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... 5 Printers-Settings and Drivers 71 Accessing Printer Information 71 Changing Printer Settings 72 For Windows Vista 72 For 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
... 5 Printers-Settings and Drivers 71 Accessing Printer Information 71 Changing Printer Settings 72 For Windows Vista 72 For 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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... 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 Setting Your Computer to RAID-Enabled Mode 87 Configuring RAID 88 7 Shutting Down Your Computer 99 Windows Vista 99 Windows® XP...
... 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 Setting Your Computer to RAID-Enabled Mode 87 Configuring RAID 88 7 Shutting Down Your Computer 99 Windows Vista 99 Windows® XP...
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... 126 Managing Your Computer Performance 127 Windows Vista 127 Windows® 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...
... 126 Managing Your Computer Performance 127 Windows Vista 127 Windows® 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...
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Managing Your Computer Performance The Control Panel provides tools for related information. Windows XP 1 Click Start →Control Panel→ Performance and Maintenance. 2 Select one of the options to enhance the performance of your computer's performance. Use the ... 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 free up text box. Use options provided to enhance performance. Microsoft Windows Desktop 45 If you to monitor...
Managing Your Computer Performance The Control Panel provides tools for related information. Windows XP 1 Click Start →Control Panel→ Performance and Maintenance. 2 Select one of the options to enhance the performance of your computer's performance. Use the ... 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 free up text box. Use options provided to enhance performance. Microsoft Windows Desktop 45 If you to monitor...
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... Storage Shadow Storage is space reserved on the hard drive for conducting a System Restore (see "Using Microsoft® Windows® System Restore" on drive C (the hard drive) is available for other standard operations. 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...
... Storage Shadow Storage is space reserved on the hard drive for conducting a System Restore (see "Using Microsoft® Windows® System Restore" on drive C (the hard drive) is available for other standard operations. 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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...to store persistent data. Reducing Hard Drive Space Used by Shadow Storage. The Command Prompt displays the amount of semiconductors whereas Hard Drives use a magnetic media. Solid-State Drive (SSD) A solid-state drive (SSD) is a data storage device that less drive space has been allocated to ...vssadmin resize 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 An SSD using SRAM (Static Random Access Memory) or DRAM (Dynamic Random Access Memory), instead of a flash memory,...
...to store persistent data. Reducing Hard Drive Space Used by Shadow Storage. The Command Prompt displays the amount of semiconductors whereas Hard Drives use a magnetic media. Solid-State Drive (SSD) A solid-state drive (SSD) is a data storage device that less drive space has been allocated to ...vssadmin resize 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 An SSD using SRAM (Static Random Access Memory) or DRAM (Dynamic Random Access Memory), instead of a flash memory,...
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... Reinstalling a Driver 1 Download the driver for which you see the Windows desktop, reinsert the Drivers and Utilities media. 5 At the Welcome Dell System Owner screen, click Next. A message appears, stating that you want to reinstall and follow the prompts on the screen. 3 When the...to restart the computer. 4 When you are automatically displayed in the My Drivers-The Drivers and Utilities media has identified these components in your hard drive. 2 Click Start and right-click Computer. 3 Click Properties→ Device Manager. 4 Double-click the type of device for the device to...
... Reinstalling a Driver 1 Download the driver for which you see the Windows desktop, reinsert the Drivers and Utilities media. 5 At the Welcome Dell System Owner screen, click Next. A message appears, stating that you want to reinstall and follow the prompts on the screen. 3 When the...to restart the computer. 4 When you are automatically displayed in the My Drivers-The Drivers and Utilities media has identified these components in your hard drive. 2 Click Start and right-click Computer. 3 Click Properties→ Device Manager. 4 Double-click the type of device for the device to...
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... are not slot-loading) 1 Ensure that the disc is normal and may prevent the operating system from starting. Optical Drive Problems NOTE: High-speed optical drive vibration is inserted properly. 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 - R U N THE DELL D I A G N O S T I T O N - The drive makes a scraping or grinding sound • Ensure that the sound is not caused by a program. • Ensure that the...
... are not slot-loading) 1 Ensure that the disc is normal and may prevent the operating system from starting. Optical Drive Problems NOTE: High-speed optical drive vibration is inserted properly. 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 - R U N THE DELL D I A G N O S T I T O N - The drive makes a scraping or grinding sound • Ensure that the sound is not caused by a program. • Ensure that the...
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...FOR MORE INFORMATION: Your computer may appear. For information about these levels, see support.dell.com. NOTE: The User Account Control window may support other RAID levels (5, 10, 50). NOTE: RAID requires multiple hard drives. Perform regular backups to protect your administrator to continue the desired action. 4 Click to... users who need a high level of independent disks (RAID) is recommended for and attempt recovery of all data. For Windows® XP: Click Start → My Computer. 2 Right-click Local Disk (C:). 3 Click Properties→ Tools→ Check Now.
...FOR MORE INFORMATION: Your computer may appear. For information about these levels, see support.dell.com. NOTE: The User Account Control window may support other RAID levels (5, 10, 50). NOTE: RAID requires multiple hard drives. Perform regular backups to protect your administrator to continue the desired action. 4 Click to... users who need a high level of independent disks (RAID) is recommended for and attempt recovery of all data. For Windows® XP: Click Start → My Computer. 2 Right-click Local Disk (C:). 3 Click Properties→ Tools→ Check Now.
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...and reading the next block. When data is written to the primary drive, the data is also duplicated, or mirrored, on which to the size of the smallest drive multiplied by the number of hard drive space on the second drive in the configuration. NOTE: In a RAID 0 configuration, the ...size of data sequentially across the physical drive(s) to provide a high data access rate. RAID level 0 uses ...
...and reading the next block. When data is written to the primary drive, the data is also duplicated, or mirrored, on which to the size of the smallest drive multiplied by the number of hard drive space on the second drive in the configuration. NOTE: In a RAID 0 configuration, the ...size of data sequentially across the physical drive(s) to provide a high data access rate. RAID level 0 uses ...
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... must set your computer 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 . RAID Level 5 Configuration RAID level 5 uses data parity. and down -arrow keys to store data. This results in excellent ...performance and good fault tolerance. and down -arrow keys to the other surviving drives. It provides data striping at the byte level and also stripe error correction information (rotating parity array). A replacement...
... must set your computer 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 . RAID Level 5 Configuration RAID level 5 uses data parity. and down -arrow keys to store data. This results in excellent ...performance and good fault tolerance. and down -arrow keys to the other surviving drives. It provides data striping at the byte level and also stripe error correction information (rotating parity array). A replacement...
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...equal size to keep before or after the operating system is installed. This can be done before continuing. 1 Enable RAID for each applicable hard drive on your computer, you will use either the NVIDIA (see "Using the NVIDIA Utilities" on page 88) or Intel (see "Setting...avoid unallocated space. 6 Press , press the left - Using the NVIDIA Utilities If installed on your hard drive(s). and right-arrow keys to exit the system setup program and resume the boot process. Assigning Drives to Another RAID Configuration" on page 91. • "Rebuilding a RAID Configuration (RAID 1 only)" ...
...equal size to keep before or after the operating system is installed. This can be done before continuing. 1 Enable RAID for each applicable hard drive on your computer, you will use either the NVIDIA (see "Using the NVIDIA Utilities" on page 88) or Intel (see "Setting...avoid unallocated space. 6 Press , press the left - Using the NVIDIA Utilities If installed on your hard drive(s). and right-arrow keys to exit the system setup program and resume the boot process. Assigning Drives to Another RAID Configuration" on page 91. • "Rebuilding a RAID Configuration (RAID 1 only)" ...
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... navigate to the Free Disks field. 6 Use the up any data you have. 7 After assigning the hard drives to an array, press . Repeat these steps for each disk you want to keep before continuing. 8 Press to ...field to include in the RAID array. The Array List window appears. 9 To review the details of drives supported in the next step. NOTE: If the operating system logo appears, continue to wait until you ...array that you see the Microsoft Windows desktop, and then shut down -arrow keys to select a hard drive to enter the RAID BIOS. NOTE: To delete an array, use the right-arrow key to ...
... navigate to the Free Disks field. 6 Use the up any data you have. 7 After assigning the hard drives to an array, press . Repeat these steps for each disk you want to keep before continuing. 8 Press to ...field to include in the RAID array. The Array List window appears. 9 To review the details of drives supported in the next step. NOTE: If the operating system logo appears, continue to wait until you ...array that you see the Microsoft Windows desktop, and then shut down -arrow keys to select a hard drive to enter the RAID BIOS. NOTE: To delete an array, use the right-arrow key to ...
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... on page 87). 2 After restarting your computer, launch Nvidia MediaShield. 3 Click Create under System Tasks. Back up 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 adding one or... more new hard drives to an existing (non-RAID) single-drive computer, and you want to select the drives that are listed as free disks. 7 Click to configure the new drive(s) into two non-RAID hard drives with any data you want to keep before continuing...
... on page 87). 2 After restarting your computer, launch Nvidia MediaShield. 3 Click Create under System Tasks. Back up 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 adding one or... more new hard drives to an existing (non-RAID) single-drive computer, and you want to select the drives that are listed as free disks. 7 Click to configure the new drive(s) into two non-RAID hard drives with any data you want to keep before continuing...
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... want to an existing array. Converting From One RAID Configuration to delete. 3 Click Delete Array in the System Tasks pane. without losing any other installed hard drives. The NVIDIA Convert Array Wizard screen appears. 5 Click Next. NOTICE: If your computer currently boots to RAID and you delete the RAID volume, your computer... the current state of the array that all data on several factors, such as the speed of the processor, the type and size of the hard drive being used in the array must be no smaller than any data you want to Another RAID Configuration You can add...
... want to an existing array. Converting From One RAID Configuration to delete. 3 Click Delete Array in the System Tasks pane. without losing any other installed hard drives. The NVIDIA Convert Array Wizard screen appears. 5 Click Next. NOTICE: If your computer currently boots to RAID and you delete the RAID volume, your computer... the current state of the array that all data on several factors, such as the speed of the processor, the type and size of the hard drive being used in the array must be no smaller than any data you want to Another RAID Configuration You can add...
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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 the array. 9 Click Finish. The NVIDIA Rebuild Array Wizard screen... can use your computer while the computer is rebuilding the array. Rebuilding a RAID Configuration (RAID 1 only) If one of the hard drives in a RAID 1 array fails, you want to select your system, see the following sections for information about using the Intel utilities. •...
... 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 the array. 9 Click Finish. The NVIDIA Rebuild Array Wizard screen... can use your computer while the computer is rebuilding the array. Rebuilding a RAID Configuration (RAID 1 only) If one of the hard drives in a RAID 1 array fails, you want to select your system, see the following sections for information about using the Intel utilities. •...
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... up - NOTE: Select the stripe size closest to the size of the average file that you want to store on your hard drives when you create a RAID configuration using the following procedure. Configuring a RAID 0 or RAID 1 Array Before Installing the Operating System... 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...
... up - NOTE: Select the stripe size closest to the size of the average file that you want to store on your hard drives when you create a RAID configuration using the following procedure. Configuring a RAID 0 or RAID 1 Array Before Installing the Operating System... 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...
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... Select the desired capacity for the volume and press . For RAID 1 Press the up - The selected hard drives appear 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 Click..., and then click Next. 4 On the Select Volume Location screen, select the first hard drive 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 the Selected window. Click Next. The default value is the maximum available...
... Select the desired capacity for the volume and press . For RAID 1 Press the up - The selected hard drives appear 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 Click..., and then click Next. 4 On the Select Volume Location screen, select the first hard drive 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 the Selected window. Click Next. The default value is the maximum available...
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...a RAID Level 1 Configuration With the Operating System Installed NOTE: When 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. 9 ...RAID 1 as the RAID level, and then click Next to continue. 6 On the Select Volume Location screen, click the first hard drive you perform this operation, all data on the RAID drives is lost. 1 Set your computer. 2 Press when you are prompted to RAID-Enabled Mode" on page 87). 2 Click ...
...a RAID Level 1 Configuration With the Operating System Installed NOTE: When 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. 9 ...RAID 1 as the RAID level, and then click Next to continue. 6 On the Select Volume Location screen, click the first hard drive you perform this operation, all data on the RAID drives is lost. 1 Set your computer. 2 Press when you are prompted to RAID-Enabled Mode" on page 87). 2 Click ...
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... the data or operating system files that 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 ...select the Volume Size you have not yet set your computer to RAID-enabled mode. 3 On the Actions menu, select Create RAID Volume From Existing Hard Drive to launch the Migration Wizard. 4 Click Next on the Migration Wizard screen. 5 Enter a RAID volume name or accept the default. 6 From the...
... the data or operating system files that 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 ...select the Volume Size you have not yet set your computer to RAID-enabled mode. 3 On the Actions menu, select Create RAID Volume From Existing Hard Drive to launch the Migration Wizard. 4 Click Next on the Migration Wizard screen. 5 Enter a RAID volume name or accept the default. 6 From the...