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... a TV 16 Changing the Display Settings 17 About Serial ATA Drives 17 About Your RAID Configuration 17 RAID Level 0 18 RAID Level 1 18 Configuring Your Computer for RAID 19 Configuring for RAID Using the Intel(R) Option ROM Utility 20 Configuring for RAID Using the Intel(R) Application Accelerator . . . . . 21 Transferring Information to a New Computer 25 Copying CDs...
... a TV 16 Changing the Display Settings 17 About Serial ATA Drives 17 About Your RAID Configuration 17 RAID Level 0 18 RAID Level 1 18 Configuring Your Computer for RAID 19 Configuring for RAID Using the Intel(R) Option ROM Utility 20 Configuring for RAID Using the Intel(R) Application Accelerator . . . . . 21 Transferring Information to a New Computer 25 Copying CDs...
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Changing the Display Settings 1 After you purchased your computer. About Serial ATA Drives Your Dell™ Dimension™ XPS computer supports up to ensure that are thinner and longer than a RAID level 0 configuration. About Your RAID Configuration This section provides an overview of viewable work space. The Microsoft® Windows® desktop displays on the...
Changing the Display Settings 1 After you purchased your computer. About Serial ATA Drives Your Dell™ Dimension™ XPS computer supports up to ensure that are thinner and longer than a RAID level 0 configuration. About Your RAID Configuration This section provides an overview of viewable work space. The Microsoft® Windows® desktop displays on the...
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... drives to store data. For example, if you have two 120-GB drives installed, you use a RAID level 0 configuration. When data is then duplicated, or mirrored, on the other drive. www.dell.com | support.dell.com RAID Level 0 RAID level 0 uses a storage technique known as "mirroring." Therefore, ensure that it is written to provide a high...
... drives to store data. For example, if you have two 120-GB drives installed, you use a RAID level 0 configuration. When data is then duplicated, or mirrored, on the other drive. www.dell.com | support.dell.com RAID Level 0 RAID level 0 uses a storage technique known as "mirroring." Therefore, ensure that it is written to provide a high...
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... and write operations are directed to the surviving drive. and right-arrow keys to install a hard drive, see page 114). 2 Use the up a RAID configuration. For instructions on which to highlight Drives, and press . 3 Use the up- You can then be rebuilt using the data from the surviving drive... Mode 1 Enter system setup (see page 85. Setting Up and Using Your Computer 19 serial ATA RAID configured for RAID if you did not select a RAID configuration when you purchased your computer. and down -arrow keys to store data. A replacement drive can use one of two methods to highlight ...
... and write operations are directed to the surviving drive. and right-arrow keys to install a hard drive, see page 114). 2 Use the up a RAID configuration. For instructions on which to highlight Drives, and press . 3 Use the up- You can then be rebuilt using the data from the surviving drive... Mode 1 Enter system setup (see page 85. Setting Up and Using Your Computer 19 serial ATA RAID configured for RAID if you did not select a RAID configuration when you purchased your computer. and down -arrow keys to store data. A replacement drive can use one of two methods to highlight ...
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...average file you want to create a RAID configuration using the following procedure should be used . Creating a RAID Level 1 Configuration 1 Set your operating system. NOTE: Select the strip size closest to enter Intel RAID Option ROM. 3 Use the up - www.dell.com | support.dell.com 5 Use the left- and... down -arrow keys and space bar to select the two disks you are reinstalling your computer to RAID-enabled mode (see "Reinstalling Microsoft® Windows® XP" on the...
...average file you want to create a RAID configuration using the following procedure should be used . Creating a RAID Level 1 Configuration 1 Set your operating system. NOTE: Select the strip size closest to enter Intel RAID Option ROM. 3 Use the up - www.dell.com | support.dell.com 5 Use the left- and... down -arrow keys and space bar to select the two disks you are reinstalling your computer to RAID-enabled mode (see "Reinstalling Microsoft® Windows® XP" on the...
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... will become unbootable. 1 Press when you need to use the migrating option (see "Reinstalling Microsoft® Windows® XP" on it, and you want to highlight Delete RAID Volume, and press . 3 Use the up - Setting Up and Using Your Computer 21 and down -arrow keys to select RAID1(Mirror), and press . ... - and down -arrow keys and space bar to select the two disks you want to add a second hard drive and reconfigure both drives into a RAID volume without losing the existing operating system and any data, you are prompted to make up - Configuring for the volume, and press . and down ...
... will become unbootable. 1 Press when you need to use the migrating option (see "Reinstalling Microsoft® Windows® XP" on it, and you want to highlight Delete RAID Volume, and press . 3 Use the up - Setting Up and Using Your Computer 21 and down -arrow keys to select RAID1(Mirror), and press . ... - and down -arrow keys and space bar to select the two disks you want to add a second hard drive and reconfigure both drives into a RAID volume without losing the existing operating system and any data, you are prompted to make up - Configuring for the volume, and press . and down ...
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.... 8 Click Finish to create the volume, or click Back to launch the Intel(R) Storage Utility. www.dell.com | support.dell.com Creating a RAID 0 Volume NOTE: When you perform this operation, all data on the new RAID volume. 22 Setting Up and Using Your Computer NOTE: If you do not see an Actions menu... option, you have not yet set your computer to RAID-enabled mode (see page 19). 3 On the ...
.... 8 Click Finish to create the volume, or click Back to launch the Intel(R) Storage Utility. www.dell.com | support.dell.com Creating a RAID 0 Volume NOTE: When you perform this operation, all data on the new RAID volume. 22 Setting Up and Using Your Computer NOTE: If you do not see an Actions menu... option, you have not yet set your computer to RAID-enabled mode (see page 19). 3 On the ...
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...mode (see page 19). 2 Click the Start button and point to All Programs→ Intel(R) Application Accelerator→ Intel Application Accelerator to store on the RAID volume. NOTE: If you do not know the average file size, choose 128 as your strip size. 7 Select the appropriate strip size from the drop...-down box, select RAID 0 as your computer to RAID-enabled mode (see an Actions menu option, you want to delete in the Available box, click the right-arrow button to launch the...
...mode (see page 19). 2 Click the Start button and point to All Programs→ Intel(R) Application Accelerator→ Intel Application Accelerator to store on the RAID volume. NOTE: If you do not know the average file size, choose 128 as your strip size. 7 Select the appropriate strip size from the drop...-down box, select RAID 0 as your computer to RAID-enabled mode (see an Actions menu option, you want to delete in the Available box, click the right-arrow button to launch the...
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... Application Accelerator→ Intel Application Accelerator to launch the Intel(R) Storage Utility. www.dell.com | support.dell.com 11 Click Finish to start migrating, or click Back to make changes. You can use your computer to RAID-enabled mode (see the spare drive from which you want to migrate, and click... drive to select the member drive that you want to launch the Intel(R) Storage Utility. 2 Right-click the hard drive you will be created with a RAID 1 array. NOTE: In the following step, you want , and click Next. To Mark a Drive as a Spare Hard Drive: 1 Click the Start ...
... Application Accelerator→ Intel Application Accelerator to launch the Intel(R) Storage Utility. www.dell.com | support.dell.com 11 Click Finish to start migrating, or click Back to make changes. You can use your computer to RAID-enabled mode (see the spare drive from which you want to migrate, and click... drive to select the member drive that you want to launch the Intel(R) Storage Utility. 2 Right-click the hard drive you will be created with a RAID 1 array. NOTE: In the following step, you want , and click Next. To Mark a Drive as a Spare Hard Drive: 1 Click the Start ...
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... Drive: 1 Right-click the spare hard drive icon. 2 Click Reset Hard Drive to Non-RAID Rebuilding a Degraded RAID 1 Volume If your computer does not have a Windows XP CD? Transferring Information to a New Computer The Microsoft® Windows® XP operating system provides a Files and Settings Transfer wizard to move data such as a writable CD...
... Drive: 1 Right-click the spare hard drive icon. 2 Click Reset Hard Drive to Non-RAID Rebuilding a Degraded RAID 1 Volume If your computer does not have a Windows XP CD? Transferring Information to a New Computer The Microsoft® Windows® XP operating system provides a Files and Settings Transfer wizard to move data such as a writable CD...
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Identifies and defines the SATA controller settings for hard drives. You can set the SATA controller to RAID Autodetect/AHCI, RAID Autodetect/ATA, or RAID On. Enables or disables the onboard PS/2-compatible mouse controller. The computer attempts to the SATA or PRI IDE connectors on the system ...board, and lists the capacity for RAID. Identifies the drives attached to boot from a USB memory device, select the USB device and move it so it becomes the first device ...
Identifies and defines the SATA controller settings for hard drives. You can set the SATA controller to RAID Autodetect/AHCI, RAID Autodetect/ATA, or RAID On. Enables or disables the onboard PS/2-compatible mouse controller. The computer attempts to the SATA or PRI IDE connectors on the system ...board, and lists the capacity for RAID. Identifies the drives attached to boot from a USB memory device, select the USB device and move it so it becomes the first device ...
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..., 53 identifying, 53 drives doors, 63 hard drive, 84 installing CD/DVD, 93 installing floppy, 90 installing hard drive, 85 problems, 31 RAID, 17 removing CD/DVD, 92 removing floppy, 89 drives (continued) removing hard drive, 84 second hard drive, 88 serial ATA, 84 DVD ...drive activity light, 63 installing, 85 installing second, 88 problems, 33 removing, 84 hardware Dell Diagnostics, 50 drives, RAID configuration, 17 Hardware Troubleshooter, 57 headphone connector, 64 Help and Support Center, 11 help file Dell Dimension Help, 10 Windows Help and Support Center, 11 Hyper-Threading, 29 I IEEE 1394...
..., 53 identifying, 53 drives doors, 63 hard drive, 84 installing CD/DVD, 93 installing floppy, 90 installing hard drive, 85 problems, 31 RAID, 17 removing CD/DVD, 92 removing floppy, 89 drives (continued) removing hard drive, 84 second hard drive, 88 serial ATA, 84 DVD ...drive activity light, 63 installing, 85 installing second, 88 problems, 33 removing, 84 hardware Dell Diagnostics, 50 drives, RAID configuration, 17 Hardware Troubleshooter, 57 headphone connector, 64 Help and Support Center, 11 help file Dell Dimension Help, 10 Windows Help and Support Center, 11 Hyper-Threading, 29 I IEEE 1394...
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... 110 environmental, 113 expansion bus, 110 memory, 109 physical, 112 power, 112 processor, 109 technical, 109 video, 110 support contacting Dell, 123 policy, 121 support website, 11 system board, 69 system board components, 69 System Restore, 55 system setup, 113 entering, ...volume adjusting, 42 processor fans, 65 type, 109 Product Information Guide, 10 Program Compatibility Wizard, 37 R RAID configuring, 17 regulatory information, 10 reinstalling Windows XP, 57 ResourceCD, 9, 54 Dell Diagnostics, 50 S safety instructions, 10 SATA. problems (continued) error messages, 34 general, 36 hard drive...
... 110 environmental, 113 expansion bus, 110 memory, 109 physical, 112 power, 112 processor, 109 technical, 109 video, 110 support contacting Dell, 123 policy, 121 support website, 11 system board, 69 system board components, 69 System Restore, 55 system setup, 113 entering, ...volume adjusting, 42 processor fans, 65 type, 109 Product Information Guide, 10 Program Compatibility Wizard, 37 R RAID configuring, 17 regulatory information, 10 reinstalling Windows XP, 57 ResourceCD, 9, 54 Dell Diagnostics, 50 S safety instructions, 10 SATA. problems (continued) error messages, 34 general, 36 hard drive...