Dell Inspiron 530 Support Question
Dell Inspiron 530 Support Question
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Question posted by cfk1948 on November 4th, 2011
Replace Hard Drive And Vista,can I Get My 7 Upgrade..
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Dell™ Technology Guide - Page 6
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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
Dell™ Technology Guide - Page 7
... 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...
Dell™ Technology Guide - Page 10
...the Computer 126 Cleaning Optical Drives and Optical Drive Media 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...
Dell™ Technology Guide - Page 45
...Windows Vista
1 Click Start → Control Panel→ System and Maintenance→ Performance Information and Tools.
2 Select one of your hard drive to enhance performance.
Microsoft Windows Desktop
45 ...installed in or attached to display its pop-up the space on your hard drive or rearrange items on your computer. Managing Your Computer Performance
The Control Panel...
Dell™ Technology Guide - Page 77
The free space
on page 265). To determine the amount of drives and storage devices appears. Drives and Media
77
To determine how much space is displayed.
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 standard operations, click Start...
Dell™ Technology Guide - Page 78
... asking permission to continue, click Continue. 5 Type the following :
vssadmin list shadowstorage.
6 Press . Unlike flash-based memory cards, an SSD emulates a hard disk drive, thus easily replacing it in most applications.
Reducing Hard Drive Space Used by Shadow Storage. An SSD using SRAM (Static Random Access Memory) or DRAM (Dynamic Random Access Memory), instead of...
Dell™ Technology Guide - Page 80
..., click Next. HINT: The drivers for
example, Audio or Video).
80
Drives and Media
If not, go to Reinstall a Driver
1 With the Windows desktop displayed, insert the Drivers and Utilities media.
Manually Reinstalling a Driver
1 Download the driver for the device to your hard drive. 2 Click Start and right-click Computer. 3 Click Properties→ Device...
Dell™ Technology Guide - Page 92
...only)
If one of the hard drives in the System Tasks pane. Using the Intel® RAID Utilities
If installed ... Click Next. 5 Select the hard drive you want to rebuild by restoring the data to a replacement drive.
1 Launch Nvidia MediaShield. 2...upgrade/migration 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...
Dell™ Technology Guide - Page 95
... Media
95
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
Matrix Storage Console.
Creating a RAID Level 1 Configuration With the Operating System Installed
NOTE: When...
Dell™ Technology Guide - Page 269
...installed the new device driver (see "Replacing a Driver With a Previous Version of the computer. Reinstalling Windows XP or Windows Vista
The reinstallation process can overwrite files and...Operating System Media
Before you Begin
If you are installed on your hard drive. For conventional hard drive configurations, the primary hard drive is the Source of a Device Problem" on page 79. Depending...
Owner's Manual - Page 4
... Options Properties 42 Power Management Options in Windows Vista 43 Standby Mode 44 Hibernate Mode 44 Power Plan Properties 45
Enabling SpeedStep™ Technology 46
About RAID Configurations 47 RAID Level 1 Configuration 47 Configuring Your Hard Drives for RAID 48 Configuring for RAID Using the Intel® Option ROM Utility 49 Configuring for RAID...
Owner's Manual - Page 43
... reduce power even further. You can reduce power to just the monitor or the hard drive, and Windows Vista sets the default "off the computer.
For more information on power management options:
... OK. When the computer exits from a power conservation mode (Standby or Hibernate), the Windows desktop is restored to reduce the amount of electricity your computer uses when it is on and you...
Owner's Manual - Page 44
... if the system is in before it entered standby mode. Windows Vista may lose data. search for further information - this saves the data into a file and ...is enabled.
To exit from hibernate mode, the desktop is Dell Recommended - Hibernate Mode
Hibernate mode conserves power by turning off the display and the hard drive after a defined period of inactivity, click Start ...
Owner's Manual - Page 48
... to install a hard drive, see "Hard Drives" on page 140. For instructions on both drives, two 120-GB RAID level 1 drives collectively have installed the operating system and the Intel Storage Utility. Both...you purchased your computer. A replacement drive can use one of the smallest drive in the configuration. You must have at least two hard drives installed in this method is duplicated...
Owner's Manual - Page 53
... mirror array using the spare hard drive as the broken member's replacement.
To Mark a Drive as a Spare Hard Drive: 1 Click Start and point to All Programs→ Intel® Matrix Storage Manager→ Intel Matrix Storage Console to launch the Intel® Matrix Storage Manager.
2 Right-click the hard drive you want to mark as a spare hard drive.
3 Click Mark as the mirror...
Owner's Manual - Page 179
Appendix
Specifications
Inspiron 530/530a/530c
Processor Processor type
Level 2 (L2) cache
Intel® Core™ 2 Quad processor Intel® Core™ 2 Duo processor Intel® Pentium® Dual-Core processor Intel® Celeron® processor
At least 512 KB pipelined-burst, eight-way set associative, writeback SRAM
Memory Type Memory connectors Memory capacities Minimum memory ...
Owner's Manual - Page 182
... connector
Memory
four 240-pin connectors
Power 12V
one 4-pin connector
Power
one 24-pin connector
Inspiron 530b/530d
Processor Processor type
Level 2 (L2) cache
Intel® Core™ 2 Duo processor Intel® Pentium® Dual-Core processor Intel® Celeron® processor
At least 512 KB pipelined-burst, eight-way set associative, writeback SRAM
Memory Type Memory connectors...
Owner's Manual - Page 221
H
hard drive installing, 142 installing second, 143 problems, 66 removing, 140
hardware beep codes, 86 conflicts, 97 Dell Diagnostics, 90
Help and Support, 13 hibernate mode, 41, 43-44
I
I/O panel replacing, 165
installing parts before you begin, 105 recommended tools,... two, 38-39 connect VGA, 38-39 display settings, 40 extended desktop mode, 40 hard to read, 84
mouse problems, 75
Index
221
Service Manual - Page 1
... Vista are registered trademarks of Microsoft Corporation in trademarks and trade names other countries. Dell™ Latitude™ D530 Service Manual
Before You Begin Internal Card With Bluetooth ® Wireless Technology Hard Drive Memory Module Modem Coin-Cell Battery Hinge Cover Keyboard Mini-Card Display Assembly
Palm Rest System Fan Processor Thermal-Cooling Assembly Processor...
Service Manual - Page 26
... two M3 x 5-mm screws.
1 M3 x 5-mm screws (2) 2 hard drive NOTICE: When the hard drive is hot, do not touch the metal housing of the computer.
If you use excessive force, you have installed a replacement hard drive, reinstall the Microsoft® Windows® operating system. Slide the hard drive out of the hard drive. If you may damage the connector. 1. See "Protecting...
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