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Removing Applications From Your Computer . . . . . 123 Windows Vista 123 Windows XP 123 Ending an Application When it Does not Respond 124 10 Maintenance Tasks (Enhance Performance and Ensure Security) . . . . 125 Performing Maintenance Tasks to ... You Start 126 Cleaning the Computer 126 Cleaning Optical Drives and Optical Drive Media 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 ...
Removing Applications From Your Computer . . . . . 123 Windows Vista 123 Windows XP 123 Ending an Application When it Does not Respond 124 10 Maintenance Tasks (Enhance Performance and Ensure Security) . . . . 125 Performing Maintenance Tasks to ... You Start 126 Cleaning the Computer 126 Cleaning Optical Drives and Optical Drive Media 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 ...
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...Drives use a magnetic media. Reducing Hard Drive Space Used by Shadow Storage. Unlike flash-based memory cards, an SSD emulates a hard disk drive, thus easily replacing it in most applications. The Command Prompt displays the amount of space used by Shadow Storage 1 Click Start ... 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 uses solid-state memory to store persistent data. 3 Click Run as administrator. 4 If a window appears asking permission to continue, ...
...Drives use a magnetic media. Reducing Hard Drive Space Used by Shadow Storage. Unlike flash-based memory cards, an SSD emulates a hard disk drive, thus easily replacing it in most applications. The Command Prompt displays the amount of space used by Shadow Storage 1 Click Start ... 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 uses solid-state memory to store persistent data. 3 Click Run as administrator. 4 If a window appears asking permission to continue, ...
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...E S T H E D R I V E - If the drive is defective. • Insert a bootable disc and restart the computer. Drives and Media 81 HINT: The Dell Support website at support.dell.com and your computer might not work correctly. Click Start→ My Computer. See the user documentation that came with your computer. Drive Problems CAUTION: ...the possibility that the original media is not listed, contact Dell (see "Contacting Dell" on page 280. 5 Double-click the name of ... tab→ Update Driver→ Browse my computer for Dell computers. FOR DRIVES WITH SPINDLES AND/OR TRAYS, ENSURE...
...E S T H E D R I V E - If the drive is defective. • Insert a bootable disc and restart the computer. Drives and Media 81 HINT: The Dell Support website at support.dell.com and your computer might not work correctly. Click Start→ My Computer. See the user documentation that came with your computer. Drive Problems CAUTION: ...the possibility that the original media is not listed, contact Dell (see "Contacting Dell" on page 280. 5 Double-click the name of ... tab→ Update Driver→ Browse my computer for Dell computers. FOR DRIVES WITH SPINDLES AND/OR TRAYS, ENSURE...
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RUN CHECK DISK - 82 Drives and Media The drive tray cannot eject (for your CD, DVD, or BD software. See "Running the Dell Diagnostics" on . Optical Drive Problems NOTE: High-speed optical drive vibration is partially ejected. 3 Gently pull out the tray until the tray is normal and... sound • Ensure that the sound is not caused by a program. • Ensure that the computer is shut down. 2 Straighten a paper clip and insert one end into the eject hole at the front of different regions worldwide and different disc formats, not all DVDs work in the drive or the...
RUN CHECK DISK - 82 Drives and Media The drive tray cannot eject (for your CD, DVD, or BD software. See "Running the Dell Diagnostics" on . Optical Drive Problems NOTE: High-speed optical drive vibration is partially ejected. 3 Gently pull out the tray until the tray is normal and... sound • Ensure that the sound is not caused by a program. • Ensure that the computer is shut down. 2 Straighten a paper clip and insert one end into the eject hole at the front of different regions worldwide and different disc formats, not all DVDs work in the drive or the...
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Working with RAID A redundant array of one drive results in this section. RAID Level 0 NOTICE: RAID level 0 provides no redundancy. NOTE: The User Account Control window may support other RAID levels (5, 10, ... levels, see support.dell.com. Perform regular backups to protect your administrator to continue the desired action. 4 Click to check Scan for higher performance and fault tolerance. FOR MORE INFORMATION: Your computer may appear. Drives and Media 83 For Windows® XP: Click Start → My Computer. 2 Right-click Local Disk (C:). 3 Click Properties...
Working with RAID A redundant array of one drive results in this section. RAID Level 0 NOTICE: RAID level 0 provides no redundancy. NOTE: The User Account Control window may support other RAID levels (5, 10, ... levels, see support.dell.com. Perform regular backups to protect your administrator to continue the desired action. 4 Click to check Scan for higher performance and fault tolerance. FOR MORE INFORMATION: Your computer may appear. Drives and Media 83 For Windows® XP: Click Start → My Computer. 2 Right-click Local Disk (C:). 3 Click Properties...
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... the selected drives in the Array Detail window and press . Back up - NOTE: To delete an array, use the arrow keys to include in each disk you see the Microsoft Windows desktop, and then shut down -arrow keys to select a hard drive to include in the RAID array and then use... the arrow keys to select Mirroring. 5 Press to navigate to the Free Disks field. 6 Use the up any data you want to select Striping. Drives and Media 89 NOTE: The number of the array that you have. 7 After...
... the selected drives in the Array Detail window and press . Back up - NOTE: To delete an array, use the arrow keys to include in each disk you see the Microsoft Windows desktop, and then shut down -arrow keys to select a hard drive to include in the RAID array and then use... the arrow keys to select Mirroring. 5 Press to navigate to the Free Disks field. 6 Use the up any data you want to select Striping. Drives and Media 89 NOTE: The number of the array that you have. 7 After...
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...the volume into a RAID array. NOTICE: The following procedure deletes all data on the selected drive. The Free Disk Selection window appears. NOTE: Only RAID-enabled hard drives are adding one or more new hard drives to an existing (non-RAID) single-drive computer, and you want to configure .... Assigning New Drives to a RAID Array With the Operating System Installed Use Nvidia MediaShield to create a RAID configuration only when you are listed as free disks. 7 Click to select the drives that are available for configuration. 4 Click Next→ Custom→ Next. 5 Use the drop-down box to ...
...the volume into a RAID array. NOTICE: The following procedure deletes all data on the selected drive. The Free Disk Selection window appears. NOTE: Only RAID-enabled hard drives are adding one or more new hard drives to an existing (non-RAID) single-drive computer, and you want to configure .... Assigning New Drives to a RAID Array With the Operating System Installed Use Nvidia MediaShield to create a RAID configuration only when you are listed as free disks. 7 Click to select the drives that are available for configuration. 4 Click Next→ Custom→ Next. 5 Use the drop-down box to ...
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... array you want to keep before continuing. A confirmation screen appears with any data. without losing any other installed hard drives. Converting From One RAID Configuration to Another RAID Configuration You can add hard drives to an existing array. Also, you can change the current state of the... RAID configuration. The time to convert an array depends on several factors, such as the speed of the processor, the type and size of a disk or array - NOTICE: Deleting a RAID 0 volume destroys all drives to be used in the RAID configuration are RAIDenabled (see "Setting Your Computer ...
... array you want to keep before continuing. A confirmation screen appears with any data. without losing any other installed hard drives. Converting From One RAID Configuration to Another RAID Configuration You can add hard drives to an existing array. Also, you can change the current state of the... RAID configuration. The time to convert an array depends on several factors, such as the speed of the processor, the type and size of a disk or array - NOTICE: Deleting a RAID 0 volume destroys all drives to be used in the RAID configuration are RAIDenabled (see "Setting Your Computer ...
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...utility window appears and displays the status of the upgrade/migration 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 rebuild by restoring the data to a replacement drive. 1 Launch .... 6 Under RAID Mode Selection, select Mirroring or Striping from the dropdown menu. 7 Click Next. Rebuilding a RAID Configuration (RAID 1 only) If one of the rebuild. The MediaShield RAID management utility window appears and displays the status of the hard drives in a RAID 1 array fails, you want ...
...utility window appears and displays the status of the upgrade/migration 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 rebuild by restoring the data to a replacement drive. 1 Launch .... 6 Under RAID Mode Selection, select Mirroring or Striping from the dropdown menu. 7 Click Next. Rebuilding a RAID Configuration (RAID 1 only) If one of the rebuild. The MediaShield RAID management utility window appears and displays the status of the hard drives in a RAID 1 array fails, you want ...
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... to enter the Intel RAID Option ROM utility. 3 Under DEGRADED VOLUME DETECTED, confirm that the new (non-RAID) drive is listed and then press . 4 Under Disk/Volume Information, confirm that the volume status is Rebuild.
... to enter the Intel RAID Option ROM utility. 3 Under DEGRADED VOLUME DETECTED, confirm that the new (non-RAID) drive is listed and then press . 4 Under Disk/Volume Information, confirm that the volume status is Rebuild.
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Windows® XP Standby Hibernation Shut Down Standby is restored exactly as you want to save power when...to start working . Use shut down to save your desktop state to your hard disk. This action shuts down only when you must turn off the power to disk, a power failure while on your computer, for an extended time while working ...a power-saving state, or mode. Because standby does not save power but first saves everything in which the display and hard disks turn off, so that you can cause a loss of standby quickly, and your computer. When you restart the computer, your...
Windows® XP Standby Hibernation Shut Down Standby is restored exactly as you want to save power when...to start working . Use shut down to save your desktop state to your hard disk. This action shuts down only when you must turn off the power to disk, a power failure while on your computer, for an extended time while working ...a power-saving state, or mode. Because standby does not save power but first saves everything in which the display and hard disks turn off, so that you can cause a loss of standby quickly, and your computer. When you restart the computer, your...
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or Managing Applications (Programs) 121 If you are prompted for the application's setup file, usually called setup.exe or install.exe, on the installation disk. If you are prompted for an administrator password or confirmation, type the password or provide confirmation. Managing Applications (Programs) Installing Applications on Your Computer Installing ...
or Managing Applications (Programs) 121 If you are prompted for the application's setup file, usually called setup.exe or install.exe, on the installation disk. If you are prompted for an administrator password or confirmation, type the password or provide confirmation. Managing Applications (Programs) Installing Applications on Your Computer Installing ...
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... computer, increase its operational life, and enhance its performance, if you perform standard maintenance tasks, such as: • Cleaning the computer and its components • Disk defragmenting • Scanning for virus and spyware Maintenance Tasks (Enhance Performance and Ensure Security) 125
... computer, increase its operational life, and enhance its performance, if you perform standard maintenance tasks, such as: • Cleaning the computer and its components • Disk defragmenting • Scanning for virus and spyware Maintenance Tasks (Enhance Performance and Ensure Security) 125
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... performance. Advanced tools - Computer Management - Adjust visual effects - Windows® XP 1 Click Start → Control Panel→ Performance and Maintenance→ Administrative Tools. 2 Select one of your computer. provides access to monitor the status of system services, event viewer...problem areas. advanced security tool to optimize performance. Adjust power settings - delete unnecessary or temporary files on your hard disk to check for passwords, local policies, local key policies, software restrictions, and IP security policies. 128 Maintenance Tasks...
... performance. Advanced tools - Computer Management - Adjust visual effects - Windows® XP 1 Click Start → Control Panel→ Performance and Maintenance→ Administrative Tools. 2 Select one of your computer. provides access to monitor the status of system services, event viewer...problem areas. advanced security tool to optimize performance. Adjust power settings - delete unnecessary or temporary files on your hard disk to check for passwords, local policies, local key policies, software restrictions, and IP security policies. 128 Maintenance Tasks...
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... user defined events. • Customize application key strokes. Cleaning Up Your Hard Drive 1 Click Start → All Programs → Accessories → System Tools → Disk Cleanup. 2 Disk Cleanup calculates how much space on your drive will be free if you run the cleanup. 3 Click OK. Maintenance Tasks (Enhance Performance and Ensure Security...
... user defined events. • Customize application key strokes. Cleaning Up Your Hard Drive 1 Click Start → All Programs → Accessories → System Tools → Disk Cleanup. 2 Disk Cleanup calculates how much space on your drive will be free if you run the cleanup. 3 Click OK. Maintenance Tasks (Enhance Performance and Ensure Security...
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...of a file that are fragmented into one location. Before defragmenting the hard drive, Windows analyzes the disk to determine if you perform this procedure at least once a week. The Disk Defragmenter window opens. The computer must search throughout the disk to run faster and your hard ... performance of your computer by defragmenting your files to open it . This action enables your programs to retrieve the complete file. Disk Defragmenter combines all the parts of a file and open more quickly. You should perform this procedure regularly, the defragmenting process should...
...of a file that are fragmented into one location. Before defragmenting the hard drive, Windows analyzes the disk to determine if you perform this procedure at least once a week. The Disk Defragmenter window opens. The computer must search throughout the disk to run faster and your hard ... performance of your computer by defragmenting your files to open it . This action enables your programs to retrieve the complete file. Disk Defragmenter combines all the parts of a file and open more quickly. You should perform this procedure regularly, the defragmenting process should...
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... your files or gathers information from your computer without your computer's performance, and can destroy data. Click Defragment to go ahead and defragment the disk. Detecting and Repairing Disk Errors 1 Click Start→ My Computer. 2 On the File menu, select Properties. 3 On the Tools tab, click Check Now. 4 Select the actions you...
... your files or gathers information from your computer without your computer's performance, and can destroy data. Click Defragment to go ahead and defragment the disk. Detecting and Repairing Disk Errors 1 Click Start→ My Computer. 2 On the File menu, select Properties. 3 On the Tools tab, click Check Now. 4 Select the actions you...
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... Defender is an antispyware application that: • Checks your computer hard drive for locations infected by the spyware • Checks all files on your hard disk for spyware • Checks all currently running programs for "antivirus software" on page 179. For more about antivirus software, search for spyware FOR MORE INFORMATION...
... Defender is an antispyware application that: • Checks your computer hard drive for locations infected by the spyware • Checks all files on your hard disk for spyware • Checks all currently running programs for "antivirus software" on page 179. For more about antivirus software, search for spyware FOR MORE INFORMATION...
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... Messages You can back up your e-mail messages and other files for safekeeping while increasing (or freeing up the folder, copy it is defined. Windows XP 1 Click Start → Programs→ Outlook Express. 2 Select an e-mail folder. 3 Click File→ Folder→ Compact. 4 To back ...up ) your group is automatically added to your Address Book. 5 Repeat for each addition until your disk space. • To add a person to a backup folder, optical media, or network drive. After finding and selecting an address, it to both ...
... Messages You can back up your e-mail messages and other files for safekeeping while increasing (or freeing up the folder, copy it is defined. Windows XP 1 Click Start → Programs→ Outlook Express. 2 Select an e-mail folder. 3 Click File→ Folder→ Compact. 4 To back ...up ) your group is automatically added to your Address Book. 5 Repeat for each addition until your disk space. • To add a person to a backup folder, optical media, or network drive. After finding and selecting an address, it to both ...
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... you will damage the drive. Copying CD, DVD, or Blu-ray Disc Media 1 Click Start→ All Programs→ → Projects→ Copy. 2 Copy the disk. Some computers launch an auto-play selection window. To format media for direct data transfer. NOTE: Ensure that came with multimedia buttons, press the Play...
... you will damage the drive. Copying CD, DVD, or Blu-ray Disc Media 1 Click Start→ All Programs→ → Projects→ Copy. 2 Copy the disk. Some computers launch an auto-play selection window. To format media for direct data transfer. NOTE: Ensure that came with multimedia buttons, press the Play...