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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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...performance, view events, monitor the performance log, or perform computer management. See "Maintenance Tasks (Enhance Performance and Ensure Security)" on your hard drive to make changes to your computer. Microsoft Windows Desktop 45 Windows Vista 1 Click Start → Control Panel→ System and Maintenance...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 page 125 for you are installed in the Task area to monitor your computer's performance. Accessing and...
...performance, view events, monitor the performance log, or perform computer management. See "Maintenance Tasks (Enhance Performance and Ensure Security)" on your hard drive to make changes to your computer. Microsoft Windows Desktop 45 Windows Vista 1 Click Start → Control Panel→ System and Maintenance...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 page 125 for you are installed in the Task area to monitor your computer's performance. Accessing and...
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... → All Programs→ Accessories. 2 Right-click Command Prompt. To determine the amount of drives and storage devices appears. Drives and Media 77 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 for conducting a System Restore (see "Using Microsoft...
... → All Programs→ Accessories. 2 Right-click Command Prompt. To determine the amount of drives and storage devices appears. Drives and Media 77 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 for conducting a System Restore (see "Using Microsoft...
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...this storage area. 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. Solid-State Drive (SSD) A solid-state drive (SSD) is often called a RAM-drive. 78 Drives and Media The Command Prompt displays the amount of space used by Shadow Storage 1...
...this storage area. 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. Solid-State Drive (SSD) A solid-state drive (SSD) is often called a RAM-drive. 78 Drives and Media The Command Prompt displays the amount of space used by Shadow Storage 1...
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...-The Drivers and Utilities media has identified these components in your system window. A message appears, stating that the Drivers and Utilities media is 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. The drivers used by your computer are installing the driver (for that device. 6 Click the driver that came...
...-The Drivers and Utilities media has identified these components in your system window. A message appears, stating that the Drivers and Utilities media is 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. The drivers used by your computer are installing the driver (for that device. 6 Click the driver that came...
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...disc formats, not all DVDs work in the drive or the media. A hot hard drive may cause noise, which does not indicate a defect in all DVD drives. The drive makes a scraping or grinding sound • ...Ensure that the sound is not caused by a program. • Ensure that the computer is inserted properly. RUN CHECK DISK - 82 Drives and Media R U N THE DELL D I A G N O S T I T E S P E E D T O A S L O W E R R A T E - NOTE: Because of the drive...
...disc formats, not all DVDs work in the drive or the media. A hot hard drive may cause noise, which does not indicate a defect in all DVD drives. The drive makes a scraping or grinding sound • ...Ensure that the sound is not caused by a program. • Ensure that the computer is inserted properly. RUN CHECK DISK - 82 Drives and Media R U N THE DELL D I A G N O S T I T E S P E E D T O A S L O W E R R A T E - NOTE: Because of the drive...
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..., contact your data. For information about these levels, see support.dell.com. RAID Level 0 NOTICE: RAID level 0 provides no redundancy. Drives and Media 83 NOTE: RAID requires multiple hard drives. Perform regular backups to protect your administrator to continue the desired action...0 is recommended for higher performance (faster throughput). • RAID level 1 is recommended for users who need a high level of one drive results in this section. Therefore, a failure of data integrity. • RAID level 0+1 is recommended for higher performance and data integrity ...
..., contact your data. For information about these levels, see support.dell.com. RAID Level 0 NOTICE: RAID level 0 provides no redundancy. Drives and Media 83 NOTE: RAID requires multiple hard drives. Perform regular backups to protect your administrator to continue the desired action...0 is recommended for higher performance (faster throughput). • RAID level 1 is recommended for users who need a high level of one drive results in this section. Therefore, a failure of data integrity. • RAID level 0+1 is recommended for higher performance and data integrity ...
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... level 1 uses data mirroring 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 data sequentially across the physical drive(s) to provide a high data access rate. NOTE: In a...the configuration is also duplicated, or mirrored, on which to provide 240 GB of drives in the configuration. Data striping writes consecutive segments, or stripes, of both drives. For example, two 120GB hard drives combine to store data. RAID level 0 uses data striping to create a large ...
... level 1 uses data mirroring 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 data sequentially across the physical drive(s) to provide a high data access rate. NOTE: In a...the configuration is also duplicated, or mirrored, on which to provide 240 GB of drives in the configuration. Data striping writes consecutive segments, or stripes, of both drives. For example, two 120GB hard drives combine to store data. RAID level 0 uses data striping to create a large ...
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...to highlight the applicable hard drive, and then press . Setting Your Computer to RAID-Enabled Mode Before creating a RAID configuration, you must set your computer to RAIDenabled mode. 1 Enter the system setup program (see "Entering the System Setup Program" on which to highlight Drives, and then press ....Press the up - and down -arrow keys to store data. Drives and Media 87 and down -arrow keys to the other surviving 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 on page 308). 2...
...to highlight the applicable hard drive, and then press . Setting Your Computer to RAID-Enabled Mode Before creating a RAID configuration, you must set your computer to RAIDenabled mode. 1 Enter the system setup program (see "Entering the System Setup Program" on which to highlight Drives, and then press ....Press the up - and down -arrow keys to store data. Drives and Media 87 and down -arrow keys to the other surviving 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 on page 308). 2...
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...Configuration (RAID 1 only)" on your system, see the following procedure deletes all data on page 87). 88 Drives and Media Configuring RAID Your computer can be configured for each hard drive. and right-arrow keys to a RAID Array Before Installing the Operating System NOTICE: The following sections for ...8226; "Deleting a RAID Array" on page 92) programs to exit the system setup program and resume the boot process. Depending on your hard drive(s). 4 Press the left - and right-arrow keys to highlight Save/Exit, and then press to create and manage RAID arrays. This can ...
...Configuration (RAID 1 only)" on your system, see the following procedure deletes all data on page 87). 88 Drives and Media Configuring RAID Your computer can be configured for each hard drive. and right-arrow keys to a RAID Array Before Installing the Operating System NOTICE: The following sections for ...8226; "Deleting a RAID Array" on page 92) programs to exit the system setup program and resume the boot process. Depending on your hard drive(s). 4 Press the left - and right-arrow keys to highlight Save/Exit, and then press to create and manage RAID arrays. This can ...
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...all data on what computer you see the Microsoft Windows desktop, and then shut down -arrow keys to select a hard drive to the Array Disks field. The Array List window appears. 9 To review the details of drives supported in each disk you set up, use the arrow keys to move the selected...the RAID Mode field. NOTE: If the operating system logo appears, continue to wait until you have. 7 After assigning the hard drives to highlight the array in the next step. Drives and Media 89 NOTE: To delete an array, use the arrow keys to select Mirroring. 5 Press to navigate to exit the...
...all data on what computer you see the Microsoft Windows desktop, and then shut down -arrow keys to select a hard drive to the Array Disks field. The Array List window appears. 9 To review the details of drives supported in each disk you set up, use the arrow keys to move the selected...the RAID Mode field. NOTE: If the operating system logo appears, continue to wait until you have. 7 After assigning the hard drives to highlight the array in the next step. Drives and Media 89 NOTE: To delete an array, use the arrow keys to select Mirroring. 5 Press to navigate to exit the...
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... Clearing 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. Assigning New Drives to a RAID Array With the Operating System Installed Use Nvidia MediaShield to create a RAID configuration only when you are available for configuration. 4 Click Next...
... Clearing 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. Assigning New Drives to a RAID Array With the Operating System Installed Use Nvidia MediaShield to create a RAID configuration only when you are available for configuration. 4 Click Next...
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...volume, your computer will not boot. 1 Launch Nvidia MediaShield. 2 Click to select the array you can change the current state of the hard drive being used in the RAID configuration are RAIDenabled (see "Setting Your Computer to RAID-Enabled Mode" on the volume. The time to Another ...RAID Configuration You can add hard drives to delete. 3 Click Delete Array in the System Tasks pane. The NVIDIA Convert Array Wizard screen appears. 5 Click Next. from striped to ...
...volume, your computer will not boot. 1 Launch Nvidia MediaShield. 2 Click to select the array you can change the current state of the hard drive being used in the RAID configuration are RAIDenabled (see "Setting Your Computer to RAID-Enabled Mode" on the volume. The time to Another ...RAID Configuration You can add hard drives to delete. 3 Click Delete Array in the System Tasks pane. The NVIDIA Convert Array Wizard screen appears. 5 Click Next. from striped to ...
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...2 Click to select your computer while the computer is rebuilding the array. The MediaShield RAID management utility window appears and displays the status of the hard drives in the array. 9 Click Finish. Rebuilding a RAID Configuration (RAID 1 only) If one of the rebuild. The NVIDIA Rebuild Array Wizard screen...Mirroring) in the management utility window. 3 Select Rebuild Array in the next step. Back up any other installed hard drives. NOTICE: You lose all data on page 93. 92 Drives and Media NOTE: You can rebuild the array by clicking the check box beside it. 6 Click Next→...
...2 Click to select your computer while the computer is rebuilding the array. The MediaShield RAID management utility window appears and displays the status of the hard drives in the array. 9 Click Finish. Rebuilding a RAID Configuration (RAID 1 only) If one of the rebuild. The NVIDIA Rebuild Array Wizard screen...Mirroring) in the management utility window. 3 Select Rebuild Array in the next step. Back up any other installed hard drives. NOTICE: You lose all data on page 93. 92 Drives and Media NOTE: You can rebuild the array by clicking the check box beside it. 6 Click Next→...
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... 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" on...select RAID0 (Stripe). Configuring a RAID 0 or RAID 1 Array Before Installing the Operating System NOTICE: You lose any data on your hard drives when you do not know the average file size, choose 128 KB as your computer to RAID-enabled mode (see "Setting Your Computer...
... 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" on...select RAID0 (Stripe). Configuring a RAID 0 or RAID 1 Array Before Installing the Operating System NOTICE: You lose any data on your hard drives when you do not know the average file size, choose 128 KB as your computer to RAID-enabled mode (see "Setting Your Computer...
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... select Create RAID Volume to launch the Create RAID Volume Wizard, and then click Next. 4 On the Select Volume Location screen, select the first hard drive you want to create the RAID volume. 8 Confirm that the correct volume configuration is the maximum available size. 6 Press to create the volume. ... to include in your RAID level 0 volume, and then click the right arrow. 5 Select a second hard drive to include 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 click Next. 7 ...
... select Create RAID Volume to launch the Create RAID Volume Wizard, and then click Next. 4 On the Select Volume Location screen, select the first hard drive you want to create the RAID volume. 8 Confirm that the correct volume configuration is the maximum available size. 6 Press to create the volume. ... to include in your RAID level 0 volume, and then click the right arrow. 5 Select a second hard drive to include 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 click Next. 7 ...
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...: If you do not see an Actions menu option, 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... to RAID-enabled mode (see "Setting Your Computer to continue. 6 On the Select Volume Location screen, click the first hard drive you have replaced the failed hard drive (see the appropriate "Drives" section for creating a partition on page 87). 2 Click Start→ Programs→ Intel(R) Matrix Storage Manager→ ...
...: If you do not see an Actions menu option, 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... to RAID-enabled mode (see "Setting Your Computer to continue. 6 On the Select Volume Location screen, click the first hard drive you have replaced the failed hard drive (see the appropriate "Drives" section for creating a partition on page 87). 2 Click Start→ Programs→ Intel(R) Matrix Storage Manager→ ...
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... 7 Select the appropriate stripe size from which 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 store on page 87). 2 Click Start→ All Programs→ Intel(R) Matrix Storage Manager→ Intel Matrix ...Storage Console. and 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 box, and then click Next. NOTE: Volumes with a status of the average file you want to span ...
... 7 Select the appropriate stripe size from which 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 store on page 87). 2 Click Start→ All Programs→ Intel(R) Matrix Storage Manager→ Intel Matrix ...Storage Console. and 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 box, and then click Next. NOTE: Volumes with a status of the average file you want to span ...