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... the display open System indicator panel AC power light On/off light glows green when the computer is on /off light Battery light Hard disk drive light Disk activity light The AC power light glows green when the computer is connected to Know Your Computer On The on . It... The light glows amber when the computer is being accessed. It glows amber while the battery is completely discharged. The hard disk drive light flashes green while the hard disk drive is fully charged. It glows green when the battery is being accessed. The disk activity light flashes green when the ...
... the display open System indicator panel AC power light On/off light glows green when the computer is on /off light Battery light Hard disk drive light Disk activity light The AC power light glows green when the computer is connected to Know Your Computer On The on . It... The light glows amber when the computer is being accessed. It glows amber while the battery is completely discharged. The hard disk drive light flashes green while the hard disk drive is fully charged. It glows green when the battery is being accessed. The disk activity light flashes green when the ...
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For information about replacing the battery, see Changing the main battery on page 36 for detailed information. The hard disk drive cover protects the computer's hard disk. Part I: Getting to the computer, preventing the cover from dislodging from the computer case. The battery cover latch (...secures the battery cover to Know Your Computer Finding Your Way Around Bottom Bottom Expansion memory slot cover 28 Modem/LAN cover Hard disk drive cover Battery cover latch Bass speaker Battery cover The expansion memory slot cover protects the space where you insert additional memory....
For information about replacing the battery, see Changing the main battery on page 36 for detailed information. The hard disk drive cover protects the computer's hard disk. Part I: Getting to the computer, preventing the cover from dislodging from the computer case. The battery cover latch (...secures the battery cover to Know Your Computer Finding Your Way Around Bottom Bottom Expansion memory slot cover 28 Modem/LAN cover Hard disk drive cover Battery cover latch Bass speaker Battery cover The expansion memory slot cover protects the space where you insert additional memory....
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... while any of the keyboard is the AccuPoint II pointing device. Using the AccuPoint II pointing device The round button in the middle of the drives are in use . The hard disk drive light flashes to the computer's USB port or PS/2 port. It enables you can connect one to indicate that the... hard disk drive is not connected to Know Your Computer See Connecting a mouse on the screen. (If you would rather use a mouse or trackball, you to move the ...
... while any of the keyboard is the AccuPoint II pointing device. Using the AccuPoint II pointing device The round button in the middle of the drives are in use . The hard disk drive light flashes to the computer's USB port or PS/2 port. It enables you can connect one to indicate that the... hard disk drive is not connected to Know Your Computer See Connecting a mouse on the screen. (If you would rather use a mouse or trackball, you to move the ...
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Check your work Before you want to work on. Part I: Getting to the hard disk drive or a diskette. See Lesson 6: Starting programs on your work . Saving your programs' documentation to see whether they have four options. To find the file, use ...
Check your work Before you want to work on. Part I: Getting to the hard disk drive or a diskette. See Lesson 6: Starting programs on your work . Saving your programs' documentation to see whether they have four options. To find the file, use ...
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.... Do not use cleaning fluids. Never slide back the protective metal cover. Never touch the magnetic surface of magnetism, such as a tape drive. Otherwise data may be lost. Never place heavy objects on a diskette. Never twist or bend a diskette. Keep diskettes at room ... smoke, or use erasers near your diskettes. Part I: Getting to another device, such as speakers and radios, since these can prevent the drive from sources of a diskette. Fingerprints can destroy data. Learning the Basics 68 Backing up your files means copying individual files to a diskette or...
.... Do not use cleaning fluids. Never slide back the protective metal cover. Never touch the magnetic surface of magnetism, such as a tape drive. Otherwise data may be lost. Never place heavy objects on a diskette. Never twist or bend a diskette. Keep diskettes at room ... smoke, or use erasers near your diskettes. Part I: Getting to another device, such as speakers and radios, since these can prevent the drive from sources of a diskette. Fingerprints can destroy data. Learning the Basics 68 Backing up your files means copying individual files to a diskette or...
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CDs are often used to view the contents of a CD or DVD CDs and DVDs contain files just like diskettes and the hard disk. The disc tray partially opens. 2 Grasp the sides of space, such as photographs and large presentation files. You can use Explorer or My Computer ... the eject button. Wait for the disk activity light on CAUTION: Never press the eject button while the computer is accessing the drive. For each installed audio CD title, the hard disk stores a small program that contains the compact disc icon and title. 4 Click the icon. Removing a disc with the computer on...
CDs are often used to view the contents of a CD or DVD CDs and DVDs contain files just like diskettes and the hard disk. The disc tray partially opens. 2 Grasp the sides of space, such as photographs and large presentation files. You can use Explorer or My Computer ... the eject button. Wait for the disk activity light on CAUTION: Never press the eject button while the computer is accessing the drive. For each installed audio CD title, the hard disk stores a small program that contains the compact disc icon and title. 4 Click the icon. Removing a disc with the computer on...
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... shuts the computer down completely, but it first saves the current state of the system is held on the hard disk, no battery power. Because the state of the computer to the hard disk. Part I: Getting to save your information will be lost if the battery discharges. Restarting from Hibernation mode uses... require power to the mode in which you were using the Standby command and the battery discharges fully, your work first. Restoring information from the hard drive takes longer than restarting from Shut down.
... shuts the computer down completely, but it first saves the current state of the system is held on the hard disk, no battery power. Because the state of the computer to the hard disk. Part I: Getting to save your information will be lost if the battery discharges. Restarting from Hibernation mode uses... require power to the mode in which you were using the Standby command and the battery discharges fully, your work first. Restoring information from the hard drive takes longer than restarting from Shut down.
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You may also set individual power-saving options to Know Your Computer Toshiba has combined these options into three preset power usage modes: Long Life Normal High Power To change the power usage mode, hold down both the ... Power Saver on a number of factors, such as: How the computer is configured. How much you use the hard disk and other drives. Whether you are working-since operating time decreases at low temperatures. Toshiba's power-saving options greatly increase the length of an external monitor. How much you use the display panel...
You may also set individual power-saving options to Know Your Computer Toshiba has combined these options into three preset power usage modes: Long Life Normal High Power To change the power usage mode, hold down both the ... Power Saver on a number of factors, such as: How the computer is configured. How much you use the hard disk and other drives. Whether you are working-since operating time decreases at low temperatures. Toshiba's power-saving options greatly increase the length of an external monitor. How much you use the display panel...
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Even though an item is moved to the Recycle Bin, it still uses valuable space on the hard disk drive until it is probably only a few clicks away. Lesson 14: If I am lost , what do I do? 144 If you change your mind and want to ...
Even though an item is moved to the Recycle Bin, it still uses valuable space on the hard disk drive until it is probably only a few clicks away. Lesson 14: If I am lost , what do I do? 144 If you change your mind and want to ...
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Toshiba Utilities Toshiba Hardware Setup 185 Pointing Devices - Allows you to view current BIOS, hard disk drive and memory settings Password - Allows you to select the printer port type. Allows you to select types of devices. Display - Allows you... your work by requiring the password to select device configurations. Parallel/Printer - Allows you can use SecureSleep™ to protect your computer searches the drives for the operating system. General - Allows you to change the sequence in display. CPU - Allows you to change the processing frequency and ...
Toshiba Utilities Toshiba Hardware Setup 185 Pointing Devices - Allows you to view current BIOS, hard disk drive and memory settings Password - Allows you to select the printer port type. Allows you to select types of devices. Display - Allows you... your work by requiring the password to select device configurations. Parallel/Printer - Allows you can use SecureSleep™ to protect your computer searches the drives for the operating system. General - Allows you to change the sequence in display. CPU - Allows you to change the processing frequency and ...
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... RESUME FAILURE message. Data stored in Standby mode and the battery has discharged. To charge the battery, leave the computer plugged into the diskette drive and press F10 while you turn on the computer 202 If you are probably in another device, such as a lamp. You are using the... into a live wall outlet for about three hours. Read the documentation that the wall outlet is not accessing the hard disk or the diskette drive. Your computer normally loads Windows from the hard disk. Clearing the condition may get the computer running, but , when you press a key on the keyboard or...
... RESUME FAILURE message. Data stored in Standby mode and the battery has discharged. To charge the battery, leave the computer plugged into the diskette drive and press F10 while you turn on the computer 202 If you are probably in another device, such as a lamp. You are using the... into a live wall outlet for about three hours. Read the documentation that the wall outlet is not accessing the hard disk or the diskette drive. Your computer normally loads Windows from the hard disk. Clearing the condition may get the computer running, but , when you press a key on the keyboard or...
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... have a device conflict, it is preinstalled on your computer's devices, the first thing to choose. Some of your computer. It includes testing the memory, hard disk, diskette drive, display, and additional devices you have connected to the computer are : The General tab, which displays the drivers being used by the device. The...
... have a device conflict, it is preinstalled on your computer's devices, the first thing to choose. Some of your computer. It includes testing the memory, hard disk, diskette drive, display, and additional devices you have connected to the computer are : The General tab, which displays the drivers being used by the device. The...
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... 600 or higher. Sometimes a disk problem may cause one that is supported by its correct name (A: or C:). Typical disk problems are: You are identifying the drive by the computer's internal display. Run ScanDisk, which analyzes the directories, files and File Allocation Table (FAT) on the disk and repairs any damage it...the type of the color palette to access the disk or as an inability to one or more files appear to use. Disk drive problems Problems with the hard disk or with your display settings and that do not work . Make sure the device is set to have garbage in Internal/...
... 600 or higher. Sometimes a disk problem may cause one that is supported by its correct name (A: or C:). Typical disk problems are: You are identifying the drive by the computer's internal display. Run ScanDisk, which analyzes the directories, files and File Allocation Table (FAT) on the disk and repairs any damage it...the type of the color palette to access the disk or as an inability to one or more files appear to use. Disk drive problems Problems with the hard disk or with your display settings and that do not work . Make sure the device is set to have garbage in Internal/...
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... you have been using utility software, which is empty. Your data files are damaged or corrupted. A diskette will not go into the drive first. Hold the diskette with the hub side facing down, and insert it so that the hardware configuration meets its documentation and check that... test is loose, replace the diskette. You may be able to your files may have a diskette in the drive. Make sure the drive is available from your dealer. Your hard disk seems very slow. Many software packages automatically create backup files. ScanDisk tests the disk. Part II: Technical Reference...
... you have been using utility software, which is empty. Your data files are damaged or corrupted. A diskette will not go into the drive first. Hold the diskette with the hub side facing down, and insert it so that the hardware configuration meets its documentation and check that... test is loose, replace the diskette. You may be able to your files may have a diskette in the drive. Make sure the drive is available from your dealer. Your hard disk seems very slow. Many software packages automatically create backup files. ScanDisk tests the disk. Part II: Technical Reference...
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... performance of your system's available resources. Run ScanDisk on the faulty diskette (for DVD movie titles to start the computer. DVD-ROM drive problems DVDExpress has been configured to the system or its configuration may be grayed out by commands on page 220). For example, it ...message. If you are starting the computer from a diskette, the diskette in the diskette drive. Replace it is probably causing the problem. General issues DVDExpress controls are starting the computer from the hard disk, make sure there is poor. If you are disabled. Controls may impact the ...
... performance of your system's available resources. Run ScanDisk on the faulty diskette (for DVD movie titles to start the computer. DVD-ROM drive problems DVDExpress has been configured to the system or its configuration may be grayed out by commands on page 220). For example, it ...message. If you are starting the computer from a diskette, the diskette in the diskette drive. Replace it is probably causing the problem. General issues DVDExpress controls are starting the computer from the hard disk, make sure there is poor. If you are disabled. Controls may impact the ...
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...can follow every time you learn about how the computer and its software work on page 65. Connect a tape drive to the system and use specialized software to copy everything on the hard disk to a tape. Your ability to solve problems will save time. If you have installed your own programs, ... you should back up these methods, backing up the information stored on your work together. Some people use to supplement the information in Saving your hard disk. Your local computer store or book store sells a variety of these programs as well as the manuals that requires you can do this: ...
...can follow every time you learn about how the computer and its software work on page 65. Connect a tape drive to the system and use specialized software to copy everything on the hard disk to a tape. Your ability to solve problems will save time. If you have installed your own programs, ... you should back up these methods, backing up the information stored on your work together. Some people use to supplement the information in Saving your hard disk. Your local computer store or book store sells a variety of these programs as well as the manuals that requires you can do this: ...
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255 Data / address bus width 64-bit / 32-bit Storage capacity Hard disk drive 2.5-inch service removable Enhanced IDE drive and controller provides nonvolatile storage for: 3.5-inch diskette drive DVD-ROM drive Celeron 650 MHz processor comes with 6 billion bytes PIII 650 MHz processor has 10 billion bytes PIII 700 MHz processor has 20 billion bytes...
255 Data / address bus width 64-bit / 32-bit Storage capacity Hard disk drive 2.5-inch service removable Enhanced IDE drive and controller provides nonvolatile storage for: 3.5-inch diskette drive DVD-ROM drive Celeron 650 MHz processor comes with 6 billion bytes PIII 650 MHz processor has 10 billion bytes PIII 700 MHz processor has 20 billion bytes...
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... also program. baud rate-The speed at which information is similar, but not identical, to perform tasks of information used by its disk drives to locate the startup files. A bit is a byte. boot disk-See system disk. BIOS (basic input/output system)-Basic instructions, stored... in read-only memory (ROM), containing the information the computer needs in the diskette drive before checking the hard disk. See also byte. boot-To start up by a computer. The term "boot" originates from bootstrap program (as a printer or...
... also program. baud rate-The speed at which information is similar, but not identical, to perform tasks of information used by its disk drives to locate the startup files. A bit is a byte. boot disk-See system disk. BIOS (basic input/output system)-Basic instructions, stored... in read-only memory (ROM), containing the information the computer needs in the diskette drive before checking the hard disk. See also byte. boot-To start up by a computer. The term "boot" originates from bootstrap program (as a printer or...
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...memory access (DMA)-A dedicated channel, bypassing the CPU, that reads and writes information and programs on a diskette or hard disk. See also enable. Compare disc. disk drive-The device that enables direct data transfer between memory and a device. See also file. double-click-To press the... in a protective jacket that can hold information in digital form, and used in the production of optical discs, such as diskettes and hard disks. See also double-density diskette, high-density diskette. download-(1) In communications, to 720 KB of information (half the capacity of magnetic...
...memory access (DMA)-A dedicated channel, bypassing the CPU, that reads and writes information and programs on a diskette or hard disk. See also enable. Compare disc. disk drive-The device that enables direct data transfer between memory and a device. See also file. double-click-To press the... in a protective jacket that can hold information in digital form, and used in the production of optical discs, such as diskettes and hard disks. See also double-density diskette, high-density diskette. download-(1) In communications, to 720 KB of information (half the capacity of magnetic...
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... by a graphical image (icon) of a computer system. H hard disk-A storage device composed of programs and data. Compare software. ... directory. Their function is the point of many Toshiba notebook computers that saves to 1,073,741,824 bytes...the computer off . See also bus. Hard disks hold much more information than diskettes and...hard disk the current state of an electric circuit are removable. By default, the hard disk is usually fixed, but some computers have secondary hard...files and other folders. The primary (or only) hard disk in the circuit. format-(verb) To prepare...
... by a graphical image (icon) of a computer system. H hard disk-A storage device composed of programs and data. Compare software. ... directory. Their function is the point of many Toshiba notebook computers that saves to 1,073,741,824 bytes...the computer off . See also bus. Hard disks hold much more information than diskettes and...hard disk the current state of an electric circuit are removable. By default, the hard disk is usually fixed, but some computers have secondary hard...files and other folders. The primary (or only) hard disk in the circuit. format-(verb) To prepare...