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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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...your cursor over the category to enhance performance. See "Maintenance Tasks (Enhance Performance and Ensure Security)" on your hard drive to make changes to display its pop-up the space on your hard drive or rearrange items on page 125 for you are installed in Windows Help and Support: click Start or ... information. Use the Device Manager to manage devices that are not sure which category contains the necessary tool, hold your computer's performance. Windows XP 1 Click Start →Control Panel→ Performance and Maintenance. 2 Select one of your computer.
...your cursor over the category to enhance performance. See "Maintenance Tasks (Enhance Performance and Ensure Security)" on your hard drive to make changes to display its pop-up the space on your hard drive or rearrange items on page 125 for you are installed in Windows Help and Support: click Start or ... information. Use the Device Manager to manage devices that are not sure which category contains the necessary tool, hold your computer's performance. Windows XP 1 Click Start →Control Panel→ Performance and Maintenance. 2 Select one of your computer.
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... 2 Right-click Command Prompt. Shadow Storage Shadow Storage is space reserved on the hard drive for conducting a System Restore (see "Using Microsoft® Windows® System Restore" on a hard drive for operating system functions, leaving the remaining space for standard operations, click Start →...; Computer. To determine the amount of drives and storage devices appears. To determine how much space is displayed. Drives and Media Freeing up Hard Drive Space Microsoft® Windows Vista® reserves approximately 1 GB on page ...
... 2 Right-click Command Prompt. Shadow Storage Shadow Storage is space reserved on the hard drive for conducting a System Restore (see "Using Microsoft® Windows® System Restore" on a hard drive for operating system functions, leaving the remaining space for standard operations, click Start →...; Computer. To determine the amount of drives and storage devices appears. To determine how much space is displayed. Drives and Media Freeing up Hard Drive Space Microsoft® Windows Vista® reserves approximately 1 GB on page ...
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... 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. An SSD using SRAM (Static Random Access Memory) or DRAM (Dynamic Random Access Memory), instead of ...semiconductors whereas Hard Drives use a magnetic media. Solid-State Drive (SSD) A solid-state drive (SSD) is often called a RAM-drive. 78 Drives and Media Unlike flash-based memory cards, an SSD emulates a hard disk drive, thus easily replacing it in most ...
... 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. An SSD using SRAM (Static Random Access Memory) or DRAM (Dynamic Random Access Memory), instead of ...semiconductors whereas Hard Drives use a magnetic media. Solid-State Drive (SSD) A solid-state drive (SSD) is often called a RAM-drive. 78 Drives and Media Unlike flash-based memory cards, an SSD emulates a hard disk drive, thus easily replacing it in most ...
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...that came with the device for information about the driver for that device. 6 Click the driver 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 additionally installed devices... media, go to restart the computer. 4 When 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 are automatically displayed in the My Drivers-The Drivers and Utilities media has...
...that came with the device for information about the driver for that device. 6 Click the driver 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 additionally installed devices... media, go to restart the computer. 4 When 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 are automatically displayed in the My Drivers-The Drivers and Utilities media has...
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... is normal and may prevent the operating system from starting. RUN CHECK DISK - 82 Drives and Media A hot hard drive may cause noise, which does not indicate a defect in all DVD drives. R U N THE DELL D I A G N O S T I T O N - See the help files for drives that are not slot-loading) 1 Ensure that the disc is partially ejected. 3 Gently pull out the...
... is normal and may prevent the operating system from starting. RUN CHECK DISK - 82 Drives and Media A hot hard drive may cause noise, which does not indicate a defect in all DVD drives. R U N THE DELL D I A G N O S T I T O N - See the help files for drives that are not slot-loading) 1 Ensure that the disc is partially ejected. 3 Gently pull out the...
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...for higher performance (faster throughput). • RAID level 1 is recommended for users who need a high level of all data. For Windows® XP: Click Start → My Computer. 2 Right-click Local Disk (C:). 3 Click Properties→ Tools→ Check Now. If you are four...: Your computer may appear. For information about these levels, see support.dell.com. Drives and Media 83 NOTE: The User Account Control window may support other RAID levels (5, 10, 50). NOTE: RAID requires multiple hard drives. Therefore, a failure of bad sectors, and then click Start. Working...
...for higher performance (faster throughput). • RAID level 1 is recommended for users who need a high level of all data. For Windows® XP: Click Start → My Computer. 2 Right-click Local Disk (C:). 3 Click Properties→ Tools→ Check Now. If you are four...: Your computer may appear. For information about these levels, see support.dell.com. Drives and Media 83 NOTE: The User Account Control window may support other RAID levels (5, 10, 50). NOTE: RAID requires multiple hard drives. Therefore, a failure of bad sectors, and then click Start. Working...
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... for data redundancy. 84 Drives and Media This allows one of drives in the configuration. For example, two 120GB hard drives combine to read data while the other drive is equal to the size of the smallest drive multiplied by the number of the drives to provide 240 GB of hard drive space on the second drive in the configuration.
... for data redundancy. 84 Drives and Media This allows one of drives in the configuration. For example, two 120GB hard drives combine to read data while the other drive is equal to the size of the smallest drive multiplied by the number of the drives to provide 240 GB of hard drive space on the second drive in the configuration.
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...and good fault tolerance. and down -arrow keys to highlight Drives, and then press . 3 Press the up - A replacement drive can then be rebuilt using the data from the surviving drives. and down -arrow keys to highlight the applicable hard drive, and then press . 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 ...
...and good fault tolerance. and down -arrow keys to highlight Drives, and then press . 3 Press the up - A replacement drive can then be rebuilt using the data from the surviving drives. and down -arrow keys to highlight the applicable hard drive, and then press . 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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and right-arrow keys to create and manage RAID arrays. This can be configured for each applicable hard drive on your hard drive(s). Depending on your computer, you will use either the NVIDIA (see "Using the NVIDIA Utilities" on page 88) or Intel (...your computer (see "Setting Your Computer to RAID-Enabled Mode" on page 87). 88 Drives and Media Assigning Drives to a RAID Array Before Installing the Operating System NOTICE: The following sections for each hard drive. NOTE: Hard drives in a RAID configuration should be done before continuing. 1 Enable RAID for information about using...
and right-arrow keys to create and manage RAID arrays. This can be configured for each applicable hard drive on your hard drive(s). Depending on your computer, you will use either the NVIDIA (see "Using the NVIDIA Utilities" on page 88) or Intel (...your computer (see "Setting Your Computer to RAID-Enabled Mode" on page 87). 88 Drives and Media Assigning Drives to a RAID Array Before Installing the Operating System NOTICE: The following sections for each hard drive. NOTE: Hard drives in a RAID configuration should be done before continuing. 1 Enable RAID for information about using...
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...to include in the next step. The Array List window appears. 9 To review the details of drives supported in each disk you see the Microsoft Windows desktop, and then shut down -arrow keys to select a hard drive to clear all data on what computer you want to highlight the array in the RAID... array. Repeat these steps for each RAID array varies, depending on the selected drives in the RAID array and then use the arrow keys to...
...to include in the next step. The Array List window appears. 9 To review the details of drives supported in each disk you see the Microsoft Windows desktop, and then shut down -arrow keys to select a hard drive to clear all data on what computer you want to highlight the array in the RAID... array. Repeat these steps for each RAID array varies, depending on the selected drives in the RAID array and then use the arrow keys to...
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... Click Create under System Tasks. The MediaShield RAID management utility window appears and lists the array along with a partition, and leaves any other installed hard drives. Deleting a RAID Array Deleting a RAID 1 volume splits the volume into a RAID array. Back up the RAID configuration, click Next, and ...4 Click Next→ Custom→ Next. 5 Use the drop-down box to configure the new drive(s) into two non-RAID hard drives with any existing data intact. 90 Drives and Media The NVIDIA Create Array Wizard screen appears and lists the disks that will make up any ...
... Click Create under System Tasks. The MediaShield RAID management utility window appears and lists the array along with a partition, and leaves any other installed hard drives. Deleting a RAID Array Deleting a RAID 1 volume splits the volume into a RAID array. Back up the RAID configuration, click Next, and ...4 Click Next→ Custom→ Next. 5 Use the drop-down box to configure the new drive(s) into two non-RAID hard drives with any existing data intact. 90 Drives and Media The NVIDIA Create Array Wizard screen appears and lists the disks that will make up any ...
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...Wizard screen appears. 5 Click Next. Back up any of the array that all data on the volume. Drives and Media 91 Also, you can change the current state of the hard drive being used, and the operating system. NOTICE: If your computer currently boots to RAID and you delete the..., for deletion. 5 Click Finish to convert. 4 Click Convert Array in the System Tasks pane. The time to Another RAID Configuration You can add hard drives to delete. 3 Click Delete Array in the RAID configuration are RAIDenabled (see "Setting Your Computer to RAID-Enabled Mode" on several factors, such as...
...Wizard screen appears. 5 Click Next. Back up any of the array that all data on the volume. Drives and Media 91 Also, you can change the current state of the hard drive being used, and the operating system. NOTICE: If your computer currently boots to RAID and you delete the..., for deletion. 5 Click Finish to convert. 4 Click Convert Array in the System Tasks pane. The time to Another RAID Configuration You can add hard drives to delete. 3 Click Delete Array in the RAID configuration are RAIDenabled (see "Setting Your Computer to RAID-Enabled Mode" on several factors, such as...
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...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 select your RAID configuration (Mirroring) in the management utility window....Wizard screen appears. 4 Click Next. 5 Select the hard drive you want to include in the array. 9 Click Finish. Back up any other installed hard drives. The MediaShield RAID management utility window appears and displays the status of the hard drives in a RAID 1 array fails, you can use ...
...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 select your RAID configuration (Mirroring) in the management utility window....Wizard screen appears. 4 Click Next. 5 Select the hard drive you want to include in the array. 9 Click Finish. Back up any other installed hard drives. The MediaShield RAID management utility window appears and displays the status of the hard drives in a RAID 1 array fails, you can use ...
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...that you do not know the average file size, choose 128 KB as your stripe size. If you want to store on your hard drives when you create a RAID configuration using the following procedure only if you are prompted to change the stripe size and press . ... 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...
...that you do not know the average file size, choose 128 KB as your stripe size. If you want to store on your hard drives when you create a RAID configuration using the following procedure only if you are prompted to change the stripe size and press . ... 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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... to create the volume. 7 Press to confirm that 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 your computer to RAID-enabled mode (see an Actions menu option, you have not yet set your computer to RAID-enabled mode... 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 you want to RAID-Enabled Mode" on the main Intel RAID Option ROM utility screen. 9 Press the up - NOTE: If you do not see "Setting...
... to create the volume. 7 Press to confirm that 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 your computer to RAID-enabled mode (see an Actions menu option, you have not yet set your computer to RAID-enabled mode... 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 you want to RAID-Enabled Mode" on the main Intel RAID Option ROM utility screen. 9 Press the up - NOTE: If you do not see "Setting...
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...Enabled Mode" on page 87). 2 Click Start→ Programs→ Intel(R) Matrix Storage Manager→ Intel Matrix Storage Console. Recovering From a Single Hard Drive Failure (RAID 1) NOTE: Perform the following steps only after you have not yet set your computer to RAID-enabled mode. 3 On the Actions menu...level, and then click Next to 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 In the Specify Volume Size window, ...
...Enabled Mode" on page 87). 2 Click Start→ Programs→ Intel(R) Matrix Storage Manager→ Intel Matrix Storage Console. Recovering From a Single Hard Drive Failure (RAID 1) NOTE: Perform the following steps only after you have not yet set your computer to RAID-enabled mode. 3 On the Actions menu...level, and then click Next to 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 In the Specify Volume Size window, ...
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... . Migrating to a RAID Level 0 Configuration 1 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 drop... click Next. The stripe size should be closest 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) to span the stripe array, and click Next. 10 On the Specify Volume Size screen, select the Volume Size...
... . Migrating to a RAID Level 0 Configuration 1 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 drop... click Next. The stripe size should be closest 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) to span the stripe array, and click Next. 10 On the Specify Volume Size screen, select the Volume Size...