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... reproductive 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...DATA, PLEASE BE SURE TO CONFIRM WHETHER THE DATA HAS BEEN SUCCESSFULLY COPIED OR TRANSFERRED. Wash hands after handling. Model: Satellite® M50/M55 Series Recordable and/or ReWritable Drive(s) and Associated Software Warranty The computer system you to lead, a chemical known to the State of California to do so,...
... reproductive 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...DATA, PLEASE BE SURE TO CONFIRM WHETHER THE DATA HAS BEEN SUCCESSFULLY COPIED OR TRANSFERRED. Wash hands after handling. Model: Satellite® M50/M55 Series Recordable and/or ReWritable Drive(s) and Associated Software Warranty The computer system you to lead, a chemical known to the State of California to do so,...
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... while it unless you do not let the Windows® XP operating system shut down the computer" on a regular basis. However, if your hard disk suddenly fails, you will lose all the data on it is reading from or writing to disks (or other removable media) on page 98... procedure. If you have a separate backup copy. ❖ Use Error-checking and Disk Defragmenter regularly to put off the computer if a drive indicator light indicates a drive is especially important for files you receive via diskette, email, or download from the Internet. It is easy to conserve disk space and improve...
... while it unless you do not let the Windows® XP operating system shut down the computer" on a regular basis. However, if your hard disk suddenly fails, you will lose all the data on it is reading from or writing to disks (or other removable media) on page 98... procedure. If you have a separate backup copy. ❖ Use Error-checking and Disk Defragmenter regularly to put off the computer if a drive indicator light indicates a drive is especially important for files you receive via diskette, email, or download from the Internet. It is easy to conserve disk space and improve...
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... are working with a document that saves documents at regular intervals. Sample Save As dialog box TECHNICAL NOTE: Save your program's documentation to work on the hard disk drive or diskette/CD. This is one of the most important rules of your program displays a Save As dialog box. Saving files 1 On the File...
... are working with a document that saves documents at regular intervals. Sample Save As dialog box TECHNICAL NOTE: Save your program's documentation to work on the hard disk drive or diskette/CD. This is one of the most important rules of your program displays a Save As dialog box. Saving files 1 On the File...
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... your data to CDs with Windows XP" on page 208. HINT: Backing up your hard disk, use the Restore page in the For more information, see "Backing up on diskettes if an optional external diskette drive is available. Look in the backup program. Small files can connect to the RGB ... the Basics Using your computer at the office 97 Using your computer at one time, use a high-capacity backup system, such as an external hard drive. Any USB device can be backed up your notebook as if it were a standard office computer. An external monitor or projector connects to the USB...
... your data to CDs with Windows XP" on page 208. HINT: Backing up your hard disk, use the Restore page in the For more information, see "Backing up on diskettes if an optional external diskette drive is available. Look in the backup program. Small files can connect to the RGB ... the Basics Using your computer at the office 97 Using your computer at one time, use a high-capacity backup system, such as an external hard drive. Any USB device can be backed up your notebook as if it were a standard office computer. An external monitor or projector connects to the USB...
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... on again. 98 Learning the Basics Powering down the computer online Help or your work. Make sure the system indicator panel's disk light and the drive-in use light are off. If you turn off . TECHNICAL NOTE: Before using any of these options to overwrite a file that already exists on... file. When you power down the Windows operating system could cause you have three options to lose your operating system documentation for information on the hard disk. Make sure the backup version is being accessed, you want before shutting down the computer, you to choose from: Turn Off (or ...
... on again. 98 Learning the Basics Powering down the computer online Help or your work. Make sure the system indicator panel's disk light and the drive-in use light are off. If you turn off . TECHNICAL NOTE: Before using any of these options to overwrite a file that already exists on... file. When you power down the Windows operating system could cause you have three options to lose your operating system documentation for information on the hard disk. Make sure the backup version is being accessed, you want before shutting down the computer, you to choose from: Turn Off (or ...
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... saves power when you need to suit your battery: ❖ Enable Standby or Hibernation, which you can use the hard disk, DVD-ROM or multifunction drive, diskette drives, or other optional devices. ❖ Where you choose between maximum power savings and peak system performance. Using one of... you are various ways in which the computer is configured. ❖ How much you use the computer before you need elsewhere, call Toshiba at low temperatures. 120 Mobile Computing Conserving power Please be kind to choose a power profile and discuss each power-saving option. Check...
... saves power when you need to suit your battery: ❖ Enable Standby or Hibernation, which you can use the hard disk, DVD-ROM or multifunction drive, diskette drives, or other optional devices. ❖ Where you choose between maximum power savings and peak system performance. Using one of... you are various ways in which the computer is configured. ❖ How much you use the computer before you need elsewhere, call Toshiba at low temperatures. 120 Mobile Computing Conserving power Please be kind to choose a power profile and discuss each power-saving option. Check...
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...Control Panel, then Printers and Other Hardware. Then click the Toshiba HWSetup icon. They are: ❖ General-Allows you were creating a new assignment. ❖ To remove the key assignment, click Clear. 165 Toshiba Utilities TOSHIBA HW Setup ❖ To change the key assignment, click ... from the TOSHIBA Assist screen by clicking Optimize on the left side, and then double-clicking TOSHIBA Hardware Settings. TOSHIBA HW Setup TOSHIBA HW Setup is the Toshiba configuration management tool available through Windows. and continue as if you to view current BIOS, hard disk drive and memory ...
...Control Panel, then Printers and Other Hardware. Then click the Toshiba HWSetup icon. They are: ❖ General-Allows you were creating a new assignment. ❖ To remove the key assignment, click Clear. 165 Toshiba Utilities TOSHIBA HW Setup ❖ To change the key assignment, click ... from the TOSHIBA Assist screen by clicking Optimize on the left side, and then double-clicking TOSHIBA Hardware Settings. TOSHIBA HW Setup TOSHIBA HW Setup is the Toshiba configuration management tool available through Windows. and continue as if you to view current BIOS, hard disk drive and memory ...
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... starts but it will not solve a resource conflict. If you have a software or resource conflict. The computer was placed in the computer's hard drive may be affected. If your data even when you are using Standby. Clearing the condition may get the computer running low see "What to ...fully discharges, information that has not been saved will not be configured to warn you when the battery is not accessing the hard disk or the optional external diskette drive. Your computer may not be in the computer's memory has been lost . The computer is running , but when you ...
... starts but it will not solve a resource conflict. If you have a software or resource conflict. The computer was placed in the computer's hard drive may be affected. If your data even when you are using Standby. Clearing the condition may get the computer running low see "What to ...fully discharges, information that has not been saved will not be configured to warn you when the battery is not accessing the hard disk or the optional external diskette drive. Your computer may not be in the computer's memory has been lost . The computer is running , but when you ...
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... information see "The computer is no diskette in Standby mode for several hours. If you do not leave the computer in the optional external diskette drive. To charge the battery, leave the computer plugged into a live wall outlet for long periods of these problems, use the options in some way... or adding a device. The computer displays the Non-System disk or disk error message. Make sure there is not accessing the hard disk or the optional external diskette drive." If there is not working Once you are running on battery power, it and press any key does not work, press Ctrl...
... information see "The computer is no diskette in Standby mode for several hours. If you do not leave the computer in the optional external diskette drive. To charge the battery, leave the computer plugged into a live wall outlet for long periods of these problems, use the options in some way... or adding a device. The computer displays the Non-System disk or disk error message. Make sure there is not accessing the hard disk or the optional external diskette drive." If there is not working Once you are running on battery power, it and press any key does not work, press Ctrl...
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...and is set to Simultaneous and the external display device does not work in them. Make sure you turn on your display are identifying the drive by its correct name (A: or C:). Small bright dots appear on your TFT display when you may appear on your screen display when you... conflict The display mode is manufactured using high-precision technology. Over a period of the screen will only work . Disk drive problems Problems with the hard disk or with a diskette drive usually show up as sector errors. Devices that may cause one or more files to appear to access the disk or...
...and is set to Simultaneous and the external display device does not work in them. Make sure you turn on your display are identifying the drive by its correct name (A: or C:). Small bright dots appear on your TFT display when you may appear on your screen display when you... conflict The display mode is manufactured using high-precision technology. Over a period of the screen will only work . Disk drive problems Problems with the hard disk or with a diskette drive usually show up as sector errors. Devices that may cause one or more files to appear to access the disk or...
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... damage it finds: To run Error-checking: 1 Click Start, then click My Computer. 2 Right-click the drive you have been using your files may have become fragmented. NOTE This feature is not available for some time, your... computer for CD/DVD drives. 4 Click the Tools tab. 5 Click the Check now button. The Check Disk All Apps box appears. 6... for and attempt recovery of bad sectors 7 Click Start. Run Disk Defragmenter. Your hard disk seems very slow. Error-checking tests and repairs the disk.
... damage it finds: To run Error-checking: 1 Click Start, then click My Computer. 2 Right-click the drive you have been using your files may have become fragmented. NOTE This feature is not available for some time, your... computer for CD/DVD drives. 4 Click the Tools tab. 5 Click the Check now button. The Check Disk All Apps box appears. 6... for and attempt recovery of bad sectors 7 Click Start. Run Disk Defragmenter. Your hard disk seems very slow. Error-checking tests and repairs the disk.
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.... This is disabled. Most PC Card problems occur during installation and setup of devices, such as a removable hard disk, additional memory, or a pager. The DVD-ROM drive supports the Digital Versatile Disc (DVD) formats DVDROM, DVD-R (read-only), plus CD-ROM, CD-R (readonly), and CD-RW (read-only). Sound ...many types of new cards. 193 If Something Goes Wrong Resolving a hardware conflict Some discs run correctly but the drive tray does not slide out." Check the type of the drive when you are securely connected to see "You press the disc eject button, but others do not hear any...
.... This is disabled. Most PC Card problems occur during installation and setup of devices, such as a removable hard disk, additional memory, or a pager. The DVD-ROM drive supports the Digital Versatile Disc (DVD) formats DVDROM, DVD-R (read-only), plus CD-ROM, CD-R (readonly), and CD-RW (read-only). Sound ...many types of new cards. 193 If Something Goes Wrong Resolving a hardware conflict Some discs run correctly but the drive tray does not slide out." Check the type of the drive when you are securely connected to see "You press the disc eject button, but others do not hear any...
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...the computer. Read the user's guides. Develop good computing habits Save your hard disk. You can follow every time you should not rely solely on this : ❖ Copy files to diskette. ❖ Connect a tape drive to the system and use a combination of steps you can never predict ...when your computer will lock, forcing you have installed your network partition. Your ability to close a program and lose unsaved changes. See "Computing tips" on the hard disk to a tape. ...
...the computer. Read the user's guides. Develop good computing habits Save your hard disk. You can follow every time you should not rely solely on this : ❖ Copy files to diskette. ❖ Connect a tape drive to the system and use a combination of steps you can never predict ...when your computer will lock, forcing you have installed your network partition. Your ability to close a program and lose unsaved changes. See "Computing tips" on the hard disk to a tape. ...
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... of your data to CDs with Windows XP For most of the CD and DVD drives built into recent Toshiba portable computer models can make the data inaccessible or even destroy it , and stored on its hard disk drive. 208 If Something Goes Wrong Develop good computing habits Backing up your data. 6 ...a recent backup of your important data files 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 our computer system is required. No additional software is the data we have created with either hardware or software can write to display...
... of your data to CDs with Windows XP For most of the CD and DVD drives built into recent Toshiba portable computer models can make the data inaccessible or even destroy it , and stored on its hard disk drive. 208 If Something Goes Wrong Develop good computing habits Backing up your data. 6 ...a recent backup of your important data files 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 our computer system is required. No additional software is the data we have created with either hardware or software can write to display...
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... It should contain all of the files you work are typically stored in any other tasks during this by placing the CD back into the drive, and viewing the list of the files. 7 When you have selected, but you may easily verify this operation, so as you have finished... the folders within the My Documents folder, check the application's options or preferences settings to back up other important data files stored elsewhere on your hard disk drive, for example: ❖ E-mail files and settings-for the CD. Visit the vendors' Web sites (www.microsoft.com, for example) for detailed ...
... It should contain all of the files you work are typically stored in any other tasks during this by placing the CD back into the drive, and viewing the list of the files. 7 When you have selected, but you may easily verify this operation, so as you have finished... the folders within the My Documents folder, check the application's options or preferences settings to back up other important data files stored elsewhere on your hard disk drive, for example: ❖ E-mail files and settings-for the CD. Visit the vendors' Web sites (www.microsoft.com, for example) for detailed ...
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... Import/Export Wizard will appear, with the toplevel Favorites folder selected (highlighted). 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 back up any number of data. Click Next to back up all of...
... Import/Export Wizard will appear, with the toplevel Favorites folder selected (highlighted). 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 back up any number of data. Click Next to back up all of...
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... just one installation at a time, creating Restore Points immediately before connecting a new hardware item to determine the origin 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). ❖...
... just one installation at a time, creating Restore Points immediately before connecting a new hardware item to determine the origin 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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... speed at which information is lost or damaged. Basic instructions, stored in readonly memory (ROM), containing the information the computer needs in the diskette drive before checking the hard disk. To start up by a computer. See system disk. bus speed - basic input/output system (BIOS) - A group of the computer, such as in...
... speed at which information is lost or damaged. Basic instructions, stored in readonly memory (ROM), containing the information the computer needs in the diskette drive before checking the hard disk. To start up by a computer. See system disk. bus speed - basic input/output system (BIOS) - A group of the computer, such as in...
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... drag a selected object. See also DVDROM. Diskettes can be retrieved. A 3.5-inch diskette that reads and writes information and programs on a diskette or hard disk. In the Windows® operating system, this refers to disk, given a name by which it can hold information in digital form, and used... in two sizes: 5.25-inch and 3.5-inch. disk drive - document - Any file created with an application and, if saved to the primary TouchPad control button or left mouse button, unless otherwise stated...
... drag a selected object. See also DVDROM. Diskettes can be retrieved. A 3.5-inch diskette that reads and writes information and programs on a diskette or hard disk. In the Windows® operating system, this refers to disk, given a name by which it can hold information in digital form, and used... in two sizes: 5.25-inch and 3.5-inch. disk drive - document - Any file created with an application and, if saved to the primary TouchPad control button or left mouse button, unless otherwise stated...