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... 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 99 Shutdown States 101 Microsoft® Windows Vista 101 Windows...
... 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 99 Shutdown States 101 Microsoft® Windows Vista 101 Windows...
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... XP: Click Start → My Computer. 2 Right-click Local Disk (C:). 3 Click Properties→ Tools→ Check Now. If you are four basic RAID levels discussed in the loss of data integrity. • RAID level 0+1 is recommended for higher performance and data integrity • RAID ...levels, see support.dell.com. Drives and Media 83 Working with RAID A redundant array of bad sectors, and then click Start. RAID Level 0 NOTICE: RAID level 0 provides no redundancy. otherwise, contact your data. There are an administrator on the RAID configuration. • RAID level 0 is...
... XP: Click Start → My Computer. 2 Right-click Local Disk (C:). 3 Click Properties→ Tools→ Check Now. If you are four basic RAID levels discussed in the loss of data integrity. • RAID level 0+1 is recommended for higher performance and data integrity • RAID ...levels, see support.dell.com. Drives and Media 83 Working with RAID A redundant array of bad sectors, and then click Start. RAID Level 0 NOTICE: RAID level 0 provides no redundancy. otherwise, contact your data. There are an administrator on the RAID configuration. • RAID level 0 is...
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...data while the other drive is searching for data redundancy. 84 Drives and Media RAID 0 uses the full storage capacities of data sequentially across the physical drive(s) to provide a high data access rate. RAID Level 1 RAID level 1 uses data mirroring to the size of the smallest drive multiplied by...the primary drive, the data is equal to enhance data integrity. For example, two 120GB hard drives combine to store data. NOTE: In a RAID 0 configuration, the size of the configuration is also duplicated, or mirrored, on which to provide 240 GB of drives in the configuration. Data ...
...data while the other drive is searching for data redundancy. 84 Drives and Media RAID 0 uses the full storage capacities of data sequentially across the physical drive(s) to provide a high data access rate. RAID Level 1 RAID level 1 uses data mirroring to the size of the smallest drive multiplied by...the primary drive, the data is equal to enhance data integrity. For example, two 120GB hard drives combine to store data. NOTE: In a RAID 0 configuration, the size of the configuration is also duplicated, or mirrored, on which to provide 240 GB of drives in the configuration. Data ...
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If a drive failure occurs, read and write operations are directed to the size of the smallest drive in the configuration. NOTE: In a RAID 1 configuration, the size of the configuration is equal to the remaining drive. A replacement drive can then be rebuilt using the data from the remaining drive. Drives and Media 85
If a drive failure occurs, read and write operations are directed to the size of the smallest drive in the configuration. NOTE: In a RAID 1 configuration, the size of the configuration is equal to the remaining drive. A replacement drive can then be rebuilt using the data from the remaining drive. Drives and Media 85
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...the 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 240-GB on a second set of a RAID level 1 mirror by striping data across two drives and mirroring that striped data on which to the ...other surviving drives. If a drive failure occurs, subsequent read and write operations are directed to store data. 86 Drives and Media RAID Level 0+1 Configuration A RAID 0+1 array combines the high data access rate of a RAID level 0 array and the data protection (redundancy) of two drives.
...the 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 240-GB on a second set of a RAID level 1 mirror by striping data across two drives and mirroring that striped data on which to the ...other surviving drives. If a drive failure occurs, subsequent read and write operations are directed to store data. 86 Drives and Media RAID Level 0+1 Configuration A RAID 0+1 array combines the high data access rate of a RAID level 0 array and the data protection (redundancy) of two drives.
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... 1 drives collectively have a maximum of 360-GB on page 308). 2 Press the up - Setting Your Computer to RAID-Enabled Mode Before creating a RAID configuration, you must set your computer to highlight the applicable hard drive, and then press . It provides data striping at the byte ...the data from the surviving drives. Drives and Media 87 and down -arrow keys to highlight Drives, and then press . 3 Press the up - RAID level 5 stripes both data and parity information across three or more drives. This results in excellent performance and good fault tolerance. and down -arrow keys...
... 1 drives collectively have a maximum of 360-GB on page 308). 2 Press the up - Setting Your Computer to RAID-Enabled Mode Before creating a RAID configuration, you must set your computer to highlight the applicable hard drive, and then press . It provides data striping at the byte ...the data from the surviving drives. Drives and Media 87 and down -arrow keys to highlight Drives, and then press . 3 Press the up - RAID level 5 stripes both data and parity information across three or more drives. This results in excellent performance and good fault tolerance. and down -arrow keys...
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...is installed. and right-arrow keys to highlight Save/Exit, and then press to create and manage RAID arrays. Assigning Drives to RAID-Enabled Mode" on page 90. • "Converting From One RAID Configuration to avoid unallocated space. 6 Press , press the left - Back up any data you ... for each hard drive. 4 Press the left - This can be done before continuing. 1 Enable RAID for each applicable hard drive on your computer (see "Setting Your Computer to a RAID Array Before Installing the Operating System NOTICE: The following procedure deletes all data on your computer, you ...
...is installed. and right-arrow keys to highlight Save/Exit, and then press to create and manage RAID arrays. Assigning Drives to RAID-Enabled Mode" on page 90. • "Converting From One RAID Configuration to avoid unallocated space. 6 Press , press the left - Back up any data you ... for each hard drive. 4 Press the left - This can be done before continuing. 1 Enable RAID for each applicable hard drive on your computer (see "Setting Your Computer to a RAID Array Before Installing the Operating System NOTICE: The following procedure deletes all data on your computer, you ...
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... Windows desktop, and then shut down -arrow keys to select a hard drive to include in the RAID array and then use the arrow keys to select the array and press . 10 Press to return ...clear all data on the selected drives in each disk you want to keep before continuing. 8 Press to the RAID Mode field. The Array List window appears. 9 To review the details of drives supported in the next step...appears. NOTE: If the operating system logo appears, continue to wait until you want to enter the RAID BIOS. NOTICE: You lose all data from the Free Disks field to an array, press . Back up...
... Windows desktop, and then shut down -arrow keys to select a hard drive to include in the RAID array and then use the arrow keys to select the array and press . 10 Press to return ...clear all data on the selected drives in each disk you want to keep before continuing. 8 Press to the RAID Mode field. The Array List window appears. 9 To review the details of drives supported in the next step...appears. NOTE: If the operating system logo appears, continue to wait until you want to enter the RAID BIOS. NOTICE: You lose all data from the Free Disks field to an array, press . Back up...
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... only when you are available for configuration. 4 Click Next→ Custom→ Next. 5 Use the drop-down box to select Striping (RAID 0) or Mirroring (RAID 1). 6 Click Next. NOTICE: The Clear System Data option deletes all data on the selected drive. NOTICE: The following procedure deletes all data on ... hard drives are listed as free disks. 7 Click to select the drives that are adding one or more new hard drives to create the RAID configuration. The NVIDIA Create Array Wizard screen appears and lists the disks that will make up any data you want to keep before continuing. ...
... only when you are available for configuration. 4 Click Next→ Custom→ Next. 5 Use the drop-down box to select Striping (RAID 0) or Mirroring (RAID 1). 6 Click Next. NOTICE: The Clear System Data option deletes all data on the selected drive. NOTICE: The following procedure deletes all data on ... hard drives are listed as free disks. 7 Click to select the drives that are adding one or more new hard drives to create the RAID configuration. The NVIDIA Create Array Wizard screen appears and lists the disks that will make up any data you want to keep before continuing. ...
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...the operating system. The NVIDIA Convert Array Wizard screen appears. 5 Click Next. from striped to mirrored, for deletion. 5 Click Finish to delete the RAID configuration. without losing any data. Drives and Media 91 Back up any data you want to delete. 3 Click Delete Array in the System Tasks pane.... NOTICE: If your computer currently boots to RAID and you delete the RAID volume, your computer will not boot. 1 Launch Nvidia MediaShield. 2 Click to select the array you want to keep before continuing. ...
...the operating system. The NVIDIA Convert Array Wizard screen appears. 5 Click Next. from striped to mirrored, for deletion. 5 Click Finish to delete the RAID configuration. without losing any data. Drives and Media 91 Back up any data you want to delete. 3 Click Delete Array in the System Tasks pane.... NOTICE: If your computer currently boots to RAID and you delete the RAID volume, your computer will not boot. 1 Launch Nvidia MediaShield. 2 Click to select the array you want to keep before continuing. ...
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... 5 Select the hard drive you want to rebuild by restoring the data to a replacement drive. 1 Launch Nvidia MediaShield. 2 Click to select your RAID configuration (Mirroring) in the management utility window. 3 Select Rebuild Array in the System Tasks pane. NOTE: You can rebuild the array by clicking the... check box beside it. 6 Click Next→ Finish. Using the Intel® RAID Utilities If installed on your computer while the computer is rebuilding the array. The MediaShield RAID management utility window appears and displays the status of the upgrade/migration process along with any...
... 5 Select the hard drive you want to rebuild by restoring the data to a replacement drive. 1 Launch Nvidia MediaShield. 2 Click to select your RAID configuration (Mirroring) in the management utility window. 3 Select Rebuild Array in the System Tasks pane. NOTE: You can rebuild the array by clicking the... check box beside it. 6 Click Next→ Finish. Using the Intel® RAID Utilities If installed on your computer while the computer is rebuilding the array. The MediaShield RAID management utility window appears and displays the status of the upgrade/migration process along with any...
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...any data on your hard drives when you create a RAID configuration using the following procedure to migrate an existing storage configuration to RAID level 0 configuration. 1 Set your computer to RAID-enabled mode (see "Setting Your Computer to RAID-Enabled Mode" on page 87). 2 Press when you... 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 . 4 Enter a RAID volume name or accept the default, and press . Drives and Media 93 ...
...any data on your hard drives when you create a RAID configuration using the following procedure to migrate an existing storage configuration to RAID level 0 configuration. 1 Set your computer to RAID-enabled mode (see "Setting Your Computer to RAID-Enabled Mode" on page 87). 2 Press when you... 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 . 4 Enter a RAID volume name or accept the default, and press . Drives and Media 93 ...
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... Volume Size window, click the Volume Size desired, and then click Next. 7 Click Finish to create the volume, or click Back to create the RAID volume. 8 Confirm that the correct volume configuration is the maximum available size. 6 Press to create the volume. 7 Press to confirm that you do... the desired capacity for the volume and press . NOTE: If you want to include in your computer to RAID-enabled mode. 3 On the Actions menu, 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 ...
... Volume Size window, click the Volume Size desired, and then click Next. 7 Click Finish to create the volume, or click Back to create the RAID volume. 8 Confirm that the correct volume configuration is the maximum available size. 6 Press to create the volume. 7 Press to confirm that you do... the desired capacity for the volume and press . NOTE: If you want to include in your computer to RAID-enabled mode. 3 On the Actions menu, 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 ...
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... only after you have not yet set your computer to RAID-enabled mode. 3 On the Actions menu, select Create RAID Volume to launch the Create RAID Volume Wizard. 4 Click Next at the first screen. 5 Confirm the volume name, select RAID 1 as the RAID level, and then click Next to continue. 6 On ... to create the volume, or click Back to make changes. 10 Follow the Microsoft Windows procedures for your computer. 2 Press when you are prompted to RAID-Enabled Mode" on or restart your computer). 1 Turn on page 87). 2 Click Start→ Programs→ Intel(R) Matrix Storage Manager→ Intel...
... only after you have not yet set your computer to RAID-enabled mode. 3 On the Actions menu, select Create RAID Volume to launch the Create RAID Volume Wizard. 4 Click Next at the first screen. 5 Confirm the volume name, select RAID 1 as the RAID level, and then click Next to continue. 6 On ... to create the volume, or click Back to make changes. 10 Follow the Microsoft Windows procedures for your computer. 2 Press when you are prompted to RAID-Enabled Mode" on or restart your computer). 1 Turn on page 87). 2 Click Start→ Programs→ Intel(R) Matrix Storage Manager→ Intel...
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... the hard drive containing the data or operating system files that you want to keep on the RAID volume. and down box, and then click Next. NOTE: If you do not know the average file ...size, choose 128 KB as the RAID level. 7 Select the appropriate stripe size from which you want to migrate, and click Next. NOTE: You... Exit, and then press . 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) ...
... the hard drive containing the data or operating system files that you want to keep on the RAID volume. and down box, and then click Next. NOTE: If you do not know the average file ...size, choose 128 KB as the RAID level. 7 Select the appropriate stripe size from which you want to migrate, and click Next. NOTE: You... Exit, and then press . 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) ...
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... as your source hard drive (it should be the hard drive containing the data or operating system files that you want to act as the RAID level. Drives and Media 97 NOTICE: In the following step, all data contained on the member drive is removed. 11 Click Finish to start ... mirror in the configuration, and click Next. 9 On the Specify Volume Size screen, select the volume size you do not see "Setting Your Computer to RAID-Enabled Mode" on page 87). 2 Click Start→ All Programs→ Intel(R) Matrix Storage Manager→ Intel Matrix Storage Console to launch the Intel Storage...
... as your source hard drive (it should be the hard drive containing the data or operating system files that you want to act as the RAID level. Drives and Media 97 NOTICE: In the following step, all data contained on the member drive is removed. 11 Click Finish to start ... mirror in the configuration, and click Next. 9 On the Specify Volume Size screen, select the volume size you do not see "Setting Your Computer to RAID-Enabled Mode" on page 87). 2 Click Start→ All Programs→ Intel(R) Matrix Storage Manager→ Intel Matrix Storage Console to launch the Intel Storage...
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... frequencies, in RAM is referred to as memory, hard drives, and video. radio frequency interference - ROM, unlike RAM, retains its vertical frequency). R RAID - A method of RAID include RAID 0, RAID 1, RAID 5, RAID 10, and RAID 50. random-access memory - A file can have interference than the higher frequency radiations, such as its contents after 349 The frequency, measured in...
... frequencies, in RAM is referred to as memory, hard drives, and video. radio frequency interference - ROM, unlike RAM, retains its vertical frequency). R RAID - A method of RAID include RAID 0, RAID 1, RAID 5, RAID 10, and RAID 50. random-access memory - A file can have interference than the higher frequency radiations, such as its contents after 349 The frequency, measured in...
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learn more about your hard drive. the Dell Technology Guide available on your operating system, maintaining peripherals, RAID, Internet, Bluetooth®, networking, and e-mail. upgrade your computer. the back of your computer may void your computer, and readme files. NOTE: In some countries, ... Utilities disc. Finding More Information and Resources If you need to: reinstall your computer. 44 NOTE: Drivers and documentation updates can be found on the Dell Support website at support.dell.com. the Service Manual on the Dell™ Support website at support...
learn more about your hard drive. the Dell Technology Guide available on your operating system, maintaining peripherals, RAID, Internet, Bluetooth®, networking, and e-mail. upgrade your computer. the back of your computer may void your computer, and readme files. NOTE: In some countries, ... Utilities disc. Finding More Information and Resources If you need to: reinstall your computer. 44 NOTE: Drivers and documentation updates can be found on the Dell Support website at support.dell.com. the Service Manual on the Dell™ Support website at support...
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Specifications Computer Information RAID support (internal SATA drives only) RAID 0 (striped array) RAID 1 (mirrored array) RAID 5 (striped array with parity) RAID 10 (striped array of mirrored volumes) BIOS chip (NVRAM) 16 Mb Expansion Bus PCI Express • Gen2 x1 slot bi-directional speed - 500 MB/s • ...
Specifications Computer Information RAID support (internal SATA drives only) RAID 0 (striped array) RAID 1 (mirrored array) RAID 5 (striped array with parity) RAID 10 (striped array of mirrored volumes) BIOS chip (NVRAM) 16 Mb Expansion Bus PCI Express • Gen2 x1 slot bi-directional speed - 500 MB/s • ...