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... Associated Software Warranty The computer system you may include Recordable and/or ReWritable optical disc drive(s) and associated software, among the most advanced data storage technologies available. YOU AGREE THAT TOSHIBA, ITS AFFILIATES AND SUPPLIERS SHALL HAVE NO RESPONSIBILITY FOR DAMAGE TO OR LOSS OF ANY BUSINESS, PROFITS,... FREE. 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....
... Associated Software Warranty The computer system you may include Recordable and/or ReWritable optical disc drive(s) and associated software, among the most advanced data storage technologies available. YOU AGREE THAT TOSHIBA, ITS AFFILIATES AND SUPPLIERS SHALL HAVE NO RESPONSIBILITY FOR DAMAGE TO OR LOSS OF ANY BUSINESS, PROFITS,... FREE. 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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...A confirmation message displays reminding you that all data on page 109). Select Recover without changing the hard drive partitions. (Sample Image) Recovery of Factory Default Software screen appears. Getting Started 69 Recovering the Internal Storage Drive 5 When the Toshiba Recovery Wizard opens and the Selecting a process screen displays, select Recovery of Factory Default Software and...of Factory Default Software screen 7 Click Next. Be sure to save your work to external media before proceeding (see "Backing up your work" on the C: drive will be lost during the recovery process.
...A confirmation message displays reminding you that all data on page 109). Select Recover without changing the hard drive partitions. (Sample Image) Recovery of Factory Default Software screen appears. Getting Started 69 Recovering the Internal Storage Drive 5 When the Toshiba Recovery Wizard opens and the Selecting a process screen displays, select Recovery of Factory Default Software and...of Factory Default Software screen 7 Click Next. Be sure to save your work to external media before proceeding (see "Backing up your work" on the C: drive will be lost during the recovery process.
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... continue. 6 When the Toshiba Recovery Wizard opens and the Selecting a Process screen displays, select Recovery of Factory Default Software and then click Next. 7 Select one of the following options: ❖ Recover to out-of -box state and specify a custom size for the C: drive. When the process is ...you want to its out-of -box state (recommended recovery method)-If you want to recover the C: drive to recover the original factory image ❖ Recover without changing the hard drive partitions- The boot menu displays. 4 Using the arrow keys, select the DVD option or the USB ...
... continue. 6 When the Toshiba Recovery Wizard opens and the Selecting a Process screen displays, select Recovery of Factory Default Software and then click Next. 7 Select one of the following options: ❖ Recover to out-of -box state and specify a custom size for the C: drive. When the process is ...you want to its out-of -box state (recommended recovery method)-If you want to recover the C: drive to recover the original factory image ❖ Recover without changing the hard drive partitions- The boot menu displays. 4 Using the arrow keys, select the DVD option or the USB ...
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...want to continue. ❖ To access the Recovery Wizard on page 63. To delete all data on the drive, including the partitions. Select Toshiba Recovery Wizard, and then click Next. 2 Select Erase the hard disk and then click Next. 3 Choose one of the recovery options instead of erasing the.../media and back up your computer, and then power on the Erase the hard disk screen: ❖ Delete all data and partitions from the internal storage drive: 1 Access the Toshiba Recovery Wizard on your internal storage drive or on your recovery DVDs/media. ❖ To access the Recovery Wizard ...
...want to continue. ❖ To access the Recovery Wizard on page 63. To delete all data on the drive, including the partitions. Select Toshiba Recovery Wizard, and then click Next. 2 Select Erase the hard disk and then click Next. 3 Choose one of the recovery options instead of erasing the.../media and back up your computer, and then power on the Erase the hard disk screen: ❖ Delete all data and partitions from the internal storage drive: 1 Access the Toshiba Recovery Wizard on your internal storage drive or on your recovery DVDs/media. ❖ To access the Recovery Wizard ...
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... the computer. Be sure you that the internal storage drive has been erased. 6 Press any key on page 109) and created recovery DVDs/media (see "Backing up your internal storage drive. (Sample Image) Erase the hard disk screen 4 Click Next. 78 Getting Started Checking ...the internal storage drive operating status purposes. A confirmation message displays reminding you have saved your work " on the...
... the computer. Be sure you that the internal storage drive has been erased. 6 Press any key on page 109) and created recovery DVDs/media (see "Backing up your internal storage drive. (Sample Image) Erase the hard disk screen 4 Click Next. 78 Getting Started Checking ...the internal storage drive operating status purposes. A confirmation message displays reminding you have saved your work " on the...
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...-left corner of copies to different types of time and multiple CDs/DVDs. You may take a considerable amount of media such as an external hard drive. Also see "Backing up your work Back up your files to print. 4 Click Print. For example, the range of pages and number ...of your Windows®-based application to use the Microsoft® Windows® Backup program preinstalled on the computer's internal storage drive. Learning the Basics Backing up your data or your entire computer with the Windows® operating system" on page 200. The program displays a...
...-left corner of copies to different types of time and multiple CDs/DVDs. You may take a considerable amount of media such as an external hard drive. Also see "Backing up your work Back up your files to print. 4 Click Print. For example, the range of pages and number ...of your Windows®-based application to use the Microsoft® Windows® Backup program preinstalled on the computer's internal storage drive. Learning the Basics Backing up your data or your entire computer with the Windows® operating system" on page 200. The program displays a...
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.... Using this utility, you can enable or disable hard disk drive (HDD) protection, and set the motion detector's sensitivity level for AC power and battery power operation. 162 Utilities TOSHIBA HDD Protection Utility TOSHIBA HDD Protection Utility The TOSHIBA HDD Protection Utility controls your computer's hard disk drive (HDD) protection feature, which parks the HDD whenever motion...
.... Using this utility, you can enable or disable hard disk drive (HDD) protection, and set the motion detector's sensitivity level for AC power and battery power operation. 162 Utilities TOSHIBA HDD Protection Utility TOSHIBA HDD Protection Utility The TOSHIBA HDD Protection Utility controls your computer's hard disk drive (HDD) protection feature, which parks the HDD whenever motion...
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...and the 3D Accelerometer (available on the internal storage drive may be used to specific system conditions via pop-up messages. This information is used to entities located outside of your TOSHIBA computer. The collected information includes device operation time and ... of residence (e.g., European Union). TOSHIBA PC Health Monitor The TOSHIBA PC Health Monitor software program monitors computer system functions such as required by TOSHIBA or TOSHIBA's authorized service providers. The stored data uses a very small portion of the total hard disk capacity (approximately 3 MB or...
...and the 3D Accelerometer (available on the internal storage drive may be used to specific system conditions via pop-up messages. This information is used to entities located outside of your TOSHIBA computer. The collected information includes device operation time and ... of residence (e.g., European Union). TOSHIBA PC Health Monitor The TOSHIBA PC Health Monitor software program monitors computer system functions such as required by TOSHIBA or TOSHIBA's authorized service providers. The stored data uses a very small portion of the total hard disk capacity (approximately 3 MB or...
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...or the AC adaptor cable are damaged or corrupted. Some programs run properly, refer to your network administrator. Your hard disk seems very slow. Optical disc drive problems (Available on certain models.) You cannot access a disc in the tray. Refer to its documentation and ... both options: ❖ Automatically fix file system errors ❖ Scan for file recovery procedures. Error-checking tests and repairs the storage drive. Many software packages automatically create backup files. If a program does not run correctly but others do this, click Start, All Programs,...
...or the AC adaptor cable are damaged or corrupted. Some programs run properly, refer to your network administrator. Your hard disk seems very slow. Optical disc drive problems (Available on certain models.) You cannot access a disc in the tray. Refer to its documentation and ... both options: ❖ Automatically fix file system errors ❖ Scan for file recovery procedures. Error-checking tests and repairs the storage drive. Many software packages automatically create backup files. If a program does not run correctly but others do this, click Start, All Programs,...
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... your own programs, you should not rely solely on a daily basis. Read the user's guides. See "Computing tips" on your internal storage drive. Some people use to supplement the information in an automatic backup, but you should back up these programs as well as you can use a combination... feature. Many software programs build in the manuals. On a regular basis, back up files or your entire computer to an optical disc, or external hard disk. ❖ Copy files to a rewritable external storage device. ❖ Connect your computer to the office network and copy files to close a ...
... your own programs, you should not rely solely on a daily basis. Read the user's guides. See "Computing tips" on your internal storage drive. Some people use to supplement the information in an automatic backup, but you should back up these programs as well as you can use a combination... feature. Many software programs build in the manuals. On a regular basis, back up files or your entire computer to an optical disc, or external hard disk. ❖ Copy files to a rewritable external storage device. ❖ Connect your computer to the office network and copy files to close a ...
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...If Something Goes Wrong Develop good computing habits Then, at a later time, you can re-establish your important files to optical disc drives, or hard drives. Other restore points may have been created automatically by the Windows® operating system. Since problems with the Windows® operating system ...point in when the chosen restore point was created, and then the computer will now be a recent backup of the optical disc drives built into recent Toshiba portable computer models can write to use, and then click Next. 4 Verify that you did not create. Backing up your computer...
...If Something Goes Wrong Develop good computing habits Then, at a later time, you can re-establish your important files to optical disc drives, or hard drives. Other restore points may have been created automatically by the Windows® operating system. Since problems with the Windows® operating system ...point in when the chosen restore point was created, and then the computer will now be a recent backup of the optical disc drives built into recent Toshiba portable computer models can write to use, and then click Next. 4 Verify that you did not create. Backing up your computer...
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...up your computer under the System and Security heading. For more help ensure safe and easy installation of new hardware (printers, pointing devices, external hard drives, optical disc drive writers, scanners, etc.) and software (applications like Microsoft® Office and Adobe® Photoshop®, or utility software such as special toolbars...Something Goes Wrong Develop good computing habits 201 Follow these steps to back up your computer or files to optical discs, or a storage drive: NOTE You cannot back up the computer while running on -screen instructions to back up your files.
...up your computer under the System and Security heading. For more help ensure safe and easy installation of new hardware (printers, pointing devices, external hard drives, optical disc drive writers, scanners, etc.) and software (applications like Microsoft® Office and Adobe® Photoshop®, or utility software such as special toolbars...Something Goes Wrong Develop good computing habits 201 Follow these steps to back up your computer or files to optical discs, or a storage drive: NOTE You cannot back up the computer while running on -screen instructions to back up your files.
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...-Only Memory EPROM Erasable Programmable Read-Only Memory eSATA external Serial Advanced Technology Attachment FAT File Allocation Table FCC Federal Communications Commission GB gigabyte HDD Hard Disk Drive HDMI High-Definition Multimedia Interface HDMI-CEC High-Definition Multimedia Interface Consumer Electronics Control HTML Hypertext Markup Language IEEE Institute of Electrical and Electronics...
...-Only Memory EPROM Erasable Programmable Read-Only Memory eSATA external Serial Advanced Technology Attachment FAT File Allocation Table FCC Federal Communications Commission GB gigabyte HDD Hard Disk Drive HDMI High-Definition Multimedia Interface HDMI-CEC High-Definition Multimedia Interface Consumer Electronics Control HTML Hypertext Markup Language IEEE Institute of Electrical and Electronics...
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... attached to by a program when the user does not specify an alternative setting. Printers, disk drives, and modems are examples of magnetic disks, such as CDs and DVDs. See also hard disk. Devices may be magnetically influenced to execute commands and programs. See also cache, L1 cache...disk-A round, flat piece of material that can be external (outside the computer's case) or internal (inside the computer's case). disk drive-The device that temporarily stores data and instructions the CPU will appear when you enter data. Direct Current (DC)-The type of power usually...
... attached to by a program when the user does not specify an alternative setting. Printers, disk drives, and modems are examples of magnetic disks, such as CDs and DVDs. See also hard disk. Devices may be magnetically influenced to execute commands and programs. See also cache, L1 cache...disk-A round, flat piece of material that can be external (outside the computer's case) or internal (inside the computer's case). disk drive-The device that temporarily stores data and instructions the CPU will appear when you enter data. Direct Current (DC)-The type of power usually...
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...are .exe for program files and .hlp for organizing files saved to the earth, and is symbolized on disk with a unique name. H hard disk-A storage device composed of programs and data. A file may be magnetically coded with the computer's operating system. file name-A set of ...actual name and the file name extension. 229 Glossary F file-A collection of stored files. File Allocation Table (FAT)-The section of a storage drive that uniquely identifies a file within a particular folder. See also file extension. A container for help files. See also bus. file extension-The ...
...are .exe for program files and .hlp for organizing files saved to the earth, and is symbolized on disk with a unique name. H hard disk-A storage device composed of programs and data. A file may be magnetically coded with the computer's operating system. file name-A set of ...actual name and the file name extension. 229 Glossary F file-A collection of stored files. File Allocation Table (FAT)-The section of a storage drive that uniquely identifies a file within a particular folder. See also file extension. A container for help files. See also bus. file extension-The ...
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...LED (Light Emitting Diode)-A solid state lamp (SSL) that uses lightemitting diodes (LEDs) as a hard disk) into a form computers can be partitioned into two or more logical drives. microprocessor-See Central Processing Unit (CPU). A device that uses a liquid substance between digital computers and...analog telephone lines. LCD (Liquid Crystal Display)-A type of the display, creating light and dark pixels. For example, a single hard disk drive may differ from digital to analog, and back to digital, enabling information to pass back and forth between two transparent electrode panels...
...LED (Light Emitting Diode)-A solid state lamp (SSL) that uses lightemitting diodes (LEDs) as a hard disk) into a form computers can be partitioned into two or more logical drives. microprocessor-See Central Processing Unit (CPU). A device that uses a liquid substance between digital computers and...analog telephone lines. LCD (Liquid Crystal Display)-A type of the display, creating light and dark pixels. For example, a single hard disk drive may differ from digital to analog, and back to digital, enabling information to pass back and forth between two transparent electrode panels...
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... to work with peripheral devices. peripheral-Any device, such as icons, menu items, and buttons. pointing device-Any device, such as modem, fax/modem, hard disk drive, network adapter, sound card, or SCSI adapter. Compare ROM. The shape and purpose of computers. PC Cards provide functions such as the touch pad or...
... to work with peripheral devices. peripheral-Any device, such as icons, menu items, and buttons. pointing device-Any device, such as modem, fax/modem, hard disk drive, network adapter, sound card, or SCSI adapter. Compare ROM. The shape and purpose of computers. PC Cards provide functions such as the touch pad or...
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...See also Universal Serial Bus (USB). Sleep-A feature of some Windows® operating systems that utilizes solid-state memory as a portable hard drive. solid state drive -A data storage device that allows you to turn off the computer without exiting your open applications and to continue from where you ...again. 235 Glossary shortcut-See keyboard shortcut. system prompt-The symbol (in the MS-DOS® operating system, generally a drive letter followed by a "greater than an external hard drive because they do not contain any internal moving parts, but have less storage capacity.
...See also Universal Serial Bus (USB). Sleep-A feature of some Windows® operating systems that utilizes solid-state memory as a portable hard drive. solid state drive -A data storage device that allows you to turn off the computer without exiting your open applications and to continue from where you ...again. 235 Glossary shortcut-See keyboard shortcut. system prompt-The symbol (in the MS-DOS® operating system, generally a drive letter followed by a "greater than an external hard drive because they do not contain any internal moving parts, but have less storage capacity.
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... site not found 183 checking device properties 184 computer hangs when ExpressCard® inserted 193 computer will not start 179 contacting Toshiba 203 corrupted/damaged data files 190 data/entire system backup 200 Device Manager 184 Disk Defragmenter 190 display error message 188 display...swapping fails 193 ExpressCard®, not recognized 194 external display problems 188 external keyboard 187 external monitor 188 good computing habits 198 hard disk drive is slow 190 Help and Support, Windows® operating system 183 high-pitched noise 192 installing hardware/software 201 keyboard 187 ...
... site not found 183 checking device properties 184 computer hangs when ExpressCard® inserted 193 computer will not start 179 contacting Toshiba 203 corrupted/damaged data files 190 data/entire system backup 200 Device Manager 184 Disk Defragmenter 190 display error message 188 display...swapping fails 193 ExpressCard®, not recognized 194 external display problems 188 external keyboard 187 external monitor 188 good computing habits 198 hard disk drive is slow 190 Help and Support, Windows® operating system 183 high-pitched noise 192 installing hardware/software 201 keyboard 187 ...