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Preventive Maintenance, Preserving Data, Scheduling Backups, Dell Dimen

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You can expand your system's memory up to 768 MB by installing additional 72-pin, 100-MHz ECC or non-ECC SDRAM DIMMs in the DIMM sockets on the system board. Purchasing memory upgrades from Dell Spare Parts ensures system compatibility; these upgrades are also covered under your system warranty. Refer to "Adding Memory" in Chapter 2 before purchasing a memory upgrade. Dell offers a wide variety of drives that can be installed in your system, including the following options: ATA-33 Ultra DMA hard-disk drives ATA-66 Ultra DMA hard-disk drives (for use with ATA-66 controller cards) EIDE tape drives Zip drives with removable media SCSI hard-disk drives To order any of these upgrades, call Dell. The following sections contain maintenance procedures that you should perform regularly to keep the system in top operating condition. Everyone inadvertently deletes files at one time or another, viruses can corrupt files, and hard-disk drives can fail after extended use. To avoid data loss, regularly back up the data files on the hard-disk drive. If you should lose the contents of your hard-disk drive, you can reinstall programs, but your data files will be lost if you do not have a backup. Your Dell-installed drivers and online documentation are preserved on the Dell Dimension ResourceCD. Use this CD to restore the drivers and documentation that came on your Dell-installed hard-disk drive. NOTE: In case of warranty replacement of your hard-disk drive, you will receive a blank, formatted drive from Dell. You must reinstall application programs and restore data files. Dell recommends that you back up the hard-disk drive at least once a week, with a daily backup of those files that have been changed. Following these guidelines ensures the loss of no more than a day's work. As further insurance against data loss, keep duplicate copies of the weekly and monthly backups at an off-site location. Doing so ensures that you lose no more than a week's work, even if one of the on-site backups becomes corrupted. 1-4 Dell Dimension XPS Txxx and Txxxr Systems Reference and Troubleshooting Guide

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Dell Dimension XPS Txxx and Txxxr Systems Reference and Troubleshooting Guide
You can expand your system's memory up to 768 MB by installing additional 72-pin,
100-MHz ECC or non-ECC SDRAM DIMMs in the DIMM sockets on the system
board. Purchasing memory upgrades from Dell Spare Parts ensures system compati-
bility; these upgrades are also covered under your system warranty. Refer to
“
Adding
Memory
”
in Chapter 2 before purchasing a memory upgrade.
Dell offers a wide variety of drives that can be installed in your system, including the
following options:
±
ATA-33 Ultra DMA hard-disk drives
±
ATA-66 Ultra DMA hard-disk drives (for use with ATA-66 controller cards)
±
EIDE tape drives
±
Zip drives with removable media
±
SCSI hard-disk drives
To order any of these upgrades, call Dell.
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The following sections contain maintenance procedures that you should perform reg-
ularly to keep the system in top operating condition.
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Everyone inadvertently deletes files at one time or another, viruses can corrupt files,
and hard-disk drives can fail after extended use. To avoid data loss, regularly back up
the data files on the hard-disk drive. If you should lose the contents of your hard-disk
drive, you can reinstall programs, but your data files will be lost if you do not have a
backup.
Your Dell-installed drivers and online documentation are preserved on the
Dell Dimen-
sion ResourceCD
. Use this CD to restore the drivers and documentation that came on
your Dell-installed hard-disk drive.
NOTE: In case of warranty replacement of your hard-disk drive, you will receive a
blank, formatted drive from Dell. You must reinstall application programs and restore
data files.
±²³´µ¶·¸¹º»¼½²¾¶¿À
Dell recommends that you back up the hard-disk drive at least once a week, with a daily
backup of those files that have been changed. Following these guidelines ensures the
loss of no more than a day's work. As further insurance against data loss, keep dupli-
cate copies of the weekly and monthly backups at an off-site location. Doing so ensures
that you lose no more than a week's work, even if one of the on-site backups becomes
corrupted.