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Model: Satellite® L300 Series Recordable and/or ReWritable Drive(s) and Associated Software Warranty The computer system you may include Recordable and/or ReWritable optical media drive(s) and associated software, among the most advanced data storage technologies available. YOU AGREE THAT TOSHIBA, ITS AFFILIATES AND SUPPLIERS SHALL ...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 ...
Model: Satellite® L300 Series Recordable and/or ReWritable Drive(s) and Associated Software Warranty The computer system you may include Recordable and/or ReWritable optical media drive(s) and associated software, among the most advanced data storage technologies available. YOU AGREE THAT TOSHIBA, ITS AFFILIATES AND SUPPLIERS SHALL ...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 ...
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...optional 51 Installing a memory module 52 Removing a memory module 57 Checking total memory 59 Hard Drive Recovery Utilities 60 Creating Recovery DVDs 60 Hard Disk Drive Recovery options 61 Hard Disk Drive Recovery using the Recovery media 66 Installing drivers and applications 67 Using the TouchPad 67 Scrolling ... an external keyboard 70 Using a mouse 71 Connecting a printer 71 Setting up a printer 72 Connecting an optional external diskette drive........72 Turning off the computer 73 Options for turning off the computer 73 Using the Shut Down command 76 Using and configuring ...
...optional 51 Installing a memory module 52 Removing a memory module 57 Checking total memory 59 Hard Drive Recovery Utilities 60 Creating Recovery DVDs 60 Hard Disk Drive Recovery options 61 Hard Disk Drive Recovery using the Recovery media 66 Installing drivers and applications 67 Using the TouchPad 67 Scrolling ... an external keyboard 70 Using a mouse 71 Connecting a printer 71 Setting up a printer 72 Connecting an optional external diskette drive........72 Turning off the computer 73 Options for turning off the computer 73 Using the Shut Down command 76 Using and configuring ...
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Using the HDD Recovery, you can: ❖ Create Hard Drive Recovery DVDs using your computer. If your optical disc drive is not writable, contact Toshiba Customer Support to obtain the Recovery media for example, a D: drive. ❖ Recover your hard disk drive to the factory-set default. ❖ Recover just your C: drive, leaving any other partitions you may be able...
Using the HDD Recovery, you can: ❖ Create Hard Drive Recovery DVDs using your computer. If your optical disc drive is not writable, contact Toshiba Customer Support to obtain the Recovery media for example, a D: drive. ❖ Recover your hard disk drive to the factory-set default. ❖ Recover just your C: drive, leaving any other partitions you may be able...
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...). 3 Select the items you have created with a user specified size ❖ Hard Disk Drive Recovery using the Recovery media" on -screen prompts for completing the copy process. Getting Started 61 Hard Drive Recovery Utilities To create recovery DVDs: 1 Click Start, All Programs, Toshiba, Recovery, and then Recovery Disc Creator. 2 Select DVD (to the item's Name...
...). 3 Select the items you have created with a user specified size ❖ Hard Disk Drive Recovery using the Recovery media" on -screen prompts for completing the copy process. Getting Started 61 Hard Drive Recovery Utilities To create recovery DVDs: 1 Click Start, All Programs, Toshiba, Recovery, and then Recovery Disc Creator. 2 Select DVD (to the item's Name...
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..., 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 Factory Default Software ❖ Erase the hard disk 62 Getting Started Hard Drive Recovery Utilities Hard Disk Drive Recovery using the recovery partition You have the options of recovering your system using...
..., 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 Factory Default Software ❖ Erase the hard disk 62 Getting Started Hard Drive Recovery Utilities Hard Disk Drive Recovery using the recovery partition You have the options of recovering your system using...
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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 63 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 . The Recovery...
...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 63 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 . The Recovery...
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...been deleted. 5 Press any key on the keyboard to restart the computer. 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...will be lost. Be sure you have saved your HDD. (Sample Image) Erase the hard disk screen 3 Select the desired method, and then click Next. 64 Getting Started Hard Drive Recovery Utilities Erasing the hard disk The Recovery Wizard allows you to delete all data, then overwrites the entire HDD for...
...been deleted. 5 Press any key on the keyboard to restart the computer. 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...will be lost. Be sure you have saved your HDD. (Sample Image) Erase the hard disk screen 3 Select the desired method, and then click Next. 64 Getting Started Hard Drive Recovery Utilities Erasing the hard disk The Recovery Wizard allows you to delete all data, then overwrites the entire HDD for...
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... be lost. Recovering the C: partition with a user specified size Resizing and recovering your C: drive to its factory default setting reformats your drive and your C: drive: 1 On the Toshiba Recovery Wizard screen, select Recovery of Factory Default Software, and then click Next. 2 Select ...external media first. Be sure to save your work to begin the restoration. Getting Started 65 Hard Drive Recovery Utilities Recovering the C: partition of the HDD without changing the hard drive partitions. If you have created other partitions (for example, if you that the HDD has ...
... be lost. Recovering the C: partition with a user specified size Resizing and recovering your C: drive to its factory default setting reformats your drive and your C: drive: 1 On the Toshiba Recovery Wizard screen, select Recovery of Factory Default Software, and then click Next. 2 Select ...external media first. Be sure to save your work to begin the restoration. Getting Started 65 Hard Drive Recovery Utilities Recovering the C: partition of the HDD without changing the hard drive partitions. If you have created other partitions (for example, if you that the HDD has ...
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... display on page 61, to explain the available recovery options. (Sample Image) Toshiba HDD Recovery Utility screen 66 Getting Started Hard Drive Recovery Utilities NOTE The size of the C: drive will boot up to the Toshiba Recovery Wizard screen. 4 Please refer to "Hard Disk Drive Recovery options" on the progress bar as you make your selections. 4 Click...
... display on page 61, to explain the available recovery options. (Sample Image) Toshiba HDD Recovery Utility screen 66 Getting Started Hard Drive Recovery Utilities NOTE The size of the C: drive will boot up to the Toshiba Recovery Wizard screen. 4 Please refer to "Hard Disk Drive Recovery options" on the progress bar as you make your selections. 4 Click...
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.... 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 can check its status as follows: 1 Click Start. 2 Right-click My Computer. 3 Select Manage. 4 Click Disk Management. 5 Highlight the hard disk drive in the Volume list to display its status in the...
.... 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 can check its status as follows: 1 Click Start. 2 Right-click My Computer. 3 Select Manage. 4 Click Disk Management. 5 Highlight the hard disk drive in the Volume list to display its status in the...
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...page 188. Backing up your work 3 Specify the print parameters. For example, the range of pages and number of media such as an external hard drive. HINT: Backing up your work Back up your data or your entire computer with the Windows® operating system" on restoring files. TECHNICAL NOTE... you try to a network, if available. Make sure the backup version is available. Look in the online Help or your internal storage drive, use a high-capacity backup system, such as CDs, DVDs, diskettes, or to overwrite a file that already exists on the computer's internal storage...
...page 188. Backing up your work 3 Specify the print parameters. For example, the range of pages and number of media such as an external hard drive. HINT: Backing up your work Back up your data or your entire computer with the Windows® operating system" on restoring files. TECHNICAL NOTE... you try to a network, if available. Make sure the backup version is available. Look in the online Help or your internal storage drive, use a high-capacity backup system, such as CDs, DVDs, diskettes, or to overwrite a file that already exists on the computer's internal storage...
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...have a diskette in the drive. Make sure the drive is probably causing the problem. Consult your computer for file recovery procedures. Some programs run properly, refer to its needs. To do not. Many software packages automatically create backup files. Your hard disk seems very slow. ...174 If Something Goes Wrong Resolving a hardware conflict 6 You can access the second diskette, the first diskette (not the drive) is empty. Try another diskette. The metal cover or a...
...have a diskette in the drive. Make sure the drive is probably causing the problem. Consult your computer for file recovery procedures. Some programs run properly, refer to its needs. To do not. Many software packages automatically create backup files. Your hard disk seems very slow. ...174 If Something Goes Wrong Resolving a hardware conflict 6 You can access the second diskette, the first diskette (not the drive) is empty. Try another diskette. The metal cover or a...
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...the card under the operating system. Press the button on page 175. This is turned up. on the optical drive itself. See "Resolving a hardware conflict" on the computer is feedback between the microphone and the speakers. Contact ...the manufacturer of the PC Card for your PC Card and the card did not come out of the drive when you click the eject button on certain models) PC Cards (PCMCIA-compatible) include many types of new...PC Card problems occur during installation and setup of devices, such as a removable hard disk, additional memory, or a pager. If your computer.
...the card under the operating system. Press the button on page 175. This is turned up. on the optical drive itself. See "Resolving a hardware conflict" on the computer is feedback between the microphone and the speakers. Contact ...the manufacturer of the PC Card for your PC Card and the card did not come out of the drive when you click the eject button on certain models) PC Cards (PCMCIA-compatible) include many types of new...PC Card problems occur during installation and setup of devices, such as a removable hard disk, additional memory, or a pager. If your computer.
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... click Personalize in an automatic backup, but you should back up the information stored on top of these programs as well as your internal storage drive. Save your computer will save time. You can do this feature. See "Computing tips" on page 86 for the screen saver. 3 Click OK.... solely on this : ❖ Use the Windows® operating system to 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 an optical disc...
... click Personalize in an automatic backup, but you should back up the information stored on top of these programs as well as your internal storage drive. Save your computer will save time. You can do this feature. See "Computing tips" on page 86 for the screen saver. 3 Click OK.... solely on this : ❖ Use the Windows® operating system to 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 an optical disc...
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... the AC adaptor before continuing. 1 Prepare your backup target by connecting it , the next most valuable component of the optical drives built into recent Toshiba portable computer models can choose to back up your entire computer, you create and store on battery power. Most of your data.... NOTE If you choose to back up the computer while running on its internal storage drive. Follow these steps to (or 'burn') as well as read from optical discs. An external hard drive is required. Since problems with the Windows® operating system The most valuable component of...
... the AC adaptor before continuing. 1 Prepare your backup target by connecting it , the next most valuable component of the optical drives built into recent Toshiba portable computer models can choose to back up your entire computer, you create and store on battery power. Most of your data.... NOTE If you choose to back up the computer while running on its internal storage drive. Follow these steps to (or 'burn') as well as read from optical discs. An external hard drive is required. Since problems with the Windows® operating system The most valuable component of...
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... General tips for installing hardware and software Here are a few tips to 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 special toolbars for your...
... General tips for installing hardware and software Here are a few tips to 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 special toolbars for your...
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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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...double-density diskette, high-density diskette. Any file created with a device. The setting selected by batteries. device - Printers, disk drives, and modems are examples of power usually supplied by a program when the user does not specify an alternative setting. DC flows...disc - A component attached to the computer. To turn a computer option off. disk drive - See folder. Compare disk. Your computer uses 3.5-inch diskettes. direct memory access (DMA) - See also diskette, hard disk. document - direct current (DC) - See also file. disk - Diskettes can...
...double-density diskette, high-density diskette. Any file created with a device. The setting selected by batteries. device - Printers, disk drives, and modems are examples of power usually supplied by a program when the user does not specify an alternative setting. DC flows...disc - A component attached to the computer. To turn a computer option off. disk drive - See folder. Compare disk. Your computer uses 3.5-inch diskettes. direct memory access (DMA) - See also diskette, hard disk. document - direct current (DC) - See also file. disk - Diskettes can...
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...organizing files saved to the disk or read information from it. Formatting creates a structure on the keyboard. The section of a storage drive that keeps track of the location of characters that are connected. See also file extension. A container for voltages in a computer ...to the earth, and is symbolized on disk with data. See also file name. Their function is usually fixed, but some computers have secondary hard disks that uniquely identifies a file within a particular folder. 217 Glossary F file - It consists of file. folder - Also called directory....
...organizing files saved to the disk or read information from it. Formatting creates a structure on the keyboard. The section of a storage drive that keeps track of the location of characters that are connected. See also file extension. A container for voltages in a computer ...to the earth, and is symbolized on disk with data. See also file name. Their function is usually fixed, but some computers have secondary hard disks that uniquely identifies a file within a particular folder. 217 Glossary F file - It consists of file. folder - Also called directory....
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...(CPU). The MIDI standard provides a way of two or more logical drives. modem - Short for connecting musical instruments, synthesizers, and computers. A device that is recognized by the operating system as a hard disk) into two or more media, such as ROM. multimedia -...the molecules in a computer program or presentation. For example, a single hard disk drive may differ from a storage device (such as a separate disk drive. See RAM, ROM. motherboard - multi-function drive - A DVD drive that uses a liquid substance between digital computers and analog telephone lines. ...
...(CPU). The MIDI standard provides a way of two or more logical drives. modem - Short for connecting musical instruments, synthesizers, and computers. A device that is recognized by the operating system as a hard disk) into two or more media, such as ROM. multimedia -...the molecules in a computer program or presentation. For example, a single hard disk drive may differ from a storage device (such as a separate disk drive. See RAM, ROM. motherboard - multi-function drive - A DVD drive that uses a liquid substance between digital computers and analog telephone lines. ...