Dell Inspiron 518 Support Question
Dell Inspiron 518 Support Question
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Question posted by ginemma1 on May 30th, 2014
How To Reinstall Inspiron 518 Bios With 2 Hard Drives
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Dell™ Technology Guide - Page 7
... of a Device Problem 79 Replacing a Driver With a Previous 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...
Dell™ Technology Guide - Page 45
...to your computer's performance. Use options provided to free up text box.
Microsoft Windows Desktop
45
See "Maintenance Tasks (Enhance Performance and Ensure Security)" on to enhance the ... options in or attached to display its pop-up the space on your hard drive or rearrange items on your hard drive to make changes to enhance performance. Windows Vista
1 Click Start →...
Dell™ Technology Guide - Page 80
... in your hard drive. 2 Click Start and right-click Computer. 3 Click Properties→ Device Manager. 4 Double-click the type of device for additionally installed devices may not be included on the Drivers and Utilities media. If not, go to restart the computer.
4 When you want to Reinstall a Driver
1 With the Windows desktop displayed, insert...
Dell™ Technology Guide - Page 89
... array and press .
10 Press to return to the previous screen. 11 Press to exit the RAID BIOS. Repeat these steps for each RAID array varies, depending on what computer you want to keep before continuing...Disks field. 6 Use the up any data 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 ...
Dell™ Technology Guide - Page 93
... file that you want to store on page 87).
2 Press when you are reinstalling your stripe size. and down -arrow keys to highlight Create RAID Volume, and press .... 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. • ...
Dell™ Technology Guide - Page 141
... power is approved by Underwriters Laboratories (UL). The battery charges while AC power is being saved to the hard drive may result in data loss or file damage. Plug your computer power line into a power line conditioner to... documentation for information on battery operating time and to help preserve BIOS settings, operate your laptop computer with the main battery installed at all times.
Dell™ Technology Guide - Page 267
... Dell Factory Image Restore may not be available in certain countries or on the hard drive and removes any programs or drivers installed after you reinstall Windows XP with less than 200 MB of low disk space. regardless of free hard-disk space available, System Restore is unchecked under Automatic restore points. To see...
Dell™ Technology Guide - Page 269
... open programs. 2 Insert the Operating System disc. Restoring Your Operating System
269 For conventional hard drive configurations, the primary hard drive is the Source of the computer.
See "Determining Whether a Device Driver is the first drive detected by the computer. To reinstall Windows, you need the following items: • Dell™ Operating System media • Dell...
Dell™ Technology Guide - Page 272
...or operating status. Write down the information displayed on your computer include:
Tool Power lights
Diagnostic lights for desktop computers
Diagnostic lights for laptop computers System messages
Windows Hardware Troubleshooter Dell Diagnostics
Function
The power button light illuminates... lights. Troubleshooting Tools
Some of your system board, keyboard, display, memory, hard drive, etc.
Dell™ Technology Guide - Page 276
...drive is installed properly and partitioned as a boot device.
• Enter the system setup program and ensure that the boot sequence information is not listed in the table, see "Keyboard Problems for either the operating system or the program that a bootable optical media is in BIOS... for External Keyboards" on page 307). HARD DRIVE SELF MONITORING SYSTEM HAS REPORTED THAT A PARAMETER...
Dell™ Technology Guide - Page 282
...the Dell Diagnostics Main Menu" on (or restart) your system board, keyboard, display, memory, hard drive, and so on.
• Answer any key to start the Dell Diagnostics from the Drivers and...write down the error code(s) and see the Microsoft® Windows® desktop;
Starting the Dell Diagnostics on Desktop Computers
NOTE: If your computer and try again. Select Diagnostics from the boot...
Dell™ Technology Guide - Page 283
... the operating system logo appears, continue to wait until you see the Microsoft Windows desktop; then, shut down your computer and try again.
If multiple versions are listed,...Main Menu" on page 284. Troubleshooting
283
NOTE: The next steps change the boot sequence for your hard drive.
5 When the Dell Diagnostics Main Menu appears, select the test you see a message stating that ...
Dell™ Technology Guide - Page 294
... P U T E R O F F -
BACK UP YOUR FILES IMMEDIATELY
USE A VIRUS-SCANNING PROGRAM TO CHECK THE HARD DRIVE, CDS, OR DVDS
SAVE AND CLOSE ANY OPEN FILES OR PROGRAMS AND SHUT DOWN YOUR COMPUTER THROUGH THE START MENU
Memory ...do not conflict with the program. • If necessary, uninstall and then reinstall the program. Windows XP
The Program Compatibility Wizard configures a program so that...
Dell™ Technology Guide - Page 308
... program screen, highlight the item and see the Microsoft® Windows® desktop.
Options or values that appear as : • System configuration • Boot order • Boot (start-up) configuration • Basic device configuration settings • System security and hard drive password settings
308
System Setup Working With Options on the screen. The...
Dell™ Technology Guide - Page 339
...AC - AGP - accelerated graphics port - An interface for a SATA hard drive Host Controller which a laptop computer battery is designed to an electrical ... identify, quarantine, and/or delete viruses from your particular computer. advanced configuration and power interface -
BIOS - The length of the faster interface between the computer hardware and the operating system. Glossary
Terms ...
Dell™ Technology Guide - Page 348
...drives include CD drives, DVD drives, CD-RW drives, and CD-RW/DVD combo drives. A modification to create an image. Personal Computer Memory Card International Association - Plug-and-Play - NVRAM -
A physical storage area on a hard drive..., configuration, and compatibility with existing hardware if the BIOS, operating system, and all devices are common types of the computer to the ...
Dell™ Technology Guide - Page 349
..., such as its contents after
349 If no problems are more likely to as memory, hard drives, and video. A WfM (Wired for Management) standard that allows networked computers that do... instructions and data. RAM - A text file included with a software package or hardware product. BIOS, that perform basic tests on the major computer components, such as the CPU (central processing unit...
Quick Reference
Guide - Page 19
..., 800 MHz Non-ECC DDR2 SDRAM 512 MB 4 GB
Inspiron 518/519 One 3.5-inch drive bay Two 5.25-inch drive bays Two 3.5-inch drive bays Two 3.5-inch SATA hard drives Two 5.25-inch SATA DVD-ROM/ DVD+/RW super multi drive / Blu-ray Disc drive / Blu-ray Disc RW drive One 3.5-inch USB media card reader/Bluetooth media card reader...
Quick Reference
Guide - Page 23
... to the SATA hard drive or the optical drive. Specifications
23 Blinking amber indicates a problem with the system board or power supply (see "Power Problems" on state. A blinking blue light indicates the computer is in sleep state; Controls and Lights Front of the computer
Power button Power light
Drive activity light
Inspiron 518/519
Push button...
Quick Reference
Guide - Page 25
... environment):
Operating
Inspiron 518/519 10° to 35°C (50° to 95°F) -40° to 65°C (-40° to 149°F) 20% to 80% (noncondensing)
5 to 350 Hz at 0.0002 G2/Hz
Storage
5 to 500 Hz at 0.001 to 0.01 G2/Hz
Maximum shock (measured with hard drive in head...
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