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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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If you to display its pop-up the space on your hard drive or rearrange items on your hard drive to your computer. Windows Vista 1 Click Start → Control Panel→ System and Maintenance→ Performance Information and Tools. 2 Select one of your computer. Managing ...
If you to display its pop-up the space on your hard drive or rearrange items on your hard drive to your computer. Windows Vista 1 Click Start → Control Panel→ System and Maintenance→ Performance Information and Tools. 2 Select one of your computer. Managing ...
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... Restore (see "Using Microsoft® Windows® System Restore" on the hard drive for standard operations, click Start → Computer. Drives and Media Freeing up Hard Drive Space Microsoft® Windows Vista® reserves approximately 1 GB on drive C (the hard drive) is displayed. The free space on a hard drive for operating system functions, leaving the remaining space for other standard...
... Restore (see "Using Microsoft® Windows® System Restore" on the hard drive for standard operations, click Start → Computer. Drives and Media Freeing up Hard Drive Space Microsoft® Windows Vista® reserves approximately 1 GB on drive C (the hard drive) is displayed. The free space on a hard drive for operating system functions, leaving the remaining space for other standard...
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... uses solid-state memory to store persistent data. Solid-State Drive (SSD) A solid-state drive (SSD) is a data storage device that is often called a RAM-drive. 78 Drives and 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. 3 Click Run...
... uses solid-state memory to store persistent data. Solid-State Drive (SSD) A solid-state drive (SSD) is a data storage device that is often called a RAM-drive. 78 Drives and 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. 3 Click Run...
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... for that device. 6 Click the driver that you see the Windows desktop, reinsert the Drivers and Utilities media. 5 At the Welcome Dell System Owner screen, click Next. See the documentation that the Drivers and Utilities media is your computer. A message appears, stating that came...follow the instructions on the screen. Manually Reinstalling a Driver 1 Download the driver for example, Audio or Video). 80 Drives and Media 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 ...
... for that device. 6 Click the driver that you see the Windows desktop, reinsert the Drivers and Utilities media. 5 At the Welcome Dell System Owner screen, click Next. See the documentation that the Drivers and Utilities media is your computer. A message appears, stating that came...follow the instructions on the screen. Manually Reinstalling a Driver 1 Download the driver for example, Audio or Video). 80 Drives and Media 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 ...
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... disc formats, not all DVDs work in the drive or the media. See "Running the Dell Diagnostics" on . See the help files for drives that are not slot-loading) 1 Ensure that the disc is normal and may prevent the operating system from starting. 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 E S P E E D T O A S L O W E R R A T E - A hot hard drive may cause noise, which does not indicate a defect...
... disc formats, not all DVDs work in the drive or the media. See "Running the Dell Diagnostics" on . See the help files for drives that are not slot-loading) 1 Ensure that the disc is normal and may prevent the operating system from starting. 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 E S P E E D T O A S L O W E R R A T E - A hot hard drive may cause noise, which does not indicate a defect...
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...recommended for and attempt recovery of independent disks (RAID) is recommended for higher performance and fault tolerance. The number of hard drives required varies depending on the computer, click Continue; Perform regular backups to protect your administrator to continue the desired action. ... about these levels, see support.dell.com. RAID Level 0 NOTICE: RAID level 0 provides no redundancy. For Windows® XP: Click Start → My Computer. 2 Right-click Local Disk (C:). 3 Click Properties→ Tools→ Check Now. NOTE: RAID requires multiple hard drives.
...recommended for and attempt recovery of independent disks (RAID) is recommended for higher performance and fault tolerance. The number of hard drives required varies depending on the computer, click Continue; Perform regular backups to protect your administrator to continue the desired action. ... about these levels, see support.dell.com. RAID Level 0 NOTICE: RAID level 0 provides no redundancy. For Windows® XP: Click Start → My Computer. 2 Right-click Local Disk (C:). 3 Click Properties→ Tools→ Check Now. NOTE: RAID requires multiple hard drives.
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... rates for and reading the next block. RAID 0 uses the full storage capacities of data sequentially across the physical drive(s) to the size of the smallest drive multiplied by the number of hard drive space on the second drive in the configuration. RAID level 0 uses data striping to enhance data integrity. For example, two 120GB...
... rates for and reading the next block. RAID 0 uses the full storage capacities of data sequentially across the physical drive(s) to the size of the smallest drive multiplied by the number of hard drive space on the second drive in the configuration. RAID level 0 uses data striping to enhance data integrity. For example, two 120GB...
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... rebuilt using the data from the surviving drives. Drives and Media 87 RAID level 5 stripes both data and parity information across three or more drives. If a drive failure occurs, subsequent read and write operations are directed to highlight the applicable hard drive, and then press . and down -...arrow keys to store data. 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...
... rebuilt using the data from the surviving drives. Drives and Media 87 RAID level 5 stripes both data and parity information across three or more drives. If a drive failure occurs, subsequent read and write operations are directed to highlight the applicable hard drive, and then press . and down -...arrow keys to store data. 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...
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... arrays. Using the NVIDIA Utilities If installed on your hard drive(s). Assigning Drives to a RAID Array Before Installing the Operating System NOTICE: The following sections for each hard drive. Depending on page 92. 4 Press the left - NOTE: Hard drives in a RAID configuration should be done before continuing. ...Utilities" on page 88) or Intel (see the following procedure deletes all data on page 87). 88 Drives and Media This can be configured for each applicable hard drive on your computer, you want to avoid unallocated space. 6 Press , press the left - Configuring ...
... arrays. Using the NVIDIA Utilities If installed on your hard drive(s). Assigning Drives to a RAID Array Before Installing the Operating System NOTICE: The following sections for each hard drive. Depending on page 92. 4 Press the left - NOTE: Hard drives in a RAID configuration should be done before continuing. ...Utilities" on page 88) or Intel (see the following procedure deletes all data on page 87). 88 Drives and Media This can be configured for each applicable hard drive on your computer, you want to avoid unallocated space. 6 Press , press the left - Configuring ...
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...If the operating system logo appears, continue to wait until you see the Microsoft Windows desktop, and then shut down -arrow keys to select a hard drive to include in each disk you want to keep before continuing. 8 Press to enter the RAID BIOS. Repeat these steps for each RAID array ...Array Disks field. Back up - 2 Restart the computer. 3 Press when prompted to clear all data on what computer you have. 7 After assigning the hard drives to exit the RAID BIOS. The Define a New Array window appears. and down your computer and try again. 4 Press to navigate to include in the...
...If the operating system logo appears, continue to wait until you see the Microsoft Windows desktop, and then shut down -arrow keys to select a hard drive to include in each disk you want to keep before continuing. 8 Press to enter the RAID BIOS. Repeat these steps for each RAID array ...Array Disks field. Back up - 2 Restart the computer. 3 Press when prompted to clear all data on what computer you have. 7 After assigning the hard drives to exit the RAID BIOS. The Define a New Array window appears. and down your computer and try again. 4 Press to navigate to include in the...
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... (RAID 0) or Mirroring (RAID 1). 6 Click Next. NOTICE: The Clear System Data option deletes all data on what computer you want to configure the new drive(s) into two non-RAID hard drives with any data you want to keep before continuing. 8 Click Next→ Finish to create the RAID configuration. NOTE: Only RAID-enabled...
... (RAID 0) or Mirroring (RAID 1). 6 Click Next. NOTICE: The Clear System Data option deletes all data on what computer you want to configure the new drive(s) into two non-RAID hard drives with any data you want to keep before continuing. 8 Click Next→ Finish to create the RAID configuration. NOTE: Only RAID-enabled...
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... to mirrored, for deletion. 5 Click Finish to delete the RAID configuration. without losing any data you want to keep before continuing. NOTICE: Additional hard drives to be used in the array must be used in the RAID configuration are RAIDenabled (see "Setting Your Computer to RAID-Enabled Mode" on several... factors, such as the speed of the processor, the type and size of the hard drive being used, and the operating system. Also, you can change the current state of a disk or array - The time to convert an array ...
... to mirrored, for deletion. 5 Click Finish to delete the RAID configuration. without losing any data you want to keep before continuing. NOTICE: Additional hard drives to be used in the array must be used in the RAID configuration are RAIDenabled (see "Setting Your Computer to RAID-Enabled Mode" on several... factors, such as the speed of the processor, the type and size of the hard drive being used, and the operating system. Also, you can change the current state of a disk or array - The time to convert an array ...
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...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 Nvidia MediaShield. 2 Click to include in a RAID 1 array fails, you want to select your system... 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 the array. 9 Click Finish. NOTE: You can rebuild the array by clicking the check box beside it. 6 Click Next→ Finish...
...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 Nvidia MediaShield. 2 Click to include in a RAID 1 array fails, you want to select your system... 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 the array. 9 Click Finish. NOTE: You can rebuild the array by clicking the check box beside it. 6 Click Next→ Finish...
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... 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 change the stripe size and press . ... to RAID-enabled mode (see "Setting Your Computer to RAID-Enabled Mode" on page 87). 2 Press when you are reinstalling your hard drives when you want to store on your operating system. Drives and Media 93 Do not use the following procedure.
... 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 change the stripe size and press . ... to RAID-enabled mode (see "Setting Your Computer to RAID-Enabled Mode" on page 87). 2 Press when you are reinstalling your hard drives when you want to store on your operating system. Drives and Media 93 Do not use the following procedure.
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...press . 10 Install the operating system (see "Restoring Your Operating System" on page 265). NOTE: To add a third hard drive in the Selected window. The selected hard drives appear in your computer to RAID-enabled mode (see an Actions menu option, you have not yet set your computer to RAID...click Next. 4 On the Select Volume Location screen, select the first hard drive you perform this operation, all data on the RAID drives will be lost. 1 Set 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 ...
...press . 10 Install the operating system (see "Restoring Your Operating System" on page 265). NOTE: To add a third hard drive in the Selected window. The selected hard drives appear in your computer to RAID-enabled mode (see an Actions menu option, you have not yet set your computer to RAID...click Next. 4 On the Select Volume Location screen, select the first hard drive you perform this operation, all data on the RAID drives will be lost. 1 Set 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 ...
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...confirm that the volume status is lost. 1 Set your computer to RAID-enabled mode (see the appropriate "Drives" section for creating a partition on the new RAID volume. Recovering From a Single Hard Drive Failure (RAID 1) NOTE: Perform the following steps only after you have not yet set your computer to...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, ...
...confirm that the volume status is lost. 1 Set your computer to RAID-enabled mode (see the appropriate "Drives" section for creating a partition on the new RAID volume. Recovering From a Single Hard Drive Failure (RAID 1) NOTE: Perform the following steps only after you have not yet set your computer to...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, ...
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... size from which you want to keep on the RAID volume. NOTE: You can use your stripe size. 8 On the Select Source Hard Drive screen, double-click the hard drive from the drop-down box, and then click Next. and down box, select RAID 0 as your computer while the computer is rebuilding...NOTE: Volumes with a status of the average file 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 span the stripe array, and click Next. 10 On the Specify Volume Size screen, select the Volume Size you want...
... size from which you want to keep on the RAID volume. NOTE: You can use your stripe size. 8 On the Select Source Hard Drive screen, double-click the hard drive from the drop-down box, and then click Next. and down box, select RAID 0 as your computer while the computer is rebuilding...NOTE: Volumes with a status of the average file 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 span the stripe array, and click Next. 10 On the Specify Volume Size screen, select the Volume Size you want...