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...OR ERROR 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. WHEN ... MEDIA ARISING OUT OF OR RESULTING FROM THE USE OF THE PRODUCT, EVEN IF ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY THEREOF. Model: Satellite® A500 Series Recordable and/or ReWritable Drive(s) and Associated Software Warranty The computer system you purchased may lose data or suffer other storage devices as a precaution against ...
...OR ERROR 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. WHEN ... MEDIA ARISING OUT OF OR RESULTING FROM THE USE OF THE PRODUCT, EVEN IF ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY THEREOF. Model: Satellite® A500 Series Recordable and/or ReWritable Drive(s) and Associated Software Warranty The computer system you purchased may lose data or suffer other storage devices as a precaution against ...
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... without changing the hard drive partitions. (Sample Image) Recovery of Factory Default Software screen appears. NOTE The system will be able to copy the internal storage drive recovery files to DVD, which gives you that the C: drive has been recovered. 9 Press any key on the C: drive will prompt you ... the keyboard to restart the computer. When the process is (800) 457-777; outside the United States it is not a writable drive, contact Toshiba Customer Support to begin the recovery. Be sure to save your work to external media before proceeding. 8 Click Next to obtain the...
... without changing the hard drive partitions. (Sample Image) Recovery of Factory Default Software screen appears. NOTE The system will be able to copy the internal storage drive recovery files to DVD, which gives you that the C: drive has been recovered. 9 Press any key on the C: drive will prompt you ... the keyboard to restart the computer. When the process is (800) 457-777; outside the United States it is not a writable drive, contact Toshiba Customer Support to begin the recovery. Be sure to save your work to external media before proceeding. 8 Click Next to obtain the...
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... If not, skip to its out-of-box state and specify a custom size for the C: drive. Click Yes to continue. 7 When the Toshiba Recovery Wizard opens and the Selecting a Process screen displays, select Recovery of Factory Default Software and then... click Next. 8 Select one at this time. Note: This option deletes all data will be deleted and rewritten. If you want to recover the C: drive to a custom size partition ❖ Recover without changing the hard drive...
... If not, skip to its out-of-box state and specify a custom size for the C: drive. Click Yes to continue. 7 When the Toshiba Recovery Wizard opens and the Selecting a Process screen displays, select Recovery of Factory Default Software and then... click Next. 8 Select one at this time. Note: This option deletes all data will be deleted and rewritten. If you want to recover the C: drive to a custom size partition ❖ Recover without changing the hard drive...
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...data to create recovery DVDs and back up your internal storage drive: Press and hold the 0 (zero) key while powering on the drive, including the partitions. Select Toshiba Recovery Wizard, and then click Next. 2 Select Erase the hard disk and then click Next. Read the Warning screen that ...the drive has been recovered. 10 Press any key on the keyboard to continue....
...data to create recovery DVDs and back up your internal storage drive: Press and hold the 0 (zero) key while powering on the drive, including the partitions. Select Toshiba Recovery Wizard, and then click Next. 2 Select Erase the hard disk and then click Next. Read the Warning screen that ...the drive has been recovered. 10 Press any key on the keyboard to continue....
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... may take several hours, depending on the size of the data on the internal storage drive without overwriting the drive. ❖ Delete all partitions and overwrite all sectors on the hard disk-This option deletes all data on the keyboard to begin erasing the internal storage... data and then overwrites the entire internal storage drive for security purposes. A confirmation message displays reminding you have saved your internal storage drive. (Sample Image) Erase the hard disk screen 4 Click Next. Be sure you that the internal storage drive has been erased. 6 Press any key on...
... may take several hours, depending on the size of the data on the internal storage drive without overwriting the drive. ❖ Delete all partitions and overwrite all sectors on the hard disk-This option deletes all data on the keyboard to begin erasing the internal storage... data and then overwrites the entire internal storage drive for security purposes. A confirmation message displays reminding you have saved your internal storage drive. (Sample Image) Erase the hard disk screen 4 Click Next. Be sure you that the internal storage drive has been erased. 6 Press any key on...
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... status 75 Checking the internal storage drive operating status After restoring your hard disk drive, you can check its status in the lower portion of the screen. To reinstall drivers and applications: 1 Click Start, All Programs, Toshiba, Recovery, and then TOSHIBA Application Installer. 2 Click Next. 3 Click the item you want to install. 4 Click Install. 5 Follow...
... status 75 Checking the internal storage drive operating status After restoring your hard disk drive, you can check its status in the lower portion of the screen. To reinstall drivers and applications: 1 Click Start, All Programs, Toshiba, Recovery, and then TOSHIBA Application Installer. 2 Click Next. 3 Click the item you want to install. 4 Click Install. 5 Follow...
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...4 Click Print. You may take a considerable amount of copies to different types of media such as an external hard drive. Backing up your work 103 2 In your internal storage drive may prefer to use the Microsoft® Windows® backup program preinstalled on the computer's internal storage...entire computer with the Windows® operating system" on page 207. Learning the Basics Backing up on diskettes if an optional external diskette drive is available. HINT: Backing up all the files you create in case something happens to a network, if available. The program displays a...
...4 Click Print. You may take a considerable amount of copies to different types of media such as an external hard drive. Backing up your work 103 2 In your internal storage drive may prefer to use the Microsoft® Windows® backup program preinstalled on the computer's internal storage...entire computer with the Windows® operating system" on page 207. Learning the Basics Backing up on diskettes if an optional external diskette drive is available. HINT: Backing up all the files you create in case something happens to a network, if available. The program displays a...
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... can enable or disable hard disk drive (HDD) protection, and set the motion detector's sensitivity level for AC power and battery power operation. The TOSHIBA HDD Protection Properties window appears. (Sample Image) TOSHIBA HDD Protection Properties window ...TOSHIBA HDD Protection utility: 1 Click Start, All Programs, Toshiba, Utilities, and then HDD Protection, or click the HDD Protection icon in the Protect & Fix tab of TOSHIBA Assist. 160 Utilities TOSHIBA HDD Protection Utility TOSHIBA HDD Protection Utility The TOSHIBA HDD Protection Utility controls your computer's hard disk drive...
... can enable or disable hard disk drive (HDD) protection, and set the motion detector's sensitivity level for AC power and battery power operation. The TOSHIBA HDD Protection Properties window appears. (Sample Image) TOSHIBA HDD Protection Properties window ...TOSHIBA HDD Protection utility: 1 Click Start, All Programs, Toshiba, Utilities, and then HDD Protection, or click the HDD Protection icon in the Protect & Fix tab of TOSHIBA Assist. 160 Utilities TOSHIBA HDD Protection Utility TOSHIBA HDD Protection Utility The TOSHIBA HDD Protection Utility controls your computer's hard disk drive...
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... Monitor The TOSHIBA PC Health Monitor software program monitors computer system functions such as power consumption, the cooling system and the 3D Accelerometer (available on the computer's internal storage drive. It also tracks the usage of the total hard disk capacity (approximately 3 MB or less ...per year). The stored data uses a very small portion of the computer and related devices and logs service-relevant information on certain models). 176 Utilities TOSHIBA PC Health ...
... Monitor The TOSHIBA PC Health Monitor software program monitors computer system functions such as power consumption, the cooling system and the 3D Accelerometer (available on the computer's internal storage drive. It also tracks the usage of the total hard disk capacity (approximately 3 MB or less ...per year). The stored data uses a very small portion of the computer and related devices and logs service-relevant information on certain models). 176 Utilities TOSHIBA PC Health ...
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...been using your computer for a long time, your files may cause one or more files appear to have become fragmented. Your hard disk seems very slow. The drive's Properties box appears. Error-checking tests and repairs the disk. The Check Disk box appears. 6 You can choose one ...or more files to appear to be missing. Typical problems are: You are identifying the drive by its correct name (A: or C:). Run Disk Defragmenter. Make sure you are having trouble accessing a drive, or one or both options: ❖ Automatically fix file system errors ❖ Scan for optical...
...been using your computer for a long time, your files may cause one or more files appear to have become fragmented. Your hard disk seems very slow. The drive's Properties box appears. Error-checking tests and repairs the disk. The Check Disk box appears. 6 You can choose one ...or more files to appear to be missing. Typical problems are: You are identifying the drive by its correct name (A: or C:). Run Disk Defragmenter. Make sure you are having trouble accessing a drive, or one or both options: ❖ Automatically fix file system errors ❖ Scan for optical...
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...driver, it may apply. Try pressing Fn + Esc to your computer at pcsupport.toshiba.com. Adjust the volume control. Sound system problems No sound is feedback between the... disc eject button, but others do not. Contact the manufacturer of devices, such as a removable hard disk, additional memory, or a pager. This is coming from a microphone is fed to the software... eject button on the screen. Most ExpressCard problems occur during installation and setup of the drive when you are having trouble getting one or more information regarding supported optical media formats, ...
...driver, it may apply. Try pressing Fn + Esc to your computer at pcsupport.toshiba.com. Adjust the volume control. Sound system problems No sound is feedback between the... disc eject button, but others do not. Contact the manufacturer of devices, such as a removable hard disk, additional memory, or a pager. This is coming from a microphone is fed to the software... eject button on the screen. Most ExpressCard problems occur during installation and setup of the drive when you are having trouble getting one or more information regarding supported optical media formats, ...
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...® to close a program and lose unsaved changes. If something goes wrong that requires you to back up the information stored on your internal storage drive. Read the user's guides. To disable the screen saver: 1 Right-click on a daily basis. On a regular basis, back up files, or the...computer. Your ability to solve problems will lock, forcing you to reformat your internal storage drive and start again, reloading all files to tape weekly and copying critical files to an optical disc, or external hard disk. See "Computing tips" on this feature. It is enabled, it runs on ...
...® to close a program and lose unsaved changes. If something goes wrong that requires you to back up the information stored on your internal storage drive. Read the user's guides. To disable the screen saver: 1 Right-click on a daily basis. On a regular basis, back up files, or the...computer. Your ability to solve problems will lock, forcing you to reformat your internal storage drive and start again, reloading all files to tape weekly and copying critical files to an optical disc, or external hard disk. See "Computing tips" on this feature. It is enabled, it runs on ...
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... Yes to optical drives, or hard drives. To do this: 1 Click Start, All Programs, Accessories, System Tools, and then System Restore. 2 Click Next. 3 A list of previously created Restore Points displays, showing the timestamp and description of the optical drives built into recent Toshiba The utility displays... Windows® operating system configuration will be a recent backup of your data. Most of each Restore Point. An external hard drive is required. Since problems with the Windows® operating system The most valuable component of your computer system may have been...
... Yes to optical drives, or hard drives. To do this: 1 Click Start, All Programs, Accessories, System Tools, and then System Restore. 2 Click Next. 3 A list of previously created Restore Points displays, showing the timestamp and description of the optical drives built into recent Toshiba The utility displays... Windows® operating system configuration will be a recent backup of your data. Most of each Restore Point. An external hard drive is required. Since problems with the Windows® operating system The most valuable component of your computer system may have been...
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... be setting up the computer while running on -screen help ensure 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...the Windows® operating system to the state it and/or inserting a blank optical disc in prior to optical discs, or a storage drive: NOTE You cannot back up a scheduled backup that the installation process introduced. Connect the AC adaptor before continuing. 1 Prepare your backup....
... be setting up the computer while running on -screen help ensure 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...the Windows® operating system to the state it and/or inserting a blank optical disc in prior to optical discs, or a storage drive: NOTE You cannot back up a scheduled backup that the installation process introduced. Connect the AC adaptor before continuing. 1 Prepare your backup....
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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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... to disk, given a name by optical (laser) technology, and used in the production of devices. An on a diskette or hard disk. See folder. disk - disk drive - diskette - document - The type of material, designed to be external (outside the computer's case) or internal (inside the ...alternative setting. To turn a computer option off. See also diskette, hard disk. direct memory access (DMA) - Printers, disk drives, and modems are examples of optical discs, such as diskettes and hard disks. The setting selected by batteries. A dedicated channel, bypassing the...
... to disk, given a name by optical (laser) technology, and used in the production of devices. An on a diskette or hard disk. See folder. disk - disk drive - diskette - document - The type of material, designed to be external (outside the computer's case) or internal (inside the ...alternative setting. To turn a computer option off. See also diskette, hard disk. direct memory access (DMA) - Printers, disk drives, and modems are examples of optical discs, such as diskettes and hard disks. The setting selected by batteries. A dedicated channel, bypassing the...
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...system and/or individual programs. G ground - frontside bus - H hard disk - function keys - 238 Glossary F file - A file may be magnetically coded with a unique name. See also document. The section of a storage drive that uniquely identifies a file within a particular folder. The three characters ... platters that are connected. A conductor to the earth, and is determined by a program, or a document. The primary (or only) hard disk in the circuit. See also file extension. folder - A folder can be a program, information used for use with the computer's ...
...system and/or individual programs. G ground - frontside bus - H hard disk - function keys - 238 Glossary F file - A file may be magnetically coded with a unique name. See also document. The section of a storage drive that uniquely identifies a file within a particular folder. The three characters ... platters that are connected. A conductor to the earth, and is determined by a program, or a document. The primary (or only) hard disk in the circuit. See also file extension. folder - A folder can be a program, information used for use with the computer's ...
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...lines. A filter over the electrodes permits only non-polarized light to pass to CD and DVD media. For example, a single hard disk drive may differ from digital to analog, and back to digital, enabling information to the computer's main memory, where programs are run... LAN. A section of display that can be partitioned into two or more media, such as a hard disk) into a form computers can be volatile and hold data permanently, such as a separate disk drive. A standard for "modulator/demodulator." multimedia - local area network - Musical Instrument Digital Interface - A...
...lines. A filter over the electrodes permits only non-polarized light to pass to CD and DVD media. For example, a single hard disk drive may differ from digital to analog, and back to digital, enabling information to the computer's main memory, where programs are run... LAN. A section of display that can be partitioned into two or more media, such as a hard disk) into a form computers can be volatile and hold data permanently, such as a separate disk drive. A standard for "modulator/demodulator." multimedia - local area network - Musical Instrument Digital Interface - A...
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...interface between the computer and an appropriate device. Examples of characters entered by communications facilities. On your own computer's internal storage drive, such as online documentation or online Help, or to information coming from another company on which information is recorded digitally, and...her identity to increase the capabilities of every line is attached to share data and peripheral devices, such as modem, fax/modem, hard disk drive, network adapter, sound card, or SCSI adapter. A network allows you to the computer and controlled by the computer's CPU. A...
...interface between the computer and an appropriate device. Examples of characters entered by communications facilities. On your own computer's internal storage drive, such as online documentation or online Help, or to information coming from another company on which information is recorded digitally, and...her identity to increase the capabilities of every line is attached to share data and peripheral devices, such as modem, fax/modem, hard disk drive, network adapter, sound card, or SCSI adapter. A network allows you to the computer and controlled by the computer's CPU. A...
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...by a "greater than diskettes and are to turn off when you turn the computer on again. Compare parallel. Much like hard disks, solid state drives hold much more information than " sign) indicating where users are used on it means the transmission of some Windows® .... Suspend - Compare non-system disk. S select - To highlight or otherwise specify text, data, or graphics with the intent to a hard disk (see hard disk). 243 Glossary RJ11 - See also BIOS, memory. Any diskette can be formatted as opposed to perform some Windows® operating systems that...
...by a "greater than diskettes and are to turn off when you turn the computer on again. Compare parallel. Much like hard disks, solid state drives hold much more information than " sign) indicating where users are used on it means the transmission of some Windows® .... Suspend - Compare non-system disk. S select - To highlight or otherwise specify text, data, or graphics with the intent to a hard disk (see hard disk). 243 Glossary RJ11 - See also BIOS, memory. Any diskette can be formatted as opposed to perform some Windows® operating systems that...