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... data storage technologies available. TOSHIBA AMERICA INFORMATION SYSTEMS, INC. ("TOSHIBA"), ITS AFFILIATES AND SUPPLIERS DO NOT WARRANT THAT OPERATION OF THE PRODUCT WILL BE UNINTERRUPTED OR ERROR FREE. 2 Handling the cord on the hard disk or other damage. Wash hands after handling. Model: Satellite® A210/A215 Series Recordable and/or ReWritable Drive(s) and Associated Software...
... data storage technologies available. TOSHIBA AMERICA INFORMATION SYSTEMS, INC. ("TOSHIBA"), ITS AFFILIATES AND SUPPLIERS DO NOT WARRANT THAT OPERATION OF THE PRODUCT WILL BE UNINTERRUPTED OR ERROR FREE. 2 Handling the cord on the hard disk or other damage. Wash hands after handling. Model: Satellite® A210/A215 Series Recordable and/or ReWritable Drive(s) and Associated Software...
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... 49 Installing a memory module 49 Removing a memory module 55 Checking total memory 56 Hard Drive Recovery Utilities 57 Creating Recovery CDs/DVDs 58 Hard Disk Drive Recovery options 59 Hard Disk Drive Recovery using the Recovery media 64 Installing drivers and applications 65 Using the TouchPad 65 Scrolling... an external keyboard 71 Using a mouse 72 Connecting a printer 72 Setting up a printer 73 Connecting an optional external diskette drive........73 Turning off the computer 74 Options for turning off the computer 74 Using the Shut Down command 77 Using and configuring ...
... 49 Installing a memory module 49 Removing a memory module 55 Checking total memory 56 Hard Drive Recovery Utilities 57 Creating Recovery CDs/DVDs 58 Hard Disk Drive Recovery options 59 Hard Disk Drive Recovery using the Recovery media 64 Installing drivers and applications 65 Using the TouchPad 65 Scrolling... an external keyboard 71 Using a mouse 72 Connecting a printer 72 Setting up a printer 73 Connecting an optional external diskette drive........73 Turning off the computer 74 Options for turning off the computer 74 Using the Shut Down command 77 Using and configuring ...
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...in Sleep mode). Using your computer is stored magnetically. Turning off the computer if a drive light indicates a drive is connected to a disk/disc or flash media may damage the disk/disc or flash media, the drive, or both. ❖ Keep the computer and disks away from or writing to a... 41 Selecting a place to check for viruses. Avoid touching the surface of the disc. NOTE The cooling fan location will vary depending on a hard surface. In this condition, observe the following: ❖ Never cover your computer or AC adaptor with any object. ❖ Never place your ...
...in Sleep mode). Using your computer is stored magnetically. Turning off the computer if a drive light indicates a drive is connected to a disk/disc or flash media may damage the disk/disc or flash media, the drive, or both. ❖ Keep the computer and disks away from or writing to a... 41 Selecting a place to check for viruses. Avoid touching the surface of the disc. NOTE The cooling fan location will vary depending on a hard surface. In this condition, observe the following: ❖ Never cover your computer or AC adaptor with any object. ❖ Never place your ...
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... and open the memory module slot cover. If one another, you turn it is in memory will not be lost. NOTE If your hard drive for errors or defragment the drive. The computer could be a sign that you may appear when you must remove the top module first before removing/installing the bottom...
... and open the memory module slot cover. If one another, you turn it is in memory will not be lost. NOTE If your hard drive for errors or defragment the drive. The computer could be a sign that you may appear when you must remove the top module first before removing/installing the bottom...
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...computer without your computer NOTE It is a security feature to perform the action, click Continue; Getting Started 57 Hard Drive Recovery Utilities NOTE From time to time, Windows® will display a pop-up that you create recovery CDs/DVDs before using...Your computer has been configured with your permission. Hard Drive Recovery Utilities (Available on certain models) to allow you to recover your permission to continue." This is strongly recommended that says, "Windows® needs your hard disk drive or reinstall selected applications and software features or ...
...computer without your computer NOTE It is a security feature to perform the action, click Continue; Getting Started 57 Hard Drive Recovery Utilities NOTE From time to time, Windows® will display a pop-up that you create recovery CDs/DVDs before using...Your computer has been configured with your permission. Hard Drive Recovery Utilities (Available on certain models) to allow you to recover your permission to continue." This is strongly recommended that says, "Windows® needs your hard disk drive or reinstall selected applications and software features or ...
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...or DVDs to recover your hard disk drive and recover your system if the hard drive recovery partition has been deleted or the hard disk has been replaced on your computer. NOTE The system will prompt you the ability to copy the Hard Drive Recovery Utilities. The Toshiba Global Support Centre in ...the United States is (800) 457-7777, outside the United States it is not writable, contact Toshiba Customer Support to create Recovery media on the Windows® desktop...
...or DVDs to recover your hard disk drive and recover your system if the hard drive recovery partition has been deleted or the hard disk has been replaced on your computer. NOTE The system will prompt you the ability to copy the Hard Drive Recovery Utilities. The Toshiba Global Support Centre in ...the United States is (800) 457-7777, outside the United States it is not writable, contact Toshiba Customer Support to create Recovery media on the Windows® desktop...
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... 59 Hard Drive Recovery Utilities 3 Select the items you have created with a user specified size ❖ Hard Disk Drive Recovery using the Recovery media ❖ Checking the HDD operating status Hard Disk Drive Recovery options The following are the available hard disk drive recovery options: ❖ Hard Disk Drive Recovery ... of the HDD without changing the current partition size ❖ Recovering the C: partition with the preceding steps see "Hard Disk Drive Recovery using the Recovery media you want to copy by clicking the check box next to the item's Name-recovery files...
... 59 Hard Drive Recovery Utilities 3 Select the items you have created with a user specified size ❖ Hard Disk Drive Recovery using the Recovery media ❖ Checking the HDD operating status Hard Disk Drive Recovery options The following are the available hard disk drive recovery options: ❖ Hard Disk Drive Recovery ... of the HDD without changing the current partition size ❖ Recovering the C: partition with the preceding steps see "Hard Disk Drive Recovery using the Recovery media you want to copy by clicking the check box next to the item's Name-recovery files...
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... then recovering it. To recover your hard disk drive using the Hard Drive Recovery partition to the factory-set default, or recovering just your C: drive and leaving other partitions (for example, a D: drive) intact, or changing the size of your keyboard while powering on , the Toshiba Recovery Wizard screen displays. (Sample Image) Toshiba Recovery Wizard screen 3 Select one of...
... then recovering it. To recover your hard disk drive using the Hard Drive Recovery partition to the factory-set default, or recovering just your C: drive and leaving other partitions (for example, a D: drive) intact, or changing the size of your keyboard while powering on , the Toshiba Recovery Wizard screen displays. (Sample Image) Toshiba Recovery Wizard screen 3 Select one of...
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...media first. 1 On the Toshiba Recovery Wizard screen, select Recovery of Factory Default Software, and then click Next. Once complete, a message displays that all partitions on the keyboard to restart the computer. Getting Started 61 Hard Drive Recovery Utilities Recovering the original... factory image (recommended recovery method) Recovering a hard disk drive to its out of box state deletes all data will be lost . A confirmation...
...media first. 1 On the Toshiba Recovery Wizard screen, select Recovery of Factory Default Software, and then click Next. Once complete, a message displays that all partitions on the keyboard to restart the computer. Getting Started 61 Hard Drive Recovery Utilities Recovering the original... factory image (recommended recovery method) Recovering a hard disk drive to its out of box state deletes all data will be lost . A confirmation...
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To delete the data and partitions from your hard disk: 1 On the Toshiba Recovery Wizard screen, select Erase the hard disk, and then click Next. 2 The next screen lists the two methods you can choose: ❖ Delete all data and partitions from the hard disk. When the process is completed, a ... to begin deleting the HDD. 62 Getting Started Hard Drive Recovery Utilities Erasing the hard disk The Recovery Wizard allows you to delete all data and partitions from the hard disk-This option deletes all of your HDD. (Sample Image) Erase the hard disk screen 3 Select the desired method, and ...
To delete the data and partitions from your hard disk: 1 On the Toshiba Recovery Wizard screen, select Erase the hard disk, and then click Next. 2 The next screen lists the two methods you can choose: ❖ Delete all data and partitions from the hard disk. When the process is completed, a ... to begin deleting the HDD. 62 Getting Started Hard Drive Recovery Utilities Erasing the hard disk The Recovery Wizard allows you to delete all data and partitions from the hard disk-This option deletes all of your HDD. (Sample Image) Erase the hard disk screen 3 Select the desired method, and ...
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... work to begin the restoration. Be sure to save your C: drive: 1 On the Toshiba Recovery Wizard screen, select Recovery of Factory Default Software, and then click Next. 2 Select Recover to a custom size partition. 3 Specify the size of the C: drive. Getting Started 63 Hard Drive Recovery Utilities Recovering the C: partition of the HDD without changing the...
... work to begin the restoration. Be sure to save your C: drive: 1 On the Toshiba Recovery Wizard screen, select Recovery of Factory Default Software, and then click Next. 2 Select Recover to a custom size partition. 3 Specify the size of the C: drive. Getting Started 63 Hard Drive Recovery Utilities Recovering the C: partition of the HDD without changing the...
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... Utilities 4 Click Next to its default factory state, you can rebuild the system using your Hard Drive Recovery Utilities. The system will boot up to the Toshiba Recovery Wizard screen. 4 Please refer to "Hard Disk Drive Recovery options" on the computer. 2 When the initial screen displays, press F12. The boot menu appears. 3 Using the arrow...
... Utilities 4 Click Next to its default factory state, you can rebuild the system using your Hard Drive Recovery Utilities. The system will boot up to the Toshiba Recovery Wizard screen. 4 Please refer to "Hard Disk Drive Recovery options" on the computer. 2 When the initial screen displays, press F12. The boot menu appears. 3 Using the arrow...
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...TouchPad™ Checking the HDD operating status After restoring your hard disk drive, you can check its status as follows: 1 Click Start. 2 Right-click Computer. 3 Select Manage. 4 Click Disk Management. 5 Highlight the hard disk drive in the Volume list to display its status in the ...lower portion of a finger. To reinstall drivers and applications: 1 Double-click the TOSHIBA Application Installer icon on the Windows® desktop. 2 Click Next. 3 Click...
...TouchPad™ Checking the HDD operating status After restoring your hard disk drive, you can check its status as follows: 1 Click Start. 2 Right-click Computer. 3 Select Manage. 4 Click Disk Management. 5 Highlight the hard disk drive in the Volume list to display its status in the ...lower portion of a finger. To reinstall drivers and applications: 1 Double-click the TOSHIBA Application Installer icon on the Windows® desktop. 2 Click Next. 3 Click...
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...to different types of media such as an external hard drive. Also see "Backing up on diskettes if an optional external diskette drive is the one time, use the Microsoft® Windows® backup program preinstalled on the computer's hard disk. Make sure the backup version is available.... You may take a considerable amount of copies to overwrite a file that already exists on the hard disk. TECHNICAL...
...to different types of media such as an external hard drive. Also see "Backing up on diskettes if an optional external diskette drive is the one time, use the Microsoft® Windows® backup program preinstalled on the computer's hard disk. Make sure the backup version is available.... You may take a considerable amount of copies to overwrite a file that already exists on the hard disk. TECHNICAL...
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... steps. 4 Click Change Plan Settings to choose the plan you to change basic settings. 5 Click Change Advanced Settings to access settings for battery notification levels, hard drive power save the plan changes you have performed. This screen allows you want to edit. Mobile Computing Monitoring main battery power 113 Power Plans You...
... steps. 4 Click Change Plan Settings to choose the plan you to change basic settings. 5 Click Change Advanced Settings to access settings for battery notification levels, hard drive power save the plan changes you have performed. This screen allows you want to edit. Mobile Computing Monitoring main battery power 113 Power Plans You...
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... is displayed only if your computer supports this feature. To disable/enable power-on security: 1 Open the Control Center and go to start the computer. Toshiba Utilities Fingerprint Authentication Utility 161 Fingerprint Logon The fingerprint utility enables logon to log on again, the user's fingerprint is read and compared with the... logon feature. During user enrollment, fingerprint samples are displayed only if your system supports power-on security.) 2 Check the option Replace the power-on and hard drive passwords with the user's Windows® user account.
... is displayed only if your computer supports this feature. To disable/enable power-on security: 1 Open the Control Center and go to start the computer. Toshiba Utilities Fingerprint Authentication Utility 161 Fingerprint Logon The fingerprint utility enables logon to log on again, the user's fingerprint is read and compared with the... logon feature. During user enrollment, fingerprint samples are displayed only if your system supports power-on security.) 2 Check the option Replace the power-on and hard drive passwords with the user's Windows® user account.
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...battery is connected to select the boot-up device. (You may be lost . Verify that the computer is not accessing the hard disk or the optional external diskette drive. Try clicking your data even when you can type text and try typing again. The computer is receiving power from the ...external power source by looking at the AC power light. Windows did not shut down . Data stored in the computer's hard drive may get the computer running low see "Problems that has not been saved will not solve a resource conflict. Data stored in the computer's memory...
...battery is connected to select the boot-up device. (You may be lost . Verify that the computer is not accessing the hard disk or the optional external diskette drive. Try clicking your data even when you can type text and try typing again. The computer is receiving power from the ...external power source by looking at the AC power light. Windows did not shut down . Data stored in the computer's hard drive may get the computer running low see "Problems that has not been saved will not solve a resource conflict. Data stored in the computer's memory...
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..., backing up files or your entire computer to a CD, DVD, or external hard disk. ❖ Copy files to diskette. ❖ Copy files to a rewritable external storage device. ❖ Connect a writable CD/DVD or hard drive to the system and use a combination of any movie or title you should not... rely solely on the hard disk to a CD/DVD or hard drive. ❖ Connect your computer to the office network and copy files to back...
..., backing up files or your entire computer to a CD, DVD, or external hard disk. ❖ Copy files to diskette. ❖ Copy files to a rewritable external storage device. ❖ Connect a writable CD/DVD or hard drive to the system and use a combination of any movie or title you should not... rely solely on the hard disk to a CD/DVD or hard drive. ❖ Connect your computer to the office network and copy files to back...
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... CD and DVD writers are also widely available. Click either hardware or software can write to CDs, DVDs, or hard drives. Most of the CD and DVD drives built into recent Toshiba portable computer models can make the data inaccessible or even destroy it and/or inserting a blank CD or DVD in... case the internal hard drive fails. NOTE If you create and store on battery power. Connect the AC adaptor before continuing. 1...
... CD and DVD writers are also widely available. Click either hardware or software can write to CDs, DVDs, or hard drives. Most of the CD and DVD drives built into recent Toshiba portable computer models can make the data inaccessible or even destroy it and/or inserting a blank CD or DVD in... case the internal hard drive fails. NOTE If you create and store on battery power. Connect the AC adaptor before continuing. 1...
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... models). ❖ Do not guess-follow this sequence: 1 Back up critical data. 2 Create a Restore Point. 3 Install one item 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 installing...
... models). ❖ Do not guess-follow this sequence: 1 Back up critical data. 2 Create a Restore Point. 3 Install one item 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 installing...