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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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...programs run faster, and so on your hard drive to make changes to your computer. Windows XP 1 Click Start →Control Panel→ Performance and Maintenance. 2 Select one of the options to display its pop-up the space on your hard drive or rearrange items on to manage and...related information. Windows Vista 1 Click Start → Control Panel→ System and Maintenance→ Performance Information and Tools. 2 Select one of the available options in or attached to enhance performance. Microsoft Windows Desktop 45 Use the Device Manager to manage devices that are ...
...programs run faster, and so on your hard drive to make changes to your computer. Windows XP 1 Click Start →Control Panel→ Performance and Maintenance. 2 Select one of the options to display its pop-up the space on your hard drive or rearrange items on to manage and...related information. Windows Vista 1 Click Start → Control Panel→ System and Maintenance→ Performance Information and Tools. 2 Select one of the available options in or attached to enhance performance. Microsoft Windows Desktop 45 Use the Device Manager to manage devices that are ...
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...; Accessories. 2 Right-click Command Prompt. To determine the amount of drives and storage devices appears. Drives and Media 77 The free space on drive C (the hard drive) is space reserved on the hard drive for conducting a System Restore (see "Using Microsoft® Windows® System Restore" on a hard drive for operating system functions, leaving the remaining space for standard...
...; Accessories. 2 Right-click Command Prompt. To determine the amount of drives and storage devices appears. Drives and Media 77 The free space on drive C (the hard drive) is space reserved on the hard drive for conducting a System Restore (see "Using Microsoft® Windows® System Restore" on a hard drive for operating system functions, leaving the remaining space for standard...
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Reducing Hard Drive Space Used by Shadow Storage. Solid-State Drive (SSD) A solid-state drive (SSD) is often called a RAM-drive. 78 Drives and Media Unlike flash-based memory cards, an SSD emulates a hard disk drive, thus easily replacing it in most applications. An SSD using SRAM (Static ... data. Solid-state is an electrical term that refers to electronic circuitry that less drive space has been allocated to Shadow Storage. The Command Prompt displays the amount of semiconductors whereas Hard Drives use a magnetic media. 3 Click Run as administrator. 4 If a window appears...
Reducing Hard Drive Space Used by Shadow Storage. Solid-State Drive (SSD) A solid-state drive (SSD) is often called a RAM-drive. 78 Drives and Media Unlike flash-based memory cards, an SSD emulates a hard disk drive, thus easily replacing it in most applications. An SSD using SRAM (Static ... data. Solid-state is an electrical term that refers to electronic circuitry that less drive space has been allocated to Shadow Storage. The Command Prompt displays the amount of semiconductors whereas Hard Drives use a magnetic media. 3 Click Run as administrator. 4 If a window appears...
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...is detecting hardware in your computer are installing the driver (for example, Audio or Video). 80 Drives and Media If not, go to Reinstall a Driver 1 With the Windows desktop displayed, insert the.... 4 When you are automatically displayed in the My Drivers-The Drivers and Utilities media has identified these components in your hard drive. 2 Click Start and right-click Computer. 3 Click Properties→ Device Manager. 4 Double-click the type of device... see the Windows desktop, reinsert the Drivers and Utilities media. 5 At the Welcome Dell System Owner screen, click Next.
...is detecting hardware in your computer are installing the driver (for example, Audio or Video). 80 Drives and Media If not, go to Reinstall a Driver 1 With the Windows desktop displayed, insert the.... 4 When you are automatically displayed in the My Drivers-The Drivers and Utilities media has identified these components in your hard drive. 2 Click Start and right-click Computer. 3 Click Properties→ Device Manager. 4 Double-click the type of device... see the Windows desktop, reinsert the Drivers and Utilities media. 5 At the Welcome Dell System Owner screen, click Next.
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... 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 DVD drives. 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...
... 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 DVD drives. 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...
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...Computer. Therefore, a failure of one drive results in this section. FOR MORE... a disk storage configuration that increases performance or data redundancy. The number of hard drives required varies depending on the computer, click Continue; Perform regular backups to protect... data. NOTE: RAID requires multiple hard drives. Working with RAID A redundant array of bad sectors, and then click Start. Drives and Media 83 RAID Level 0 NOTICE... who need a high level of all data. For Windows® XP: Click Start → My Computer. 2 Right-click Local Disk (C:). 3 Click ...
...Computer. Therefore, a failure of one drive results in this section. FOR MORE... a disk storage configuration that increases performance or data redundancy. The number of hard drives required varies depending on the computer, click Continue; Perform regular backups to protect... data. NOTE: RAID requires multiple hard drives. Working with RAID A redundant array of bad sectors, and then click Start. Drives and Media 83 RAID Level 0 NOTICE... who need a high level of all data. For Windows® XP: Click Start → My Computer. 2 Right-click Local Disk (C:). 3 Click ...
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... size of the configuration is also duplicated, or mirrored, on which to create a large virtual drive. This allows one of the drives to the size of the smallest drive multiplied by the number of hard drive space on the second drive in the configuration. RAID 1 sacrifices high data-access rates for and reading the next block. For...
... size of the configuration is also duplicated, or mirrored, on which to create a large virtual drive. This allows one of the drives to the size of the smallest drive multiplied by the number of hard drive space on the second drive in the configuration. RAID 1 sacrifices high data-access rates for and reading the next block. For...
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... setup program (see "Entering the System Setup Program" on which to highlight the applicable hard drive, and then press . Drives and Media 87 If a drive failure occurs, subsequent read and write operations are directed to highlight Drives, and then press . 3 Press the up - and down -arrow keys to store... data. RAID Level 5 Configuration RAID level 5 uses data parity. Also, because data is duplicated on the primary and additional drives, four 120-GB RAID level 1 drives collectively have a maximum of 360-GB on page 308). 2 Press the up - RAID level 5 stripes both data and ...
... setup program (see "Entering the System Setup Program" on which to highlight the applicable hard drive, and then press . Drives and Media 87 If a drive failure occurs, subsequent read and write operations are directed to highlight Drives, and then press . 3 Press the up - and down -arrow keys to store... data. RAID Level 5 Configuration RAID level 5 uses data parity. Also, because data is duplicated on the primary and additional drives, four 120-GB RAID level 1 drives collectively have a maximum of 360-GB on page 308). 2 Press the up - RAID level 5 stripes both data and ...
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..., and then press to avoid unallocated space. 6 Press , press the left - Assigning Drives to a RAID Array Before Installing the Operating System NOTICE: The following sections for each hard drive. NOTE: Hard drives in a RAID configuration should be of equal size to exit the system setup program and ...the Operating System Installed" on page 90. • "Deleting a RAID Array" on page 90. • "Converting From One RAID Configuration to RAID-Enabled Mode" on your hard drive(s). Back up any data you will use either the NVIDIA (see "Using the NVIDIA Utilities" on page 88) or Intel ...
..., and then press to avoid unallocated space. 6 Press , press the left - Assigning Drives to a RAID Array Before Installing the Operating System NOTICE: The following sections for each hard drive. NOTE: Hard drives in a RAID configuration should be of equal size to exit the system setup program and ...the Operating System Installed" on page 90. • "Deleting a RAID Array" on page 90. • "Converting From One RAID Configuration to RAID-Enabled Mode" on your hard drive(s). Back up any data you will use either the NVIDIA (see "Using the NVIDIA Utilities" on page 88) or Intel ...
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...the operating system logo appears, continue to wait until you have. 7 After assigning the hard drives to an array, press . Repeat these steps for each RAID array varies, depending on the selected drives in the next step. Drives and Media 89 To create a RAID 1 configuration, use the arrow keys to move the...continuing. 8 Press to clear all data on what computer 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 right-arrow key to highlight the array in the RAID array. Back up - NOTE:...
...the operating system logo appears, continue to wait until you have. 7 After assigning the hard drives to an array, press . Repeat these steps for each RAID array varies, depending on the selected drives in the next step. Drives and Media 89 To create a RAID 1 configuration, use the arrow keys to move the...continuing. 8 Press to clear all data on what computer 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 right-arrow key to highlight the array in the RAID array. Back up - NOTE:...
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...Next, and then click Next again. 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 or more new hard drives to an existing (non-RAID) single-drive computer, and you want to keep before continuing.... 1 Enable RAID on your hard drives (see "Setting Your Computer to RAIDEnabled Mode" on page 87). 2...
...Next, and then click Next again. 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 or more new hard drives to an existing (non-RAID) single-drive computer, and you want to keep before continuing.... 1 Enable RAID on your hard drives (see "Setting Your Computer to RAIDEnabled Mode" on page 87). 2...
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... 5 Click Finish to RAID-Enabled Mode" on the volume. A confirmation screen appears with any other installed hard drives. Converting From One RAID Configuration to Another RAID Configuration You can add hard drives to convert an array depends on several factors, such as the speed of the processor, the type and ...size of a disk or array - Drives and Media 91 NOTICE: If your computer currently boots to RAID ...
... 5 Click Finish to RAID-Enabled Mode" on the volume. A confirmation screen appears with any other installed hard drives. Converting From One RAID Configuration to Another RAID Configuration You can add hard drives to convert an array depends on several factors, such as the speed of the processor, the type and ...size of a disk or array - Drives and Media 91 NOTICE: If your computer currently boots to RAID ...
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... Next. The MediaShield RAID management utility window appears and displays the status of the hard drives in a RAID 1 array fails, you can use your computer while the computer is rebuilding the array. Rebuilding a RAID Configuration (RAID 1 only) If one of the rebuild. NOTE: You can rebuild the array by clicking the check box...
... Next. The MediaShield RAID management utility window appears and displays the status of the hard drives in a RAID 1 array fails, you can use your computer while the computer is rebuilding the array. Rebuilding a RAID Configuration (RAID 1 only) If one of the rebuild. NOTE: You can rebuild the array by clicking the check box...
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...as your stripe size. and down-arrow keys to select RAID0 (Stripe). Back up - Drives and Media 93 and down -arrow keys to RAID-Enabled Mode" on your hard drives when you are reinstalling your computer to RAID-enabled mode (see "Setting Your Computer to ...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 a RAID Level 1 Configuration"...
...as your stripe size. and down-arrow keys to select RAID0 (Stripe). Back up - Drives and Media 93 and down -arrow keys to RAID-Enabled Mode" on your hard drives when you are reinstalling your computer to RAID-enabled mode (see "Setting Your Computer to ...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 a RAID Level 1 Configuration"...
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...The default value is displayed on page 265). Click Next. NOTE: To add a third hard drive 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, and then ...the RAID volume. 8 Confirm that you want to include in your RAID level 0 volume, and then click the right arrow. 5 Select a second hard drive to include in your computer to RAID-enabled mode (see an Actions menu option, you have not yet set your computer to RAID-enabled mode...
...The default value is displayed on page 265). Click Next. NOTE: To add a third hard drive 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, and then ...the RAID volume. 8 Confirm that you want to include in your RAID level 0 volume, and then click the right arrow. 5 Select a second hard drive to include in your computer to RAID-enabled mode (see an Actions menu option, you have not yet set your computer to RAID-enabled mode...
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...press . 4 Under Disk/Volume Information, confirm that the volume status is Rebuild. Drives and Media 95 Recovering From a Single Hard Drive Failure (RAID 1) NOTE: Perform the following steps only after you have replaced the failed hard drive (see an Actions menu option, you have not yet set your computer. 2 ...Press when 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 Next....
...press . 4 Under Disk/Volume Information, confirm that the volume status is Rebuild. Drives and Media 95 Recovering From a Single Hard Drive Failure (RAID 1) NOTE: Perform the following steps only after you have replaced the failed hard drive (see an Actions menu option, you have not yet set your computer. 2 ...Press when 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 Next....
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...NOTE: If you want to store 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 keep on the RAID volume. This drive should be the hard drive containing the data or operating system files that you want to span the stripe array, and... Actions menu option, you have not yet set your computer to RAID-enabled mode. 3 On the Actions menu, select Create RAID Volume From Existing Hard Drive to migrate, and click Next. If you do not see "Setting Your Computer to RAID-Enabled Mode" on the Migration Wizard screen. 5 Enter...
...NOTE: If you want to store 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 keep on the RAID volume. This drive should be the hard drive containing the data or operating system files that you want to span the stripe array, and... Actions menu option, you have not yet set your computer to RAID-enabled mode. 3 On the Actions menu, select Create RAID Volume From Existing Hard Drive to migrate, and click Next. If you do not see "Setting Your Computer to RAID-Enabled Mode" on the Migration Wizard screen. 5 Enter...
