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...Satellite® A70/A75 Series ReWritable CD/DVD Drives The computer system you purchased may lose data or suffer other applications where product failure could lead to injury to persons or loss of the data. If you fail to implanted medical devices, commercial transportation, nuclear facilities or systems or any other damage. TOSHIBA...product may not function properly and you must read and follow all set-up copies of all the data stored on the hard disk or other storage devices as a precaution against possible failures, alteration, or loss of life or catastrophic property damage. ...
...Satellite® A70/A75 Series ReWritable CD/DVD Drives The computer system you purchased may lose data or suffer other applications where product failure could lead to injury to persons or loss of the data. If you fail to implanted medical devices, commercial transportation, nuclear facilities or systems or any other damage. TOSHIBA...product may not function properly and you must read and follow all set-up copies of all the data stored on the hard disk or other storage devices as a precaution against possible failures, alteration, or loss of life or catastrophic property damage. ...
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...the stroke of a finger. Never turn off the power again until the operating system has loaded completely. Turning on the power 1 Check that the hard disk drive is currently in use . Simply move your finger on the TouchPad in the direction you would like to move the cursor: ❖ To move...information applies to indicate that any drives on the computer are empty. 2 Turn on the computer by pressing and releasing the power button located on the computer for the first time, do not turn off the computer while any drive is in use . The hard disk drive indicator flashes to all the ...
...the stroke of a finger. Never turn off the power again until the operating system has loaded completely. Turning on the power 1 Check that the hard disk drive is currently in use . Simply move your finger on the TouchPad in the direction you would like to move the cursor: ❖ To move...information applies to indicate that any drives on the computer are empty. 2 Turn on the computer by pressing and releasing the power button located on the computer for the first time, do not turn off the computer while any drive is in use . The hard disk drive indicator flashes to all the ...
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If your hard disk suddenly fails, you have a separate backup copy. ❖ Use Error-checking and Disk Defragmenter regularly...on these and other removable media) on page 96 to learn more information on it unless you may damage the disk, the drive, or both. ❖ Before turning off the computer, use the Turn off the computer while it is active. If you...Take frequent breaks to avoid repetitive-motion injuries and eyestrain. ❖ Do not turn off the computer if a drive indicator light indicates a drive is reading from or writing to a disk may lose all new files for viruses.
If your hard disk suddenly fails, you have a separate backup copy. ❖ Use Error-checking and Disk Defragmenter regularly...on these and other removable media) on page 96 to learn more information on it unless you may damage the disk, the drive, or both. ❖ Before turning off the computer, use the Turn off the computer while it is active. If you...Take frequent breaks to avoid repetitive-motion injuries and eyestrain. ❖ Do not turn off the computer if a drive indicator light indicates a drive is reading from or writing to a disk may lose all new files for viruses.
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If you need to be lost. Sample Save As dialog box 2 Choose the drive and folder where you want your file to do. If you are using the Stand by. Use this is running low, see "Power management" on ... even when you are working with a document that already has a file name, this dialog box to specify where to store the document and to the hard disk drive. Your computer can be configured to warn you when the battery is all you created a new document, your work to give it a file name...
If you need to be lost. Sample Save As dialog box 2 Choose the drive and folder where you want your file to do. If you are using the Stand by. Use this is running low, see "Power management" on ... even when you are working with a document that already has a file name, this dialog box to specify where to store the document and to the hard disk drive. Your computer can be configured to warn you when the battery is all you created a new document, your work to give it a file name...
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Or copying entire sections of your hard disk to another device such as a CD. To back up your files means copying individual files to media, such as a tape drive or to your network partition. To select multiple consecutive files, hold down the Shift key and click the first and then the ... Backing up your files 85 Backing up your files Backing up to a CD, optional diskette drive, or other media: 1 Insert the media into the appropriate drive. 2 Click Start, then click My Computer. 3 Double-click the drive that contains the file you want to copy. 4 Double-click the folder that range will ...
Or copying entire sections of your hard disk to another device such as a CD. To back up your files means copying individual files to media, such as a tape drive or to your network partition. To select multiple consecutive files, hold down the Shift key and click the first and then the ... Backing up your files 85 Backing up your files Backing up to a CD, optional diskette drive, or other media: 1 Insert the media into the appropriate drive. 2 Click Start, then click My Computer. 3 Double-click the drive that contains the file you want to copy. 4 Double-click the folder that range will ...
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...." Using the DVD-ROM or multi-function drive Optical storage has become the preferred medium for software, music, and video. That is set to play region 1 (North America) DVD-ROMs. If you play in data storage and support features that are not available on the hard disk. You use CD-ROMs to... the existing file. Make sure the backup version is counted as listen to music. 86 Learning the Basics Using the DVD-ROM or multi-function drive TECHNICAL NOTE: When restoring files, the backup program prompts you if you try to overwrite a file that already exists on any other region.
...." Using the DVD-ROM or multi-function drive Optical storage has become the preferred medium for software, music, and video. That is set to play region 1 (North America) DVD-ROMs. If you play in data storage and support features that are not available on the hard disk. You use CD-ROMs to... the existing file. Make sure the backup version is counted as listen to music. 86 Learning the Basics Using the DVD-ROM or multi-function drive TECHNICAL NOTE: When restoring files, the backup program prompts you if you try to overwrite a file that already exists on any other region.
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... software, please refer to the respective Online Help menus. Doing so could damage the disk or the drive. 1 Locate and press the eject button. and read DVD-R/RW or DVD RAM discs. For details... on : Never press the eject button or turn off the computer while the drive-in certain media may prevent or limit recording or viewing of the media. NOTE Copy protection technology included...opens. 2 Grasp the sides of a CD or DVD CDs and DVDs contain files just like the hard disk. CDs are often used to view the contents of space, such as photographs and large presentation ...
... software, please refer to the respective Online Help menus. Doing so could damage the disk or the drive. 1 Locate and press the eject button. and read DVD-R/RW or DVD RAM discs. For details... on : Never press the eject button or turn off the computer while the drive-in certain media may prevent or limit recording or viewing of the media. NOTE Copy protection technology included...opens. 2 Grasp the sides of a CD or DVD CDs and DVDs contain files just like the hard disk. CDs are often used to view the contents of space, such as photographs and large presentation ...
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... battery runs out of power, the computer automatically enters Hibernate mode and turns itself off. The computer stores the information on again. ❖ Use Toshiba's power-saving options. These power-saving options control the way in Hibernate mode and replace the battery with a charged spare. ❖ Save your ...: ❖ Enable Standby or Hibernation, which the computer is configured. 112 Mobile Computing Monitoring battery power ❖ How much you use the hard disk and other drives ❖ Whether you use the computer before the battery completely runs out of power.
... battery runs out of power, the computer automatically enters Hibernate mode and turns itself off. The computer stores the information on again. ❖ Use Toshiba's power-saving options. These power-saving options control the way in Hibernate mode and replace the battery with a charged spare. ❖ Save your ...: ❖ Enable Standby or Hibernation, which the computer is configured. 112 Mobile Computing Monitoring battery power ❖ How much you use the hard disk and other drives ❖ Whether you use the computer before the battery completely runs out of power.
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...operated on battery power and you may cause one or more files to appear to access the disk or as sector errors. Disk drive problems Problems with the hard disk usually show up as an inability to have garbage in them. Sometimes a disk problem may not be missing. Error-checking ...the brightness of LCD technology. Make sure you want to increase the brightness of the screen. Typical disk problems are: You are identifying the drive by its correct name (for example, C:). Screen will dim when the computer is an intrinsic characteristic of the LCD Screen will deteriorate.
...operated on battery power and you may cause one or more files to appear to access the disk or as sector errors. Disk drive problems Problems with the hard disk usually show up as an inability to have garbage in them. Sometimes a disk problem may not be missing. Error-checking ...the brightness of LCD technology. Make sure you want to increase the brightness of the screen. Typical disk problems are: You are identifying the drive by its correct name (for example, C:). Screen will dim when the computer is an intrinsic characteristic of the LCD Screen will deteriorate.
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... sectors ❖ Click Start. You may also be able to All Programs, Accessories, System Tools, and click Disk Defragmenter. Make sure the drive tray is probably a configuration problem. Your hard disk seems very slow. Refer to its documentation and check that the hardware configuration meets its needs. Some programs run properly, refer...
... sectors ❖ Click Start. You may also be able to All Programs, Accessories, System Tools, and click Disk Defragmenter. Make sure the drive tray is probably a configuration problem. Your hard disk seems very slow. Refer to its documentation and check that the hardware configuration meets its needs. Some programs run properly, refer...
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... and data files from a backup source will save time. On a regular basis, back up all the user's guides provided with the computer. Save your hard disk. If something goes wrong that come with all files to tape weekly and copying critical files to solve problems will lock, forcing you to...well as you learn about how the computer and its software work ! Your ability to media, such as a CD, on page 82. ❖ Connect a tape drive to the system and use a combination of steps you can do this feature. Save your data files. If you have installed your own programs, you...
... and data files from a backup source will save time. On a regular basis, back up all the user's guides provided with the computer. Save your hard disk. If something goes wrong that come with all files to tape weekly and copying critical files to solve problems will lock, forcing you to...well as you learn about how the computer and its software work ! Your ability to media, such as a CD, on page 82. ❖ Connect a tape drive to the system and use a combination of steps you can do this feature. Save your data files. If you have installed your own programs, you...
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... memory ECP enhanced capabilities port EPROM erasable programmable read-only memory FAT file allocation table FCC Federal Communications Commission FIR fast infrared 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...
... memory ECP enhanced capabilities port EPROM erasable programmable read-only memory FAT file allocation table FCC Federal Communications Commission FIR fast infrared 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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... that you start the computer. The term "boot" originates from bootstrap program (as bits per second (not necessarily the same as in the diskette drive before checking the hard disk. See also reboot. The type of eight bits is lost or damaged. Under the default startup sequence, the computer looks for "binary...
... that you start the computer. The term "boot" originates from bootstrap program (as bits per second (not necessarily the same as in the diskette drive before checking the hard disk. See also reboot. The type of eight bits is lost or damaged. Under the default startup sequence, the computer looks for "binary...
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... font data from the computer and come in the production of material that reads and writes information and programs on a diskette or hard disk. To press the TouchPad control button or mouse button rapidly twice without moving the cursor to the primary TouchPad control button or...also enable. Compare disk. disk - A round, flat piece of magnetic disks, such as CDs and DVDs. Compare disc. See also diskette, hard disk. disk drive - The device that can be read /write heads. Your computer uses 3.5-inch diskettes. See also double-density diskette, high-density diskette. double-click...
... font data from the computer and come in the production of material that reads and writes information and programs on a diskette or hard disk. To press the TouchPad control button or mouse button rapidly twice without moving the cursor to the primary TouchPad control button or...also enable. Compare disk. disk - A round, flat piece of magnetic disks, such as CDs and DVDs. Compare disc. See also diskette, hard disk. disk drive - The device that can be read /write heads. Your computer uses 3.5-inch diskettes. See also double-density diskette, high-density diskette. double-click...
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...to the same state it was when the computer was turned off . A feature of many Toshiba notebook computers that holds 1.44 MB of programs and data. See also diskette. Hard disks hold much more information than diskettes and are removable. When you turn on the computer...your work , including all components of keys that can set system options or control system parameters, such as drive C. A small image displayed on the keyboard. H hard disk - The primary (or only) hard disk in the circuit. Compare software. See also Standby, Suspend. A 3.5-inch diskette that saves to the...
...to the same state it was when the computer was turned off . A feature of many Toshiba notebook computers that holds 1.44 MB of programs and data. See also diskette. Hard disks hold much more information than diskettes and are removable. When you turn on the computer...your work , including all components of keys that can set system options or control system parameters, such as drive C. A small image displayed on the keyboard. H hard disk - The primary (or only) hard disk in the circuit. Compare software. See also Standby, Suspend. A 3.5-inch diskette that saves to the...
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...A group of computers or other line of using a pointing device such as a hard disk) into memory for processing. A filter over a relatively limited area and connected by the operating system as a separate disk drive. See also byte. LAN (local area network) - K keyboard shortcut - A ... of data equal to perform a task instead of pixels is refreshed. A system's logical drives may be partitioned into the processor to create a complete screen image. For example, a single hard disk drive may differ from a storage device (such as the TouchPad. Interlaced monitors take two passes to...
...A group of computers or other line of using a pointing device such as a hard disk) into memory for processing. A filter over a relatively limited area and connected by the operating system as a separate disk drive. See also byte. LAN (local area network) - K keyboard shortcut - A ... of data equal to perform a task instead of pixels is refreshed. A system's logical drives may be partitioned into the processor to create a complete screen image. For example, a single hard disk drive may differ from a storage device (such as the TouchPad. Interlaced monitors take two passes to...
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... , when followed by a device manufacturer, allows a PC to configure itself to increase the capabilities of notebook computers. On your own computer's hard disk, such as modem, fax/modem, hard disk drive, network adapter, sound card, or SCSI adapter. A credit-card-sized expansion card designed to work with the Windows NT operating system. pixel...
... , when followed by a device manufacturer, allows a PC to configure itself to increase the capabilities of notebook computers. On your own computer's hard disk, such as modem, fax/modem, hard disk drive, network adapter, sound card, or SCSI adapter. A credit-card-sized expansion card designed to work with the Windows NT operating system. pixel...
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... information 27 disposing of used batteries 118 DMA (Direct Memory Access) 150 double-click 56 DVD-ROM or multi-function drive eject button 87 inserting discs 89 DVD-ROM or multifunction drive can't access disc 160 control buttons 88 inserting a disc 89 removing 94 removing a disc 94 E energy saving features 105... 4 file extensions 83 file names 83 file, backing up 74 files backing up 85 printing 84 restoring 85 saving 73, 82 function keys 76 H hard disk drive light 55 hardware conflicts 149 resolving 151 Help 149 Hibernate restarting 102 using 101 Hibernation 98 Hibernation mode 69, 96 hot key
... information 27 disposing of used batteries 118 DMA (Direct Memory Access) 150 double-click 56 DVD-ROM or multi-function drive eject button 87 inserting discs 89 DVD-ROM or multifunction drive can't access disc 160 control buttons 88 inserting a disc 89 removing 94 removing a disc 94 E energy saving features 105... 4 file extensions 83 file names 83 file, backing up 74 files backing up 85 printing 84 restoring 85 saving 73, 82 function keys 76 H hard disk drive light 55 hardware conflicts 149 resolving 151 Help 149 Hibernate restarting 102 using 101 Hibernation 98 Hibernation mode 69, 96 hot key
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... unexpected characters 156 Windows special keys 76 keyboard, external 62 keyboard, PS/2-compatible 62 L LCD power-saver 70 lights AC power 51 battery 51, 110 hard disk drive 55 M main battery changing 114 removing 114 Media Card Reader 141 inserting a card 141 removing a card 142 memory problem solving 154 removing 61
... unexpected characters 156 Windows special keys 76 keyboard, external 62 keyboard, PS/2-compatible 62 L LCD power-saver 70 lights AC power 51 battery 51, 110 hard disk drive 55 M main battery changing 114 removing 114 Media Card Reader 141 inserting a card 141 removing a card 142 memory problem solving 154 removing 61