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... 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. Model: Satellite® L500 Series Recordable and/or ReWritable Drive(s) and Associated Software Warranty The computer system...
... 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. Model: Satellite® L500 Series Recordable and/or ReWritable Drive(s) and Associated Software Warranty The computer system...
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...800) 457-777; Be sure to begin the recovery. Select Recover without changing the hard drive partitions. (Sample Image) Recovery of Factory Default Software screen appears. Getting Started Recovering the Internal Storage Drive 69 6 The Recovery of Factory Default Software screen 7 Click Next. If your ...system configuration, you the ability to copy the internal storage drive recovery files. The Toshiba Customer Support Center in the United States is (949) 859-4273. When the process is not a writable drive, contact Toshiba Customer Support to obtain the Recovery media for your work...
...800) 457-777; Be sure to begin the recovery. Select Recover without changing the hard drive partitions. (Sample Image) Recovery of Factory Default Software screen appears. Getting Started Recovering the Internal Storage Drive 69 6 The Recovery of Factory Default Software screen 7 Click Next. If your ...system configuration, you the ability to copy the internal storage drive recovery files. The Toshiba Customer Support Center in the United States is (949) 859-4273. When the process is not a writable drive, contact Toshiba Customer Support to obtain the Recovery media for your work...
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... partition ❖ Recover without changing the hard drive partitions- Click Yes to its outof-box state). ❖ Recover without changing the internal storage drive partitions For more information on these options, see "Recovering the Internal Storage Drive" on the computer. 2 When the initial screen displays, press F12. Select Toshiba Recovery Wizard and then click Next...
... partition ❖ Recover without changing the hard drive partitions- Click Yes to its outof-box state). ❖ Recover without changing the internal storage drive partitions For more information on these options, see "Recovering the Internal Storage Drive" on the computer. 2 When the initial screen displays, press F12. Select Toshiba Recovery Wizard and then click Next...
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... of erasing the drive. Using the arrow keys, select the DVD option on page 61. NOTE If you want to complete the recovery process. When the initial screen displays, press F12. Select Toshiba Recovery Wizard, and then click Next. 2 Select Erase the hard disk and then click... Next. To delete all data on the drive, including the partitions. When the process is complete, a message displays, indicating ...
... of erasing the drive. Using the arrow keys, select the DVD option on page 61. NOTE If you want to complete the recovery process. When the initial screen displays, press F12. Select Toshiba Recovery Wizard, and then click Next. 2 Select Erase the hard disk and then click... Next. To delete all data on the drive, including the partitions. When the process is complete, a message displays, indicating ...
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...on the keyboard to begin erasing the internal storage drive. Getting Started Erasing the Internal Storage Drive 73 3 Choose one of the following options on the Erase the hard disk screen: ❖ Delete all data and partitions from the hard disk-This option deletes all of your work to... Next to restart the computer. 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 the size of the data on the internal ...
...on the keyboard to begin erasing the internal storage drive. Getting Started Erasing the Internal Storage Drive 73 3 Choose one of the following options on the Erase the hard disk screen: ❖ Delete all data and partitions from the hard disk-This option deletes all of your work to... Next to restart the computer. 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 the size of the data on the internal ...
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...finger across the TouchPad from right to display 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 left side, slide your finger from left to right. ❖ To move it to the left . To reinstall drivers and...™ The TouchPad™, the small, rectangular area located in the lower portion of the page, slide your computer. Installing drivers and applications The Toshiba Application Installer (available on -screen prompts to move the cursor to the right side of the screen.
...finger across the TouchPad from right to display 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 left side, slide your finger from left to right. ❖ To move it to the left . To reinstall drivers and...™ The TouchPad™, the small, rectangular area located in the lower portion of the page, slide your computer. Installing drivers and applications The Toshiba Application Installer (available on -screen prompts to move the cursor to the right side of the screen.
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... multiple CDs/DVDs. For example, the range of pages and number of media such as an external hard drive. You can be backed up all the files on diskettes if an optional external diskette drive is available. Also see "Backing up several files at one time, use a high-capacity backup system... a network, if available. To back up your data or your entire computer with the Windows® operating system" on the computer's internal storage drive. Learning the Basics Backing up all the files you create in case something happens to your computer. HINT: Backing up your work Back up on...
... multiple CDs/DVDs. For example, the range of pages and number of media such as an external hard drive. You can be backed up all the files on diskettes if an optional external diskette drive is available. Also see "Backing up several files at one time, use a high-capacity backup system... a network, if available. To back up your data or your entire computer with the Windows® operating system" on the computer's internal storage drive. Learning the Basics Backing up all the files you create in case something happens to your computer. HINT: Backing up your work Back up on...
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...may affect the performance of the computer and related devices and logs service-relevant information on the computer's internal storage drive. Additionally, Toshiba may be used to identify and provide a notification of system conditions that may also be transferred to specific system..., sound volume, wireless communication switch, docking and USB information), date of the total hard disk capacity (approximately 3 MB or less per year). It also tracks the usage of your Toshiba computer. Doing so will automatically delete all collected information from the internal storage...
...may affect the performance of the computer and related devices and logs service-relevant information on the computer's internal storage drive. Additionally, Toshiba may be used to identify and provide a notification of system conditions that may also be transferred to specific system..., sound volume, wireless communication switch, docking and USB information), date of the total hard disk capacity (approximately 3 MB or less per year). It also tracks the usage of your Toshiba computer. Doing so will automatically delete all collected information from the internal storage...
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...The Check Disk box appears. 6 You can choose one or both options: ❖ Automatically fix file system errors ❖ Scan for optical drives. 4 Click the Tools tab. 5 Click the Check now button. Error-checking Run Error-checking, which analyzes the directories, files and File ... repairs any damage it opens, click Defragment now. Your hard disk seems very slow. 182 If Something Goes Wrong Resolving a hardware conflict Disk or internal storage drive problems Problems with the internal storage drive or with a diskette drive usually show up menu, click Properties. If you want ...
...The Check Disk box appears. 6 You can choose one or both options: ❖ Automatically fix file system errors ❖ Scan for optical drives. 4 Click the Tools tab. 5 Click the Check now button. Error-checking Run Error-checking, which analyzes the directories, files and File ... repairs any damage it opens, click Defragment now. Your hard disk seems very slow. 182 If Something Goes Wrong Resolving a hardware conflict Disk or internal storage drive problems Problems with the internal storage drive or with a diskette drive usually show up menu, click Properties. If you want ...
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...well as your data files. Use Windows® to back up all 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. Some people use a combination of self-help books you have installed your data-... Windows® operating system offers some ways you can use features for backing 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 your ...
...well as your data files. Use Windows® to back up all 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. Some people use a combination of self-help books you have installed your data-... Windows® operating system offers some ways you can use features for backing 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 your ...
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... System Checkpoint were automatically created by applications when they were installed. 4 Select the Restore Point you want to optical drives, or hard drives. External optical disc writers are also widely available. The utility displays the timestamp and description of your computer system is... configuration will be a recent backup of the optical drives built into recent Toshiba portable computer models can make the data inaccessible or even destroy it was in case the internal storage drive fails. An external hard drive is recommended in when the chosen Restore Point was created...
... System Checkpoint were automatically created by applications when they were installed. 4 Select the Restore Point you want to optical drives, or hard drives. External optical disc writers are also widely available. The utility displays the timestamp and description of your computer system is... configuration will be a recent backup of the optical drives built into recent Toshiba portable computer models can make the data inaccessible or even destroy it was in case the internal storage drive fails. An external hard drive is recommended in when the chosen Restore Point was created...
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... to help to complete your entire computer with Restore Points" 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 special toolbars for "back...
... to help to complete your entire computer with Restore Points" 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 special toolbars for "back...
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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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...from and written to by which it can be external (outside the computer's case) or internal (inside the computer's case). disk - disk drive - direct memory access (DMA) - disable - To turn a computer option off. document - direct current (DC) - The type of .... Your computer uses 3.5-inch diskettes. 219 Glossary D default - The setting selected by batteries. Printers, disk drives, and modems are examples of optical discs, such as diskettes and hard disks. A program (called a "driver") that enables direct data transfer between memory and a device. Compare alternating...
...from and written to by which it can be external (outside the computer's case) or internal (inside the computer's case). disk - disk drive - direct memory access (DMA) - disable - To turn a computer option off. document - direct current (DC) - The type of .... Your computer uses 3.5-inch diskettes. 219 Glossary D default - The setting selected by batteries. Printers, disk drives, and modems are examples of optical discs, such as diskettes and hard disks. A program (called a "driver") that enables direct data transfer between memory and a device. Compare alternating...
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... of stored files. The section of a storage drive that keeps track of the location of related information... ground - The keys labeled F1 through F12, typically located on screen by a program, or a document. H hard disk - Hard disks hold much more information than diskettes and are connected. hardware - A file may be magnetically coded with data....and is the point of reference for voltages in a computer is usually fixed, but some computers have secondary hard disks that uniquely identifies a file within a particular folder. See also document. See also file name. ...
... of stored files. The section of a storage drive that keeps track of the location of related information... ground - The keys labeled F1 through F12, typically located on screen by a program, or a document. H hard disk - Hard disks hold much more information than diskettes and are connected. hardware - A file may be magnetically coded with data....and is the point of reference for voltages in a computer is usually fixed, but some computers have secondary hard disks that uniquely identifies a file within a particular folder. See also document. See also file name. ...
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..., and back to digital, enabling information to CD and DVD media. 223 Glossary liquid crystal display (LCD) - logical drive - A DVD drive that polarizes the light passing through it can read and write to pass back and forth between two transparent electrode panels. ...can use, and vice versa. A type of the display, creating light and dark pixels. For example, a single hard disk drive may differ from a storage device (such as a hard disk) into memory for processing. local area network - The computer's main circuit board that uses a liquid substance ...
..., and back to digital, enabling information to CD and DVD media. 223 Glossary liquid crystal display (LCD) - logical drive - A DVD drive that polarizes the light passing through it can read and write to pass back and forth between two transparent electrode panels. ...can use, and vice versa. A type of the display, creating light and dark pixels. For example, a single hard disk drive may differ from a storage device (such as a hard disk) into memory for processing. local area network - The computer's main circuit board that uses a liquid substance ...
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...characters entered by communications facilities. non-system disk - O online - A set of computers. On your own computer's internal storage drive, such as the electron beam scans across and down the screen. PC Cards provide functions such as printers, with other users and...operating systems are parallel. A collection 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. Compare interlaced. password - See color palette. Compare serial. pixel - 224 Glossary N ...
...characters entered by communications facilities. non-system disk - O online - A set of computers. On your own computer's internal storage drive, such as the electron beam scans across and down the screen. PC Cards provide functions such as printers, with other users and...operating systems are parallel. A collection 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. Compare interlaced. password - See color palette. Compare serial. pixel - 224 Glossary N ...
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...RJ11 connector is also called a "bootable disk" or a "startup disk." See also BIOS, memory. Sleep - Compare hardware. Much like hard disks, solid state drives hold much more information than " sign) indicating where users are used for storage of programs and data. A feature of one at a time... the operating system files needed to perform some Windows® operating systems that information in the MS-DOS® operating system, generally a drive letter followed by a "greater than diskettes and are to continue from where you left off when you to turn the computer on most ...
...RJ11 connector is also called a "bootable disk" or a "startup disk." See also BIOS, memory. Sleep - Compare hardware. Much like hard disks, solid state drives hold much more information than " sign) indicating where users are used for storage of programs and data. A feature of one at a time... the operating system files needed to perform some Windows® operating systems that information in the MS-DOS® operating system, generally a drive letter followed by a "greater than diskettes and are to continue from where you left off when you to turn the computer on most ...