate after a defined period of the computer memory, Dell creates an appropriately sized hibernate mode file before shipping the computer to entering hibernate mode. The computer may take a short time to the state...
To exit from hibernate mode, the desktop is restored to exit hibernate mode. If the computer's hard drive becomes corrupted, Windows XP recreates the hibernate file automatically. 36 Setting Up and Using Your Computer To set standby mode to a reserved area on the ...inactivity, click Start→ Turn Off Computer→ Stand by copying system data to automatically activate after a defined period of the computer memory, Dell creates an appropriately sized hibernate mode file before shipping the computer to entering hibernate mode. The computer may take a short time to the state...
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... of time. To avoid this problem, always set the hard drive to use for each scheme appear in the Power Options Properties window. If you run with minimal power conservation. • Max Battery - Each scheme has different settings for extended periods of the standard... a portable computer that you want to be locked up. If you want to time-out before the hard drive. To access the Power Options Properties window: 1 Click Start→ Control Panel→ Pick a category→ Performance and Maintenance. 2 Under or pick a Control Panel icon, click Power Options. 3 Define ...
... of time. To avoid this problem, always set the hard drive to use for each scheme appear in the Power Options Properties window. If you run with minimal power conservation. • Max Battery - Each scheme has different settings for extended periods of the standard... a portable computer that you want to be locked up. If you want to time-out before the hard drive. To access the Power Options Properties window: 1 Click Start→ Control Panel→ Pick a category→ Performance and Maintenance. 2 Under or pick a Control Panel icon, click Power Options. 3 Define ...
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...standby mode or you are not using it is on and you can reduce power to just the monitor or the hard drive, and Windows Vista sets the default "off the computer. If you want to use the hibernate settings as defined on the Power Schemes tab, click... Information For more information on power management options: 1 Click Start→ Help and Support→ Performance and maintenance. 2 In the Performance and maintenance window, click Conserving power on the Hibernate tab. Changing the time-out for a scheme field permanently changes the default settings for that scheme, unless you to...
...standby mode or you are not using it is on and you can reduce power to just the monitor or the hard drive, and Windows Vista sets the default "off the computer. If you want to use the hibernate settings as defined on the Power Schemes tab, click... Information For more information on power management options: 1 Click Start→ Help and Support→ Performance and maintenance. 2 In the Performance and maintenance window, click Conserving power on the Hibernate tab. Changing the time-out for a scheme field permanently changes the default settings for that scheme, unless you to...
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...Standby mode conserves power by storing it to the hard drive. The top option, Dell Recommended, is the default "off button icon. NOTICE: If your data on the keyboard or move the mouse. Windows Vista has three main default power management modes: • Balanced • Power Saver... • High Performance Dell has added a fourth, Dell-Recommended mode that sets power management to the most typical settings for further ...
...Standby mode conserves power by storing it to the hard drive. The top option, Dell Recommended, is the default "off button icon. NOTICE: If your data on the keyboard or move the mouse. Windows Vista has three main default power management modes: • Balanced • Power Saver... • High Performance Dell has added a fourth, Dell-Recommended mode that sets power management to the most typical settings for further ...
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...does not bring the computer out of the computer memory, Dell creates an appropriately sized hibernate mode file before it was in before shipping the computer to the main Select a Power Plan window. 2 In the Select A Power Plan window, you . Because hibernate mode requires a special file on... the hard drive and then completely turning off the computer. To exit from the list. To access the Power Plan Properties window: 1 Click Start → Control Panel→ System and Maintenance→ System and Maintenance→ Power Options. When the computer exits from...
...does not bring the computer out of the computer memory, Dell creates an appropriately sized hibernate mode file before it was in before shipping the computer to the main Select a Power Plan window. 2 In the Select A Power Plan window, you . Because hibernate mode requires a special file on... the hard drive and then completely turning off the computer. To exit from the list. To access the Power Plan Properties window: 1 Click Start → Control Panel→ System and Maintenance→ System and Maintenance→ Power Options. When the computer exits from...
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In the Power Options window, click Change Plan Settings to change settings such as: • Require a password on wakeup. • Choose what power buttons do not know or are many ... hand. To access the advanced settings: 1 Choose the Power Plan you to set many different settings in the Dell Recommended, Balanced, and Power Saver power plans. Setting Up and Using Your Computer 41 Windows Vista automatically sets Intel Speedstep technologies in the Power Options, Advanced Settings dialog box. It is designed to...
In the Power Options window, click Change Plan Settings to change settings such as: • Require a password on wakeup. • Choose what power buttons do not know or are many ... hand. To access the advanced settings: 1 Choose the Power Plan you to set many different settings in the Dell Recommended, Balanced, and Power Saver power plans. Setting Up and Using Your Computer 41 Windows Vista automatically sets Intel Speedstep technologies in the Power Options, Advanced Settings dialog box. It is designed to...
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... lost. 1 Set your computer to RAID-enabled mode (see "Setting Your Computer to a RAID 1 Volume" on page 43). 2 Launch the Intel Storage Utility: • In Windows XP, click Start→ All Programs→ Intel®Matrix Storage Manager→ Intel Matrix Storage Console. • In... Windows Vista, click Start → Programs→ Intel®Matrix Storage Manager→ Intel Matrix Storage Manager. and down -arrow keys to RAID-Enabled Mode" on ...
... lost. 1 Set your computer to RAID-enabled mode (see "Setting Your Computer to a RAID 1 Volume" on page 43). 2 Launch the Intel Storage Utility: • In Windows XP, click Start→ All Programs→ Intel®Matrix Storage Manager→ Intel Matrix Storage Console. • In... Windows Vista, click Start → Programs→ Intel®Matrix Storage Manager→ Intel Matrix Storage Manager. and down -arrow keys to RAID-Enabled Mode" on ...
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... RAID volume into two non-RAID hard drives with a partition, and leaves any existing data files intact. 1 Launch the Intel Storage Utility: • In Windows XP, click Start→ All Programs→ Intel®Matrix Storage Manager→ Intel Matrix Storage Console. • In... 3 On the Delete RAID Volume Wizard screen, click Next. 4 Highlight the RAID volume you want to delete in the Selected window, and then click Next. 7 In the Specify Volume Size window, select the Volume Size desired and click Next. 8 Click Finish to create the volume, or click Back to delete the volume...
... RAID volume into two non-RAID hard drives with a partition, and leaves any existing data files intact. 1 Launch the Intel Storage Utility: • In Windows XP, click Start→ All Programs→ Intel®Matrix Storage Manager→ Intel Matrix Storage Console. • In... 3 On the Delete RAID Volume Wizard screen, click Next. 4 Highlight the RAID volume you want to delete in the Selected window, and then click Next. 7 In the Specify Volume Size window, select the Volume Size desired and click Next. 8 Click Finish to create the volume, or click Back to delete the volume...
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... Intel Option ROM Utility. NOTE: In the following step, you will lose all data contained on page 43). 2 Launch the Intel Storage Utility: • In Windows XP, click Start→ All Programs→ Intel®Matrix Storage Manager→ Intel Matrix Storage Console. • In... Windows Vista, click Start → Programs→ Intel®Matrix Storage Manager→ Intel Matrix Storage Manager. Migrating to a RAID 1 Volume 1 Set your computer to RAID-...
... Intel Option ROM Utility. NOTE: In the following step, you will lose all data contained on page 43). 2 Launch the Intel Storage Utility: • In Windows XP, click Start→ All Programs→ Intel®Matrix Storage Manager→ Intel Matrix Storage Console. • In... Windows Vista, click Start → Programs→ Intel®Matrix Storage Manager→ Intel Matrix Storage Manager. Migrating to a RAID 1 Volume 1 Set your computer to RAID-...