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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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... Using the Control Panel FOR MORE INFORMATION: To learn more about the Windows desktop, see "Windows Basics" in or attached to your computer. Windows XP 1 Click Start →Control Panel→ Performance and Maintenance. 2 Select one of the options to evaluate system performance, view events, monitor the ...which category contains the necessary tool, hold 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 programs run faster, and so on page 125 for you to manage and improve your computer's performance and ...
... Using the Control Panel FOR MORE INFORMATION: To learn more about the Windows desktop, see "Windows Basics" in or attached to your computer. Windows XP 1 Click Start →Control Panel→ Performance and Maintenance. 2 Select one of the options to evaluate system performance, view events, monitor the ...which category contains the necessary tool, hold 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 programs run faster, and so on page 125 for you to manage and improve your computer's performance and ...
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... approximately 1 GB on page 265). To determine how much space is displayed. To determine the amount of drives and storage devices appears. The free space on drive C (the hard drive) is available for other standard operations. A list of hard drive space used by Shadow Storage: 1 Click Start → All Programs→ Accessories. 2 Right-click Command Prompt...
... approximately 1 GB on page 265). To determine how much space is displayed. To determine the amount of drives and storage devices appears. The free space on drive C (the hard drive) is available for other standard operations. A list of hard drive space used by Shadow Storage: 1 Click Start → All Programs→ Accessories. 2 Right-click Command Prompt...
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... easily replacing it in most applications. The Command Prompt displays the amount of a flash memory, 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 : vssadmin list shadowstorage. 6 Press . NOTE: See ...
... easily replacing it in most applications. The Command Prompt displays the amount of a flash memory, 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 : vssadmin list shadowstorage. 6 Press . NOTE: See ...
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... 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 which you see the Windows desktop, reinsert the Drivers and Utilities media. 5 At the Welcome Dell System Owner screen, click Next. If this is...
... 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 which you see the Windows desktop, reinsert the Drivers and Utilities media. 5 At the Welcome Dell System Owner screen, click Next. If this is...
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... out the tray until the tray is inserted properly. Problems writing to room temperature before turning it stops. 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 - 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 - R U N THE DELL D I A G N O S T I T O N - The drive makes a scraping or grinding sound • Ensure that the sound is not caused by a program. • Ensure that...
... out the tray until the tray is inserted properly. Problems writing to room temperature before turning it stops. 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 - 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 - R U N THE DELL D I A G N O S T I T O N - The drive makes a scraping or grinding sound • Ensure that the sound is not caused by a program. • Ensure that...
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... loss of hard drives required varies depending on the computer, click Continue; otherwise, contact your administrator to continue the desired action. 4 Click to protect your data. The number of all data. RAID Level 0 NOTICE: RAID level 0 provides no redundancy. For Windows® XP: Click Start...need a high level of independent disks (RAID) is recommended for higher performance and fault tolerance. For information about these levels, see support.dell.com. Windows Vista® 1 Click Start → Computer. Working with RAID A redundant array of data integrity. • RAID ...
... loss of hard drives required varies depending on the computer, click Continue; otherwise, contact your administrator to continue the desired action. 4 Click to protect your data. The number of all data. RAID Level 0 NOTICE: RAID level 0 provides no redundancy. For Windows® XP: Click Start...need a high level of independent disks (RAID) is recommended for higher performance and fault tolerance. For information about these levels, see support.dell.com. Windows Vista® 1 Click Start → Computer. Working with RAID A redundant array of data integrity. • RAID ...
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...drives to read data while the other drive is equal to create a large virtual drive. For example, two 120GB hard drives combine to provide 240 GB of the configuration is searching for data redundancy. 84 Drives and Media NOTE: In a RAID 0 configuration, the size of hard drive space on the second drive... in the configuration. RAID Level 1 RAID level 1 uses data mirroring to store data. When data is written to provide a high data access rate. RAID level 0 uses data striping to the primary drive, the data is also ...
...drives to read data while the other drive is equal to create a large virtual drive. For example, two 120GB hard drives combine to provide 240 GB of the configuration is searching for data redundancy. 84 Drives and Media NOTE: In a RAID 0 configuration, the size of hard drive space on the second drive... in the configuration. RAID Level 1 RAID level 1 uses data mirroring to store data. When data is written to provide a high data access rate. RAID level 0 uses data striping to the primary drive, the data is also ...
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... Enter the system setup program (see "Entering the System Setup Program" on which to the other surviving drives. and down -arrow keys to highlight the applicable hard drive, and then press . This results in excellent performance and good fault tolerance. It provides data striping at... the byte level and also stripe error correction information (rotating parity array). and down -arrow keys to highlight Drives, and then press ....
... Enter the system setup program (see "Entering the System Setup Program" on which to the other surviving drives. and down -arrow keys to highlight the applicable hard drive, and then press . This results in excellent performance and good fault tolerance. It provides data striping at... the byte level and also stripe error correction information (rotating parity array). and down -arrow keys to highlight Drives, and then press ....
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... should be configured for each hard drive. Using the NVIDIA Utilities If installed on your hard drive(s). and right-arrow keys to highlight RAID On, and then press . 5 Repeat the process, as needed, for information about using the NVIDIA utilities. • "Assigning Drives to a RAID Array Before ...to highlight Save/Exit, and then press to a RAID Array Before Installing the Operating System NOTICE: The following sections for each applicable hard drive on your computer (see "Using the Intel® RAID Utilities" on page 92. Configuring RAID Your computer can be done before ...
... should be configured for each hard drive. Using the NVIDIA Utilities If installed on your hard drive(s). and right-arrow keys to highlight RAID On, and then press . 5 Repeat the process, as needed, for information about using the NVIDIA utilities. • "Assigning Drives to a RAID Array Before ...to highlight Save/Exit, and then press to a RAID Array Before Installing the Operating System NOTICE: The following sections for each applicable hard drive on your computer (see "Using the Intel® RAID Utilities" on page 92. Configuring RAID Your computer can be done before ...
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... right-arrow key to move the selected drive from the selected drives. Drives and Media 89 Back up - NOTE: 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 the Free Disks field. 6 Use... the up any data you have. 7 After assigning the hard drives to highlight the array in the Array Detail window and press .
... right-arrow key to move the selected drive from the selected drives. Drives and Media 89 Back up - NOTE: 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 the Free Disks field. 6 Use... the up any data you have. 7 After assigning the hard drives to highlight the array in the Array Detail window and press .
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... and lists the array along with a partition, and leaves any data you want to keep before continuing. 1 Enable RAID on your hard drives (see "Setting Your Computer to create the RAID configuration. The NVIDIA Create Array Wizard screen appears and lists the disks that will make... up any other installed hard drives. Assigning New Drives to a RAID Array With the Operating System Installed Use Nvidia MediaShield to create a RAID configuration only when you are adding one...
... and lists the array along with a partition, and leaves any data you want to keep before continuing. 1 Enable RAID on your hard drives (see "Setting Your Computer to create the RAID configuration. The NVIDIA Create Array Wizard screen appears and lists the disks that will make... up any other installed hard drives. Assigning New Drives to a RAID Array With the Operating System Installed Use Nvidia MediaShield to create a RAID configuration only when you are adding one...
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...MediaShield. 2 Click to select the array you have marked for example - Converting From One RAID Configuration to Another RAID Configuration You can add hard drives to an existing array. The NVIDIA Delete Array Wizard screen appears. 4 Click Next. The time to convert an array depends on the volume... such as the speed of the processor, the type and size of the hard drive being used, and the operating system. The NVIDIA Convert Array Wizard screen appears. 5 Click Next. NOTICE: Additional hard drives to be used in the RAID configuration are RAIDenabled (see "Setting Your Computer...
...MediaShield. 2 Click to select the array you have marked for example - Converting From One RAID Configuration to Another RAID Configuration You can add hard drives to an existing array. The NVIDIA Delete Array Wizard screen appears. 4 Click Next. The time to convert an array depends on the volume... such as the speed of the processor, the type and size of the hard drive being used, and the operating system. The NVIDIA Convert Array Wizard screen appears. 5 Click Next. NOTICE: Additional hard drives to be used in the RAID configuration are RAIDenabled (see "Setting Your Computer...
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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 RAID configuration (Mirroring) in the management utility window. 3 Select Rebuild Array in the next step. The... appears and displays the status of the rebuild. Back up any other installed hard drives. The NVIDIA Rebuild Array Wizard screen appears. 4 Click Next. 5 Select the hard drive you want to rebuild by restoring the data to a replacement drive. 1 Launch Nvidia MediaShield. 2 Click to include in the array. 9 Click...
... 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 RAID configuration (Mirroring) in the management utility window. 3 Select Rebuild Array in the next step. The... appears and displays the status of the rebuild. Back up any other installed hard drives. The NVIDIA Rebuild Array Wizard screen appears. 4 Click Next. 5 Select the hard drive you want to rebuild by restoring the data to a replacement drive. 1 Launch Nvidia MediaShield. 2 Click to include in the array. 9 Click...
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... Media 93 Configuring a RAID 0 or RAID 1 Array Before Installing the Operating System NOTICE: You lose any data on your hard drives when you are prompted to store on the RAID volume. For RAID 0 a Press the up - Do not use the following procedure...With the Operating System Installed" 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 highlight Create RAID Volume, and press ....
... Media 93 Configuring a RAID 0 or RAID 1 Array Before Installing the Operating System NOTICE: You lose any data on your hard drives when you are prompted to store on the RAID volume. For RAID 0 a Press the up - Do not use the following procedure...With the Operating System Installed" 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 highlight Create RAID Volume, and press ....
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... for the volume and press . The default value is displayed on the main Intel RAID Option ROM utility screen. 9 Press the up - The selected hard drives appear in your RAID level 0 volume, and then click the right arrow. NOTE: If you do not see an Actions menu option, you have not... 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 perform this operation, all data on the RAID drives will be lost. 1 Set your computer to RAID-enabled mode (see "Restoring Your Operating System" on page 87). 2 Click...
... for the volume and press . The default value is displayed on the main Intel RAID Option ROM utility screen. 9 Press the up - The selected hard drives appear in your RAID level 0 volume, and then click the right arrow. NOTE: If you do not see an Actions menu option, you have not... 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 perform this operation, all data on the RAID drives will be lost. 1 Set your computer to RAID-enabled mode (see "Restoring Your Operating System" on page 87). 2 Click...
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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 the appropriate "Drives" section for creating a partition on page 87). 2 Click Start→ Programs→ Intel(R) Matrix Storage Manager→ Intel...to RAID-enabled mode (see an Actions menu option, 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 the Volume Size desired and click ...
...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 the appropriate "Drives" section for creating a partition on page 87). 2 Click Start→ Programs→ Intel(R) Matrix Storage Manager→ Intel...to RAID-enabled mode (see an Actions menu option, 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 the Volume Size desired and click ...
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... 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 the operating system and begins rebuilding the RAID volume ...name or accept the default. 6 From the drop-down box, select RAID 0 as your stripe size. 8 On the Select Source Hard Drive screen, double-click the hard drive from the drop-down -arrow keys to migrate, and click Next. Migrating to a RAID Level 0 Configuration 1 Set your computer to ...
... 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 the operating system and begins rebuilding the RAID volume ...name or accept the default. 6 From the drop-down box, select RAID 0 as your stripe size. 8 On the Select Source Hard Drive screen, double-click the hard drive from the drop-down -arrow keys to migrate, and click Next. Migrating to a RAID Level 0 Configuration 1 Set your computer to ...