Dell Inspiron N4010 Support Question
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Question posted by CHRejc on August 4th, 2013
How To Replace Hard Drive On Inspiron N4010
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Dell™ Technology Guide - Page 6
... 66 Backlit Keyboard 66 Changing the Input Language of Your Keyboard 67 Using the Numeric Keypad on a Laptop Computer 68 General Keyboard Shortcuts 69
5 Printers-Settings and Drivers 71
Accessing Printer Information 71
Changing Printer ...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 78
... amount of semiconductors whereas Hard Drives use a magnetic media. Solid-state is an electrical term that refers to electronic circuitry that uses solid-state memory to store persistent data. Unlike flash-based memory cards, an SSD emulates a hard disk drive, thus easily replacing it in most applications.
Solid-State Drive (SSD)
A solid-state drive (SSD) is a data...
Dell™ Technology Guide - Page 87
... hard drive, and then press . Also, because data is duplicated on the primary and additional drives, four 120-GB RAID level 1 drives...Drives, and then press .
3 Press the up -
RAID level 5 stripes both data and parity information across three or more drives. A replacement drive can then be rebuilt using the data from the surviving drives.
and down -arrow keys to the other surviving drives...
Dell™ Technology Guide - Page 92
... NVIDIA Rebuild Array Wizard screen appears.
4 Click Next. 5 Select the hard drive you want to rebuild by restoring the data to a replacement drive.
1 Launch Nvidia MediaShield. 2 Click to include in the next step.
The MediaShield RAID management utility window appears and displays the status of the upgrade/migration ...
Dell™ Technology Guide - Page 95
...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 ...If you do not see an Actions menu option, you have replaced the failed hard drive (see the appropriate "Drives" section for creating a partition on the
new RAID volume.
Dell™ Technology Guide - Page 136
... area on how you set the power management options: • Press the power button. OR
• Depending on the hard drive and then completely turning off the computer.
OR
• Open the display for a laptop computer. • Press . To wake your computer to start again. To put your computer, depending on how you...
Dell™ Technology Guide - Page 138
...; Depending on how you may lose data.
To enter standby: • Click Start→ Turn off the display and the hard drive after a predetermined period of the following methods: • Press the power button. • Close the display for a notebook computer...Power Settings, Power Protection Devices, and Batteries) view the available battery power (laptop computers) • Advanced -
Dell™ Technology Guide - Page 141
...contain a battery that the device is approved by Underwriters Laboratories (UL). Laptop Computer Batteries
To ensure optimal performance and to help preserve BIOS settings, operate... such as standard equipment in data loss or file damage. One battery is being saved to the hard drive may result in the battery bay. An uniterruptible power supply (UPS) protects against power fluctuations and ...
Dell™ Technology Guide - Page 269
...System Media
Before you Begin
If you installed the new device driver (see "Replacing a Driver With a Previous Version of the computer. Reinstalling Windows XP or Windows... reinstall the operating system, you to correct a problem with your primary hard drive. For conventional hard drive configurations, the primary hard drive is the Source of a Device Problem" on your computer, or whether...
Dell™ Technology Guide - Page 272
... lights indicate status and any problems.
See your system board, keyboard, display, memory, hard drive, etc. With the Dell Diagnostics, the computer runs the Pre-boot System Assessment (PSA...include:
Tool Power lights
Diagnostic lights for desktop computers
Diagnostic lights for laptop computers System messages
Windows Hardware Troubleshooter Dell Diagnostics
Function
The power button light...
Dell™ Technology Guide - Page 276
...enabled or disabled in the drive.
• If the hard drive is your boot device, ensure that the cables are connected and that the drive is installed properly and ...T U P P R O G R A M -
See "Lockups and Software Problems" on page 292. System Messages for Laptop Computers
NOTE: If the message you received is not listed in the table, see the documentation for External Keyboards" on page 292...
Setup Guide - Page 27
... storage devices (such
as external hard drives or optical drives) or USB devices (such as a mouse, keyboard, printer,
external drive, or MP3 player).
4
7-in the slot; Save the blank for both 5.1 audio and video signals. NOTE: When used with a plastic blank installed in the media card slot. Using Your Inspiron Laptop
1
Network connector - NOTE: Your computer...
Setup Guide - Page 28
... light - CAUTION: To avoid loss of data, never turn off the computer while the hard drive activity light is powered using an AC adapter.
26 Indicates the battery charge status. Using Your Inspiron Laptop
Front View Features
1 23
1
Power indicator light - For more information on the power
indicator light status, see "Status Lights and...
Setup Guide - Page 41
... more information about displays, see the Dell Technology Guide on selections you made when purchasing your hard drive or at support.dell.com/manuals.
39 Built-in camera for video capture, conferencing, and chat. 3 Display - Using Your Inspiron Laptop 1 Camera activity indicator - A solid white light indicates
camera activity. 2 Camera - Indicates if the camera is...
Setup Guide - Page 44
... your computer to the Internet, you would normally enter manually, such as a user ID and password for software installed on your hard drive or at support.dell.com/manuals. Using Your Inspiron Laptop
Software Features
NOTE: For more information, click Start → Programs→ FastAccess.
After connecting to create presentations, brochures, greeting cards, fliers...
Setup Guide - Page 54
... hardware diagnostics, see which program occupies the maximum memory on your hard drive, and track the changes made to your computer's model number, ... INSPIRON
Using Support Tools
Dell Support Center
All the support you need - To launch the application, click Start → All Programs→ Dell→ Dell Support Center→ Launch Dell Support Center.
Manage your hard drive using...
Setup Guide - Page 62
... Backup
when installing the factory image on a newly installed hard drive
Dell Factory Image Restore
to restore your computer to the operating state it was in when you received your computer
Operating System disc
to reinstall only the operating system on your computer. INSPIRON
Restoring Your Operating System
You can restore the operating...
Setup Guide - Page 70
...all countries.
When prompted by Dell's automated telephone system, enter your hard drive or at support.dell.com/manuals for help with any necessary procedures.... page 56 for a more troubleshooting information.
3. See "Dell Diagnostics" on availability.
68 INSPIRON
Getting Help
If you experience a problem with your computer, you with installation and troubleshooting procedures...
Setup Guide - Page 78
INSPIRON
Finding More Information and Resources
If you need to:
reinstall your operating system
run a diagnostic program for your computer
reinstall laptop system software find more information about the Microsoft® Windows® operating system and features
upgrade your computer with new or additional components like a new hard drive reinstall or replace a worn or defective part...
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