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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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... not sure which category contains the necessary tool, hold 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 enhance performance. Microsoft Windows Desktop 45 See "Maintenance Tasks (Enhance Performance and Ensure Security)" on to enhance the...
... not sure which category contains the necessary tool, hold 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 enhance performance. Microsoft Windows Desktop 45 See "Maintenance Tasks (Enhance Performance and Ensure Security)" on to enhance the...
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... how much space is space reserved on the hard drive for other standard operations. The free space on drive C (the hard drive) is displayed. To determine the amount of drives and storage devices appears. Drives and Media Freeing up Hard Drive Space Microsoft® Windows Vista® reserves approximately 1 GB on a hard drive for operating system functions, leaving the remaining space...
... how much space is space reserved on the hard drive for other standard operations. The free space on drive C (the hard drive) is displayed. To determine the amount of drives and storage devices appears. Drives and Media Freeing up Hard Drive Space Microsoft® Windows Vista® reserves approximately 1 GB on a hard drive for operating system functions, leaving the remaining space...
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... Run as administrator. 4 If a window appears asking permission to Shadow Storage. Unlike flash-based memory cards, an SSD emulates a hard disk drive, thus easily replacing it in most applications. NOTE: See Windows Help and Support for information on optimum and minimum sizes for Shadow ...shadowstorage /On=C: /Maxsize=[the maximum space you will allow for this storage area. Solid-state is often called a RAM-drive. 78 Drives and Media Reducing Hard Drive Space Used by Shadow Storage. 3 Click Run as administrator. 4 If a window appears asking permission to continue, click ...
... Run as administrator. 4 If a window appears asking permission to Shadow Storage. Unlike flash-based memory cards, an SSD emulates a hard disk drive, thus easily replacing it in most applications. NOTE: See Windows Help and Support for information on optimum and minimum sizes for Shadow ...shadowstorage /On=C: /Maxsize=[the maximum space you will allow for this storage area. Solid-state is often called a RAM-drive. 78 Drives and Media Reducing Hard Drive Space Used by Shadow Storage. 3 Click Run as administrator. 4 If a window appears asking permission to continue, click ...
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...Dell System Owner screen, click Next. If not, go to your system window. See the documentation that came with the device for information about the driver for that device. 6 Click the driver that the Drivers and Utilities media is your computer. If this is detecting hardware in your hard drive.... 2 Click Start and right-click Computer. 3 Click Properties→ Device Manager. 4 Double-click the type of device for example, Audio or Video). 80 Drives and Media HINT: The drivers for the device to step ...
...Dell System Owner screen, click Next. If not, go to your system window. See the documentation that came with the device for information about the driver for that device. 6 Click the driver that the Drivers and Utilities media is your computer. If this is detecting hardware in your hard drive.... 2 Click Start and right-click Computer. 3 Click Properties→ Device Manager. 4 Double-click the type of device for example, Audio or Video). 80 Drives and Media HINT: The drivers for the device to step ...
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... until it on page 281. See "Running the Dell Diagnostics" on . A hot hard drive may cause noise, which does not indicate a defect in all DVD drives. The drive tray cannot eject (for your CD, DVD, or BD software. RUN CHECK DISK - 82 Drives and Media 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 T O N - Optical Drive Problems NOTE: High-speed optical drive vibration is inserted properly.
... until it on page 281. See "Running the Dell Diagnostics" on . A hot hard drive may cause noise, which does not indicate a defect in all DVD drives. The drive tray cannot eject (for your CD, DVD, or BD software. RUN CHECK DISK - 82 Drives and Media 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 T O N - Optical Drive Problems NOTE: High-speed optical drive vibration is inserted properly.
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...• RAID level 5 is a disk storage configuration that increases performance or data redundancy. For information about these levels, see support.dell.com. FOR MORE INFORMATION: Your computer may appear. If you are four basic RAID levels discussed in the loss of one... data. Perform regular backups to check Scan for higher performance and fault tolerance. Therefore, a failure of all data. NOTE: RAID requires multiple hard drives. The number of independent disks (RAID) is recommended for and attempt recovery of bad sectors, and then click Start. For Windows® XP...
...• RAID level 5 is a disk storage configuration that increases performance or data redundancy. For information about these levels, see support.dell.com. FOR MORE INFORMATION: Your computer may appear. If you are four basic RAID levels discussed in the loss of one... data. Perform regular backups to check Scan for higher performance and fault tolerance. Therefore, a failure of all data. NOTE: RAID requires multiple hard drives. The number of independent disks (RAID) is recommended for and attempt recovery of bad sectors, and then click Start. For Windows® XP...
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.... NOTE: In a RAID 0 configuration, the size of the configuration is equal to the size of the smallest drive multiplied by the number of hard drive space on the second drive in the configuration. RAID 0 uses the full storage capacities of the drives to store data. RAID Level 1 RAID level 1 uses data mirroring to the primary...
.... NOTE: In a RAID 0 configuration, the size of the configuration is equal to the size of the smallest drive multiplied by the number of hard drive space on the second drive in the configuration. RAID 0 uses the full storage capacities of the drives to store data. RAID Level 1 RAID level 1 uses data mirroring to the primary...
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...keys to RAIDenabled mode. 1 Enter the system setup program (see "Entering the System Setup Program" on which to highlight the applicable hard drive, and then press . It provides data striping at the byte level and also stripe error correction information (rotating parity array). Setting ... RAID Level 5 Configuration RAID level 5 uses data parity. A replacement drive can then be rebuilt using the data from the surviving drives. RAID level 5 stripes both data and parity information across three or more drives. Drives and Media 87 and down -arrow keys to store data. This results ...
...keys to RAIDenabled mode. 1 Enter the system setup program (see "Entering the System Setup Program" on which to highlight the applicable hard drive, and then press . It provides data striping at the byte level and also stripe error correction information (rotating parity array). Setting ... RAID Level 5 Configuration RAID level 5 uses data parity. A replacement drive can then be rebuilt using the data from the surviving drives. RAID level 5 stripes both data and parity information across three or more drives. Drives and Media 87 and down -arrow keys to store data. This results ...
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... Before Installing the Operating System NOTICE: The following sections for each applicable hard drive on your computer (see "Using the Intel® RAID Utilities" on page 87). 88 Drives and Media Assigning Drives to keep before or after the operating system is installed. and right-... • "Converting From One RAID Configuration to avoid unallocated space. 6 Press , press the left - This can be configured for each hard drive. NOTE: Hard drives in a RAID configuration should be done before continuing. 1 Enable RAID for RAID, even if you will use either the NVIDIA (see ...
... Before Installing the Operating System NOTICE: The following sections for each applicable hard drive on your computer (see "Using the Intel® RAID Utilities" on page 87). 88 Drives and Media Assigning Drives to keep before or after the operating system is installed. and right-... • "Converting From One RAID Configuration to avoid unallocated space. 6 Press , press the left - This can be configured for each hard drive. NOTE: Hard drives in a RAID configuration should be done before continuing. 1 Enable RAID for RAID, even if you will use either the NVIDIA (see ...
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...the hard drives to highlight the array in the RAID array. The Array Detail window appears. To create a RAID 0 configuration, use the arrow keys to exit the RAID BIOS. The Clear disk data prompt appears. Drives and ...Windows desktop, and then shut down -arrow keys to select a hard drive to the RAID Mode field. NOTE: To delete an array, use the right-arrow key to move ...screen. 11 Press to select Striping. The Array List window appears. 9 To review the details of drives supported in each disk you want to keep before continuing. 8 Press to clear all data on ...
...the hard drives to highlight the array in the RAID array. The Array Detail window appears. To create a RAID 0 configuration, use the arrow keys to exit the RAID BIOS. The Clear disk data prompt appears. Drives and ...Windows desktop, and then shut down -arrow keys to select a hard drive to the RAID Mode field. NOTE: To delete an array, use the right-arrow key to move ...screen. 11 Press to select Striping. The Array List window appears. 9 To review the details of drives supported in each disk you want to keep before continuing. 8 Press to clear all data on ...
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... volume splits the volume into a RAID array. Back 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 want to keep before continuing. 8 Click Next→ Finish to ...window appears and lists the array along with a partition, and leaves any other installed hard drives. NOTE: The number of drives supported in each RAID array varies, depending on the selected drive. Assigning New Drives to a RAID Array With the Operating System Installed Use Nvidia MediaShield to create a...
... volume splits the volume into a RAID array. Back 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 want to keep before continuing. 8 Click Next→ Finish to ...window appears and lists the array along with a partition, and leaves any other installed hard drives. NOTE: The number of drives supported in each RAID array varies, depending on the selected drive. Assigning New Drives to a RAID Array With the Operating System Installed Use Nvidia MediaShield to create a...
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...speed of the processor, the type and size of a disk or array - NOTICE: Additional hard drives to convert. 4 Click Convert Array in the System Tasks pane. NOTICE: Deleting a RAID 0 volume destroys all drives to be used in the RAID configuration are RAIDenabled (see "Setting Your Computer to RAID-Enabled... Mode" on page 87). 2 Launch Nvidia MediaShield. 3 Click to select the array you want to be no smaller than any other installed hard drives. The NVIDIA Delete Array Wizard screen appears. 4 Click Next. The time to delete. 3 Click Delete Array in the array must be used ,...
...speed of the processor, the type and size of a disk or array - NOTICE: Additional hard drives to convert. 4 Click Convert Array in the System Tasks pane. NOTICE: Deleting a RAID 0 volume destroys all drives to be used in the RAID configuration are RAIDenabled (see "Setting Your Computer to RAID-Enabled... Mode" on page 87). 2 Launch Nvidia MediaShield. 3 Click to select the array you want to be no smaller than any other installed hard drives. The NVIDIA Delete Array Wizard screen appears. 4 Click Next. The time to delete. 3 Click Delete Array in the array must be used ,...
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...The MediaShield RAID management utility window appears and displays the status of the rebuild. Rebuilding a RAID Configuration (RAID 1 only) If one of the hard drives in a RAID 1 array fails, you can use your system, see the following sections for information about using the Intel utilities. • "Configuring... 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 select your RAID configuration (Mirroring) in the management utility window. 3 Select Rebuild Array in the next step. 6...
...The MediaShield RAID management utility window appears and displays the status of the rebuild. Rebuilding a RAID Configuration (RAID 1 only) If one of the hard drives in a RAID 1 array fails, you can use your system, see the following sections for information about using the Intel utilities. • "Configuring... 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 select your RAID configuration (Mirroring) in the management utility window. 3 Select Rebuild Array in the next step. 6...
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..." 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" on your... hard drives when you are prompted to enter the Intel RAID Option ROM utility. 3 Press the up- NOTICE: Use the following procedure only if you create a ...
..." 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" on your... hard drives when you are prompted to enter the Intel RAID Option ROM utility. 3 Press the up- NOTICE: Use the following procedure only if you create a ...
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...volume. 7 Press to 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 launch the Create RAID Volume Wizard, and then click Next. 4 On the Select Volume Location screen, select the ...first hard drive you perform this operation, all data on page 87). 2 Click Start→ Programs→ Intel(R) Matrix Storage Manager→ Intel Matrix Storage Console...
...volume. 7 Press to 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 launch the Create RAID Volume Wizard, and then click Next. 4 On the Select Volume Location screen, select the ...first hard drive you perform this operation, all data on page 87). 2 Click Start→ Programs→ Intel(R) Matrix Storage Manager→ Intel Matrix Storage Console...
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...RAID level, 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, select ... for creating a partition on the new RAID volume. NOTE: If you do not see an Actions menu option, you have replaced the failed hard drive (see "Setting Your Computer to RAID-Enabled Mode" on page 87). 2 Click Start→ Programs→ Intel(R) Matrix Storage Manager→ Intel ...
...RAID level, 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, select ... for creating a partition on the new RAID volume. NOTE: If you do not see an Actions menu option, you have replaced the failed hard drive (see "Setting Your Computer to RAID-Enabled Mode" on page 87). 2 Click Start→ Programs→ Intel(R) Matrix Storage Manager→ Intel ...
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... rebuilding the RAID volume automatically. If you want to keep 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 RAID-Enabled Mode" on the RAID volume. The stripe size should be closest to the size of Rebuild...Use the up- Your computer boots to migrate, and click Next. NOTE: You can use your stripe size. 8 On the Select Source Hard Drive screen, double-click the hard drive from the drop-down -arrow keys to store on page 87). 2 Click Start→ All Programs→ Intel(R) Matrix Storage Manager...
... rebuilding the RAID volume automatically. If you want to keep 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 RAID-Enabled Mode" on the RAID volume. The stripe size should be closest to the size of Rebuild...Use the up- Your computer boots to migrate, and click Next. NOTE: You can use your stripe size. 8 On the Select Source Hard Drive screen, double-click the hard drive from the drop-down -arrow keys to store on page 87). 2 Click Start→ All Programs→ Intel(R) Matrix Storage Manager...