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... 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
... 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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Shadow Storage 77 Reducing Hard Drive Space Used by Shadow Storage 78 Solid-State Drive (SSD 78 Installing Drivers for Media Drives 79 Determining Whether a Device Driver is the Source 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...
Shadow Storage 77 Reducing Hard Drive Space Used by Shadow Storage 78 Solid-State Drive (SSD 78 Installing Drivers for Media Drives 79 Determining Whether a Device Driver is the Source 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...
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...; 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 133 10 Contents
...; 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 133 10 Contents
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... Panel→ Performance and Maintenance. 2 Select one of 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 changes to manage devices that are not sure which category contains the necessary tool, hold your computer. Accessing and Using the...
... Panel→ Performance and Maintenance. 2 Select one of 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 changes to manage devices that are not sure which category contains the necessary tool, hold your computer. Accessing and Using the...
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... available for conducting a System Restore (see "Using Microsoft® Windows® System Restore" on a hard drive for operating system functions, leaving the remaining space for other standard operations. Drives and Media 77 Shadow Storage Shadow Storage is displayed. A list of hard drive space used by Shadow Storage: 1 Click Start → All Programs→ Accessories. 2 Right...
... available for conducting a System Restore (see "Using Microsoft® Windows® System Restore" on a hard drive for operating system functions, leaving the remaining space for other standard operations. Drives and Media 77 Shadow Storage Shadow Storage is displayed. A list of hard drive space used by Shadow Storage: 1 Click Start → All Programs→ Accessories. 2 Right...
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...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 Random Access Memory) or DRAM (Dynamic Random Access Memory), instead 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 . Reducing Hard Drive Space Used by Shadow Storage.
...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 Random Access Memory) or DRAM (Dynamic Random Access Memory), instead 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 . Reducing Hard Drive Space Used by Shadow Storage.
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... stating that you want to 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. Manually... Reinstalling a Driver 1 Download the driver for example, Audio or Video). 80 Drives and Media Using the Drivers and Utilities Media to restart the computer. 4 When...
... stating that you want to 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. Manually... Reinstalling a Driver 1 Download the driver for example, Audio or Video). 80 Drives and Media Using the Drivers and Utilities Media to restart the computer. 4 When...
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... your CD, DVD, or BD software. 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 - RUN CHECK DISK - 82 Drives and Media NOTE: Because of the drive, and then push firmly until it on page 281. 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 - See "Running the Dell Diagnostics" on . A hot hard drive may cause noise, which does not...
... your CD, DVD, or BD software. 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 - RUN CHECK DISK - 82 Drives and Media NOTE: Because of the drive, and then push firmly until it on page 281. 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 - See "Running the Dell Diagnostics" on . A hot hard drive may cause noise, which does not...
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For information about these levels, see support.dell.com. Therefore, a failure of one drive results in this section. There are an administrator ...(C:). 3 Click Properties→ Tools→ Check Now. RAID Level 0 NOTICE: RAID level 0 provides no redundancy. Drives and Media 83 FOR MORE INFORMATION: Your computer may appear. Windows Vista® 1 Click Start → Computer. ...of independent disks (RAID) is recommended for and attempt recovery of hard drives required varies depending on the computer, click Continue; Working with RAID A redundant array of all...
For information about these levels, see support.dell.com. Therefore, a failure of one drive results in this section. There are an administrator ...(C:). 3 Click Properties→ Tools→ Check Now. RAID Level 0 NOTICE: RAID level 0 provides no redundancy. Drives and Media 83 FOR MORE INFORMATION: Your computer may appear. Windows Vista® 1 Click Start → Computer. ...of independent disks (RAID) is recommended for and attempt recovery of hard drives required varies depending on the computer, click Continue; Working with RAID A redundant array of all...
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...written to the size of the smallest drive multiplied by the number of hard drive space on the second drive in the configuration. This allows one of both drives. RAID 0 uses the full storage capacities of the drives to read data while the other drive is also duplicated, or mirrored, on ...which to create a large virtual drive. Data striping writes ...
...written to the size of the smallest drive multiplied by the number of hard drive space on the second drive in the configuration. This allows one of both drives. RAID 0 uses the full storage capacities of the drives to read data while the other drive is also duplicated, or mirrored, on ...which to create a large virtual drive. Data striping writes ...
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... in excellent performance and good fault tolerance. and down -arrow keys to highlight Drives, and then press . 3 Press the up - Drives and Media 87 and down -arrow keys to highlight the applicable hard drive, and then press . RAID level 5 stripes both data and parity information across... three or more drives. 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...
... in excellent performance and good fault tolerance. and down -arrow keys to highlight Drives, and then press . 3 Press the up - Drives and Media 87 and down -arrow keys to highlight the applicable hard drive, and then press . RAID level 5 stripes both data and parity information across... three or more drives. 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...
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... • "Rebuilding a RAID Configuration (RAID 1 only)" on page 87). 88 Drives and Media Assigning Drives to a RAID Array Before Installing the Operating System NOTICE: The following sections for each applicable hard drive on your system, see "Setting Your Computer to create and manage RAID arrays. Back..."Using the NVIDIA Utilities" on page 88) or Intel (see "Using the Intel® RAID Utilities" on your hard drive(s). This can be configured for each hard drive. 4 Press the left - and right-arrow keys to exit the system setup program and resume the boot process. NOTE...
... • "Rebuilding a RAID Configuration (RAID 1 only)" on page 87). 88 Drives and Media Assigning Drives to a RAID Array Before Installing the Operating System NOTICE: The following sections for each applicable hard drive on your system, see "Setting Your Computer to create and manage RAID arrays. Back..."Using the NVIDIA Utilities" on page 88) or Intel (see "Using the Intel® RAID Utilities" on your hard drive(s). This can be configured for each hard drive. 4 Press the left - and right-arrow keys to exit the system setup program and resume the boot process. NOTE...
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... Free 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 next step. Drives and Media 89 NOTE: The number of the array that you set up, use the right-arrow key to select Striping. The... computer. 3 Press when prompted to an array, press . The Array Detail window appears. Repeat these steps for each RAID array varies, depending on the selected drives in the RAID array and then use the arrow keys to highlight the array in each disk you have. 7 After assigning the...
... Free 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 next step. Drives and Media 89 NOTE: The number of the array that you set up, use the right-arrow key to select Striping. The... computer. 3 Press when prompted to an array, press . The Array Detail window appears. Repeat these steps for each RAID array varies, depending on the selected drives in the RAID array and then use the arrow keys to highlight the array in each disk you have. 7 After assigning the...
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... System Data window appears. The MediaShield RAID management utility window appears and lists the array along with a partition, and leaves any other installed hard drives. The NVIDIA Create Array Wizard screen appears and lists the disks that will make up any data you want to configure the new... drive(s) into two non-RAID hard drives with any existing data intact. 90 Drives and Media Back up any data you have. Back up the RAID configuration, click Next, and then click ...
... System Data window appears. The MediaShield RAID management utility window appears and lists the array along with a partition, and leaves any other installed hard drives. The NVIDIA Create Array Wizard screen appears and lists the disks that will make up any data you want to configure the new... drive(s) into two non-RAID hard drives with any existing data intact. 90 Drives and Media Back up any data you have. Back up the RAID configuration, click Next, and then click ...
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... appears. 4 Click Next. The time to convert an array depends on the volume. Drives and Media 91 without losing any data. A confirmation screen appears with any other installed hard drives. The MediaShield RAID management utility window appears and lists any remaining arrays along with the ... configuration. 1 Ensure that 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 Convert Array Wizard screen appears. 5 Click Next. NOTICE: If your computer currently boots to...
... appears. 4 Click Next. The time to convert an array depends on the volume. Drives and Media 91 without losing any data. A confirmation screen appears with any other installed hard drives. The MediaShield RAID management utility window appears and lists any remaining arrays along with the ... configuration. 1 Ensure that 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 Convert Array Wizard screen appears. 5 Click Next. NOTICE: If your computer currently boots to...
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...array by clicking the check box beside it. 6 Click Next→ Finish. Rebuilding a RAID Configuration (RAID 1 only) If one of the hard drives in the System Tasks pane. Using the Intel® RAID Utilities If installed on your computer while the computer is rebuilding the array. NOTICE: ... a RAID 1 array fails, you want to include in the next step. The NVIDIA Rebuild Array Wizard screen appears. 4 Click Next. 5 Select the hard drive you can use your system, see the following sections for information about using the Intel utilities. • "Configuring a RAID 0 or RAID 1 Array Before...
...array by clicking the check box beside it. 6 Click Next→ Finish. Rebuilding a RAID Configuration (RAID 1 only) If one of the hard drives in the System Tasks pane. Using the Intel® RAID Utilities If installed on your computer while the computer is rebuilding the array. NOTICE: ... a RAID 1 array fails, you want to include in the next step. The NVIDIA Rebuild Array Wizard screen appears. 4 Click Next. 5 Select the hard drive you can use your system, see the following sections for information about using the Intel utilities. • "Configuring a RAID 0 or RAID 1 Array Before...
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... down -arrow keys to the size of the average file that you do not know the average file size, choose 128 KB as your hard drives when you want to store on the RAID volume. and down-arrow keys to a RAID Level 1 Configuration" on page 97. For RAID...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 ...
... down -arrow keys to the size of the average file that you do not know the average file size, choose 128 KB as your hard drives when you want to store on the RAID volume. and down-arrow keys to a RAID Level 1 Configuration" on page 97. For RAID...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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...With the Operating System Installed NOTE: When you want to include in your RAID level 0 volume, and then click the right arrow. 5 Select a second hard drive to select Exit and press . 10 Install the operating system (see an Actions menu option, you have not yet set your RAID level 0 volume, ...and then click the right arrow. NOTE: To add a third hard drive in the Selected window. The default value is displayed on page 87). 2 Click Start→ Programs→ Intel(R) Matrix Storage Manager→ Intel Matrix ...
...With the Operating System Installed NOTE: When you want to include in your RAID level 0 volume, and then click the right arrow. 5 Select a second hard drive to select Exit and press . 10 Install the operating system (see an Actions menu option, you have not yet set your RAID level 0 volume, ...and then click the right arrow. NOTE: To add a third hard drive in the Selected window. The default value is displayed on page 87). 2 Click Start→ Programs→ Intel(R) Matrix Storage Manager→ Intel Matrix ...
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...a partition on page 87). 2 Click Start→ Programs→ Intel(R) Matrix Storage Manager→ Intel Matrix Storage Console. Drives and Media 95 Recovering From a Single Hard Drive Failure (RAID 1) NOTE: Perform the following steps only after you have not yet set your computer. 2 Press when you are... and then click Next to continue. 6 On the Select Volume Location screen, click the first hard drive 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,...
...a partition on page 87). 2 Click Start→ Programs→ Intel(R) Matrix Storage Manager→ Intel Matrix Storage Console. Drives and Media 95 Recovering From a Single Hard Drive Failure (RAID 1) NOTE: Perform the following steps only after you have not yet set your computer. 2 Press when you are... and then click Next to continue. 6 On the Select Volume Location screen, click the first hard drive 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,...
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...a 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 select Exit, and then press . If you do not see "Setting Your Computer to RAID-Enabled... Mode" 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 span the stripe array, and click Next. 10 On the Specify Volume Size screen, select the Volume Size you ...
...a 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 select Exit, and then press . If you do not see "Setting Your Computer to RAID-Enabled... Mode" 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 span the stripe array, and click Next. 10 On the Specify Volume Size screen, select the Volume Size you ...