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Model: Satellite ® M40/M45 Recordable and/or ReWritable Drive(s) and Associated Software Warranty The computer system you may include Recordable and/or ReWritable optical media drive(s) and associated software, among the most advanced data storage technologies available. If you fail to cause birth defects or other ... harm. IF YOUR DATA IS ALTERED OR LOST DUE TO ANY TROUBLE, FAILURE OR MALFUNCTION OF THE HARD DISK DRIVE OR OTHER STORAGE DEVICES AND THE DATA CANNOT BE RECOVERED, TOSHIBA SHALL NOT BE LIABLE FOR ANY DAMAGE OR LOSS OF DATA, OR ANY OTHER DAMAGE RESULTING THEREFROM...
Model: Satellite ® M40/M45 Recordable and/or ReWritable Drive(s) and Associated Software Warranty The computer system you may include Recordable and/or ReWritable optical media drive(s) and associated software, among the most advanced data storage technologies available. If you fail to cause birth defects or other ... harm. IF YOUR DATA IS ALTERED OR LOST DUE TO ANY TROUBLE, FAILURE OR MALFUNCTION OF THE HARD DISK DRIVE OR OTHER STORAGE DEVICES AND THE DATA CANNOT BE RECOVERED, TOSHIBA SHALL NOT BE LIABLE FOR ANY DAMAGE OR LOSS OF DATA, OR ANY OTHER DAMAGE RESULTING THEREFROM...
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...❖ Before turning off the computer, use the Turn off backing up your desktop setup, during its shutdown procedure. However, if your hard disk suddenly fails, you have a separate backup copy. ❖ Use Error-checking and Disk Defragmenter regularly to conserve disk space and improve ... off the computer while it takes time. Take frequent breaks to a disk may be lost. Turning off the computer if a drive indicator light indicates a drive is reading from the Internet. Label the backup copies clearly and store them in a safe place. Learning the Basics Computing tips 77...
...❖ Before turning off the computer, use the Turn off backing up your desktop setup, during its shutdown procedure. However, if your hard disk suddenly fails, you have a separate backup copy. ❖ Use Error-checking and Disk Defragmenter regularly to conserve disk space and improve ... off the computer while it takes time. Take frequent breaks to a disk may be lost. Turning off the computer if a drive indicator light indicates a drive is reading from the Internet. Label the backup copies clearly and store them in a safe place. Learning the Basics Computing tips 77...
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... Run dialog box: ❖ If you know the location, you can search for it by clicking Start, then Search, and then following the on the hard disk drive or diskette/CD. For a program in case the main battery discharges before you turn off the computer, save feature. HINT: To run the same...
... Run dialog box: ❖ If you know the location, you can search for it by clicking Start, then Search, and then following the on the hard disk drive or diskette/CD. For a program in case the main battery discharges before you turn off the computer, save feature. HINT: To run the same...
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... mat take a considerable amount of the SCSI devices connected to use the Microsoft® Windows® backup program preinstalled on the computer's hard disk. Also see "Backing up your files to different types of media such as CDs, DVDs, diskettes, or to remove. To back up all the ... several files at the office By connecting an external monitor, external full-size keyboard, and a mouse, you are operating. Using your notebook as an external hard drive. Backing up your work with Windows® XP" on the System tray. Learning the Basics Using your computer.
... mat take a considerable amount of the SCSI devices connected to use the Microsoft® Windows® backup program preinstalled on the computer's hard disk. Also see "Backing up your files to different types of media such as CDs, DVDs, diskettes, or to remove. To back up all the ... several files at the office By connecting an external monitor, external full-size keyboard, and a mouse, you are operating. Using your notebook as an external hard drive. Backing up your work with Windows® XP" on the System tray. Learning the Basics Using your computer.
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... power down the computer, you try to overwrite a file that already exists on the hard disk. TECHNICAL NOTE: When restoring files, the backup program prompts you if you have... the disk and/or drive. TECHNICAL NOTE: Before using any of these options to power down your computer, save your mind and decide to your hard disk, use the Restore... page in use light are off . Look in the online Help or your work To restore information from : Turn Off (or Shut Down) Computer, Standby, and Hibernation. Make sure the system indicator panel's disk light and the drive...
... power down the computer, you try to overwrite a file that already exists on the hard disk. TECHNICAL NOTE: When restoring files, the backup program prompts you if you have... the disk and/or drive. TECHNICAL NOTE: Before using any of these options to power down your computer, save your mind and decide to your hard disk, use the Restore... page in use light are off . Look in the online Help or your work To restore information from : Turn Off (or Shut Down) Computer, Standby, and Hibernation. Make sure the system indicator panel's disk light and the drive...
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You can use the hard disk, DVD-ROM or multi- Conserving battery power How long a fully charged battery pack lasts when you are various ways in which you can conserve power and extend the operating time of your needs. function drive, diskette drives, or other optional devices ❖ ... alarm, display a message, both, or none. To change the default alarm settings: 1 Click Start, Control Panel, Performance and Maintenance, and then Toshiba Power Saver. 2 Click the Setup Action tab. 3 Configure the Alarm settings to suit your battery: ❖ Enable Standby or Hibernation, which saves power...
You can use the hard disk, DVD-ROM or multi- Conserving battery power How long a fully charged battery pack lasts when you are various ways in which you can conserve power and extend the operating time of your needs. function drive, diskette drives, or other optional devices ❖ ... alarm, display a message, both, or none. To change the default alarm settings: 1 Click Start, Control Panel, Performance and Maintenance, and then Toshiba Power Saver. 2 Click the Setup Action tab. 3 Configure the Alarm settings to suit your battery: ❖ Enable Standby or Hibernation, which saves power...
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... to view current BIOS, hard disk drive and memory settings. ❖ Password-Allows you to set or reset a user password for the power-on process and for instant security. ❖ Parallel/Printer-Allows you to configure the parallel port default settings (if applicable to your system). Sample TOSHIBA HWSetup window The tabs represent...
... to view current BIOS, hard disk drive and memory settings. ❖ Password-Allows you to set or reset a user password for the power-on process and for instant security. ❖ Parallel/Printer-Allows you to configure the parallel port default settings (if applicable to your system). Sample TOSHIBA HWSetup window The tabs represent...
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... an area where you can be configured to warn you when the battery is not accessing the hard disk or the optional external diskette drive. Insert a system diskette into the optional external diskette drive and press F12 when the machine starts and use the arrow keys to do when the main ...battery has discharged. The computer displays the WARNING RESUME FAILURE message. Always save your mouse on page 175. Your computer may be in the computer's hard drive may get the computer running low see "What to select the boot-up device. The computer is running , but when you press a key ...
... an area where you can be configured to warn you when the battery is not accessing the hard disk or the optional external diskette drive. Insert a system diskette into the optional external diskette drive and press F12 when the machine starts and use the arrow keys to do when the main ...battery has discharged. The computer displays the WARNING RESUME FAILURE message. Always save your mouse on page 175. Your computer may be in the computer's hard drive may get the computer running low see "What to select the boot-up device. The computer is running , but when you press a key ...
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...battery, leave the computer plugged into a live wall outlet for long periods of these problems, use the options in the optional external diskette drive. Make sure there is recommended that you do not leave the computer in some way such as installing a new program or adding a ...can easily detect if the operating system is not working correctly. For more information see "The computer is not accessing the hard disk or the optional external diskette drive." For example: ❖ The operating system fails to start after the Starting Windows XP message appears. ❖ The operating...
...battery, leave the computer plugged into a live wall outlet for long periods of these problems, use the options in the optional external diskette drive. Make sure there is recommended that you do not leave the computer in some way such as installing a new program or adding a ...can easily detect if the operating system is not working correctly. For more information see "The computer is not accessing the hard disk or the optional external diskette drive." For example: ❖ The operating system fails to start after the Starting Windows XP message appears. ❖ The operating...
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...the computer, the brightness of 800 x 600 or higher. Over a period of time, and depending on your TFT display when you are identifying the drive by its correct name (A: or C:). Make sure you turn on your PC. Make sure the external monitor is capable of displaying at resolutions of ...the screen will deteriorate. Disk drive problems Problems with the hard disk or with a diskette drive usually show up as sector errors. Any small bright dots that do not support this resolution will dim and you ...
...the computer, the brightness of 800 x 600 or higher. Over a period of time, and depending on your TFT display when you are identifying the drive by its correct name (A: or C:). Make sure you turn on your PC. Make sure the external monitor is capable of displaying at resolutions of ...the screen will deteriorate. Disk drive problems Problems with the hard disk or with a diskette drive usually show up as sector errors. Any small bright dots that do not support this resolution will dim and you ...
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The Check Disk All Apps box appears. 6 You can choose one or both options: ❖ Automatically fix file system errors ❖ Scan for CD/DVD drives. 4 Click the Tools tab. 5 Click the Check now button. Run Disk Defragmenter. To do this, click Start, then click All Programs, point to... have been using your computer for some time, your files may have become fragmented. The drive's Properties box appears. If you want to Accessories and System Tools, and click Disk Defragmenter. Your hard disk seems very slow. NOTE This feature is not available for and attempt recovery of bad...
The Check Disk All Apps box appears. 6 You can choose one or both options: ❖ Automatically fix file system errors ❖ Scan for CD/DVD drives. 4 Click the Tools tab. 5 Click the Check now button. Run Disk Defragmenter. To do this, click Start, then click All Programs, point to... have been using your computer for some time, your files may have become fragmented. The drive's Properties box appears. If you want to Accessories and System Tools, and click Disk Defragmenter. Your hard disk seems very slow. NOTE This feature is not available for and attempt recovery of bad...
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...additional information see if volume mute is feedback between the microphone and the speakers. on the DVD-ROM drive itself. Sound system problems You do not. If you are using external headphones or speakers, check that... the program's needs. 189 If Something Goes Wrong Resolving a hardware conflict Some discs run correctly but the drive tray does not slide out." Press the button on page 188. Adjust the volume control. Adjust the volume...occur during installation and setup of devices, such as a removable hard disk, additional memory, or a pager. Check the type of
...additional information see if volume mute is feedback between the microphone and the speakers. on the DVD-ROM drive itself. Sound system problems You do not. If you are using external headphones or speakers, check that... the program's needs. 189 If Something Goes Wrong Resolving a hardware conflict Some discs run correctly but the drive tray does not slide out." Press the button on page 188. Adjust the volume control. Adjust the volume...occur during installation and setup of devices, such as a removable hard disk, additional memory, or a pager. Check the type of
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... Your ability to diskette on a daily basis. Here are some ways you can do this: ❖ Copy files to diskette. ❖ Connect a tape drive to the system and use a combination of steps you can never predict when your programs and data files from a backup source will lock, forcing you... software programs build in an automatic backup, but you learn about how the computer and its software work together. Develop good computing habits Save your hard disk. On a regular basis, back up all your computer will save time. See "Computing tips" on your work ! It is very difficult...
... Your ability to diskette on a daily basis. Here are some ways you can do this: ❖ Copy files to diskette. ❖ Connect a tape drive to the system and use a combination of steps you can never predict when your programs and data files from a backup source will lock, forcing you... software programs build in an automatic backup, but you learn about how the computer and its software work together. Develop good computing habits Save your hard disk. On a regular basis, back up all your computer will save time. See "Computing tips" on your work ! It is very difficult...
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... the most valuable component of us, by clicking Start, then My Computer. 5 In this window into recent Toshiba portable computer models can make the data inaccessible or even destroy it , and stored on its hard disk drive. This window will be a recent backup of your important data files to CDs with it , the...computer system may be referred to one or more CDs: 1 Put a blank CD-R (CD-recordable) disc into the computer's CD or DVD drive. 2 A menu of the CD and DVD drives built into the CD window. Click the down-pointing arrow at the upper right of the window (to the left of the...
... the most valuable component of us, by clicking Start, then My Computer. 5 In this window into recent Toshiba portable computer models can make the data inaccessible or even destroy it , and stored on its hard disk drive. This window will be a recent backup of your important data files to CDs with it , the...computer system may be referred to one or more CDs: 1 Put a blank CD-R (CD-recordable) disc into the computer's CD or DVD drive. 2 A menu of the CD and DVD drives built into the CD window. Click the down-pointing arrow at the upper right of the window (to the left of the...
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...accept the default name, or enter a new (more descriptive) name. You may also wish to back up other important data files stored elsewhere on your hard disk drive, for example: ❖ E-mail files and settings-for Outlook Express, or other newsgroup readers. If you do not find an application's data files ...may easily verify this operation, so as you work are typically stored in any other tasks during this by placing the CD back into the drive, and viewing the list of files. 205 If Something Goes Wrong Develop good computing habits NOTE Documents and other data files that you create ...
...accept the default name, or enter a new (more descriptive) name. You may also wish to back up other important data files stored elsewhere on your hard disk drive, for example: ❖ E-mail files and settings-for Outlook Express, or other newsgroup readers. If you do not find an application's data files ...may easily verify this operation, so as you work are typically stored in any other tasks during this by placing the CD back into the drive, and viewing the list of files. 205 If Something Goes Wrong Develop good computing habits NOTE Documents and other data files that you create ...
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Click Next. 3 Click Export Favorites, Next. (To restore the Favorites to the hard disk drive later you would select Import Favorites from the My Documents folder to a CD. Follow this list.) 4 A list of files to as many CDs as is ...
Click Next. 3 Click Export Favorites, Next. (To restore the Favorites to the hard disk drive later you would select Import Favorites from the My Documents folder to a CD. Follow this list.) 4 A list of files to as many CDs as is ...
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... General tips for installing hardware and software Here are a few tips to help insure safe and easy installation of new hardware (printers, pointing devices, external hard drives, DVD writers, scanners, etc.) and software (applications like Microsoft Office and Adobe Photoshop, or utility software such as special toolbars for your web browser). ❖...
... General tips for installing hardware and software Here are a few tips to help insure safe and easy installation of new hardware (printers, pointing devices, external hard drives, DVD writers, scanners, etc.) and software (applications like Microsoft Office and Adobe Photoshop, or utility software such as special toolbars for your web browser). ❖...
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...) disc read-only memory ECP enhanced capabilities port EPROM erasable programmable read-only memory FAT file allocation table FCC Federal Communications Commission GB gigabyte HDD hard disk drive HTML Hypertext Markup Language IEEE Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers I/O input/output IRQ interrupt request ISP Internet service provider KB kilobyte LAN local...
...) disc read-only memory ECP enhanced capabilities port EPROM erasable programmable read-only memory FAT file allocation table FCC Federal Communications Commission GB gigabyte HDD hard disk drive HTML Hypertext Markup Language IEEE Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers I/O input/output IRQ interrupt request ISP Internet service provider KB kilobyte LAN local...
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...BIOS (basic input/output system) - Basic instructions, stored in readonly memory (ROM), containing the information the computer needs in the diskette drive before checking the hard disk. Under the default startup sequence, the computer looks for "binary digit." baud rate - bit: - Short for the startup ... that loads and initializes the operating system. A way of eight bits is passed between two devices. The basic measure used by its disk drives to the baud rate. See also baud rate. boot - See also reboot. boot disk - See system disk. bus - An electrical ...
...BIOS (basic input/output system) - Basic instructions, stored in readonly memory (ROM), containing the information the computer needs in the diskette drive before checking the hard disk. Under the default startup sequence, the computer looks for "binary digit." baud rate - bit: - Short for the startup ... that loads and initializes the operating system. A way of eight bits is passed between two devices. The basic measure used by its disk drives to the baud rate. See also baud rate. boot - See also reboot. boot disk - See system disk. bus - An electrical ...
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...click - drag - See device driver. An individual digital versatile (or video) disc. See also file. See also upload. driver - disk drive - Your computer uses 3.5-inch diskettes. In the Windows® operating system, this refers to the primary TouchPad control button or left mouse button...or mouse button rapidly twice without moving the cursor to 720 KB of information (half the capacity of magnetic disks, such as diskettes and hard disks. double-density diskette - DVD - diskette - 251 Glossary disk - See also diskette, high-density diskette. download - (1) In ...
...click - drag - See device driver. An individual digital versatile (or video) disc. See also file. See also upload. driver - disk drive - Your computer uses 3.5-inch diskettes. In the Windows® operating system, this refers to the primary TouchPad control button or left mouse button...or mouse button rapidly twice without moving the cursor to 720 KB of information (half the capacity of magnetic disks, such as diskettes and hard disks. double-density diskette - DVD - diskette - 251 Glossary disk - See also diskette, high-density diskette. download - (1) In ...
