Chapter 4: Technology And Components; Storage Options; Identifying The Hard Drive In Windows 10; Entering Bios Setup - Dell W14B Owner's Manual

This chapter details the technology and components available in the system.
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Storage options

• Memory configurations
• DDR4
Storage options
This topic details the supported storage options.
Hard drives
● 2.5" 500 GB SATA 5400 RPM Hard Disk Drive
● 2.5" 500 GB SATA 7200 RPM Hard Disk Drive
● 2.5" 500 GB SATA 5400 RPM Solid State Hybrid Drive with 8 GB Flash
● 2.5" 500 GB SATA 7200 RPM Self Encrypting Drive (OPAL FIPS)
● 2.5" 1.0 TB SATA 7200 RPM Hard Disk Drive
● 2.5" 1.0 TB SATA 5400 RPM Solid State Hybrid Drive w/ 8GB Flash
● 2.5" 2.0 TB SATA 5400 RPM Hard Disk Drive
Solid State Drives (SSD)
● 2.5" 256 GB SATA Solid State Drive Class 20
● 2.5" 512 GB SATA Solid State Drive Class 20
● M.2 128 GB SATA Solid State Drive Class 20
● M.2 256 GB PCIe NVMe Solid State Drive Class 40
● M.2 256 GB PCIe NVMe Self Encrypting Solid State Drive Class 40
● M.2 512 GB PCIe NVMe Solid State DriveClass 40
● M.2 1 TB PCIe NVMe Solid State Drive Class 40

Identifying the hard drive in Windows 10

1. Click inside the Cortana Search Box and type Control Panel and then click or press Enter on the keyboard, for the
appropriate search result
2. Click Control Panel, select Device Manager, and expand Disk drives.
The hard drive is listed under Disk drives.

Entering BIOS setup

1. Turn on or restart your laptop.
2. When the Dell logo appears, perform the following action to enter the BIOS setup program:
Tap F2 until the Entering BIOS setup message appears.
Hard drive is listed under the System Information under the General group.
3. On the left pane, select Settings > General > System Information.
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