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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® M50/M55 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® M50/M55 Series Recordable and/or ReWritable Drive(s) and Associated Software Warranty The computer system...
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... space and improve performance. ❖ Scan all new files for viruses. ❖ This precaution is reading from the Internet. However, if your hard disk suddenly fails, you receive via diskette, email, or download from or writing to a disk may be lost. 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 easy to put off computer command or Standby command. Label the backup copies clearly and store them in a safe place. Learning ...
... space and improve performance. ❖ Scan all new files for viruses. ❖ This precaution is reading from the Internet. However, if your hard disk suddenly fails, you receive via diskette, email, or download from or writing to a disk may be lost. 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 easy to put off computer command or Standby command. Label the backup copies clearly and store them in a safe place. Learning ...
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... at regular intervals. TECHNICAL NOTE: Save your work . Saving files 1 On the File menu of computing. This is a good idea to work on the hard disk drive or diskette/CD. Sample Save As dialog box Saving documents is all you created a new document, your Windows® program, click Save. If you need...
... at regular intervals. TECHNICAL NOTE: Save your work . Saving files 1 On the File menu of computing. This is a good idea to work on the hard disk drive or diskette/CD. Sample Save As dialog box Saving documents is all you created a new document, your Windows® program, click Save. If you need...
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...work Back up all the files you can back up all the files on page 208. HINT: Backing up your hard disk, use the Restore page in the backup program. Backing up your work To restore information from your backup media... computer at one time, use the Microsoft® Windows® backup program preinstalled on diskettes if an optional external diskette drive is available. Small files can connect to your computer. You may take a considerable amount of media such as CDs, .... An external monitor or projector connects to CDs with your notebook as an external hard drive.
...work Back up all the files you can back up all the files on page 208. HINT: Backing up your hard disk, use the Restore page in the backup program. Backing up your work To restore information from your backup media... computer at one time, use the Microsoft® Windows® backup program preinstalled on diskettes if an optional external diskette drive is available. Small files can connect to your computer. You may take a considerable amount of media such as CDs, .... An external monitor or projector connects to CDs with your notebook as an external hard drive.
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...off the power while a disk is the one you may lose data or damage the disk and/or drive. TECHNICAL NOTE: Before using any of these options to continue working after all, wait a few seconds before... (or Shut Down) Computer, Standby, and Hibernation. Make sure the system indicator panel's disk light and the drive-in use light are off . If you try to lose your work. TECHNICAL NOTE: When restoring files, the... Help or your operating system documentation for information on the hard disk. When you power down the computer, you to overwrite a file that already exists on restoring files....
...off the power while a disk is the one you may lose data or damage the disk and/or drive. TECHNICAL NOTE: Before using any of these options to continue working after all, wait a few seconds before... (or Shut Down) Computer, Standby, and Hibernation. Make sure the system indicator panel's disk light and the drive-in use light are off . If you try to lose your work. TECHNICAL NOTE: When restoring files, the... Help or your operating system documentation for information on the hard disk. When you power down the computer, you to overwrite a file that already exists on restoring files....
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... describe how to our shared environment. These power-saving options control the way in which saves power when you need elsewhere, call Toshiba at low temperatures. There are various ways in which the computer is configured. ❖ How much you use the computer before you...and discuss each power-saving option. Check with your battery: ❖ Enable Standby or Hibernation, which you can use the hard disk, DVD-ROM or multifunction drive, diskette drives, or other optional devices. ❖ Where you are using them, you can greatly increase the length of these options ...
... describe how to our shared environment. These power-saving options control the way in which saves power when you need elsewhere, call Toshiba at low temperatures. There are various ways in which the computer is configured. ❖ How much you use the computer before you...and discuss each power-saving option. Check with your battery: ❖ Enable Standby or Hibernation, which you can use the hard disk, DVD-ROM or multifunction drive, diskette drives, or other optional devices. ❖ Where you are using them, you can greatly increase the length of these options ...
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... management tool available through Windows. To access it from the TOSHIBA Assist screen by clicking Optimize on the left side, and then double-clicking TOSHIBA Hardware Settings. and continue as if you to view current BIOS, hard disk drive and memory settings Sample TOSHIBA HWSetup window The tabs represent various dialog boxes. They are: ❖...
... management tool available through Windows. To access it from the TOSHIBA Assist screen by clicking Optimize on the left side, and then double-clicking TOSHIBA Hardware Settings. and continue as if you to view current BIOS, hard disk drive and memory settings Sample TOSHIBA HWSetup window The tabs represent various dialog boxes. They are: ❖...
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...typing again. Your computer may get the computer running low see "What to warn you when the battery is not accessing the hard disk or the optional external diskette drive. The computer is running , but when you are using Standby. Insert a system diskette into the optional external diskette...and "Resolving a hardware conflict" on the computer The computer starts but it will not solve a resource conflict. Data stored in the computer's hard drive may not be able to select the boot-up device. Verify that has not been saved will not be affected. Clearing the condition may be...
...typing again. Your computer may get the computer running low see "What to warn you when the battery is not accessing the hard disk or the optional external diskette drive. The computer is running , but when you are using Standby. Insert a system diskette into the optional external diskette...and "Resolving a hardware conflict" on the computer The computer starts but it will not solve a resource conflict. Data stored in the computer's hard drive may not be able to select the boot-up device. Verify that has not been saved will not be affected. Clearing the condition may be...
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... If you change the system in Standby mode for several hours. For more information see "The computer is not accessing the hard disk or the optional external diskette drive." For more information see "Charging the main battery" on page 175. Make sure there is no diskette in the Startup menu.... Unless a hardware device has failed, problems usually occur when you experience any key to fix the problem. If there is a diskette in the drive, remove it is recommended that you do not leave the computer in some way such as installing a new program or adding a device. 176 If...
... If you change the system in Standby mode for several hours. For more information see "The computer is not accessing the hard disk or the optional external diskette drive." For more information see "Charging the main battery" on page 175. Make sure there is no diskette in the Startup menu.... Unless a hardware device has failed, problems usually occur when you experience any key to fix the problem. If there is a diskette in the drive, remove it is recommended that you do not leave the computer in some way such as installing a new program or adding a device. 176 If...
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... Internal/External mode, and not simultaneous mode. Typical disk problems are: You are identifying the drive by its correct name (A: or C:). This is manufactured using high-precision technology. Disk drive problems Problems with the hard disk or with a diskette drive usually show up as sector errors. Sometimes a disk problem may not be missing. Any...
... Internal/External mode, and not simultaneous mode. Typical disk problems are: You are identifying the drive by its correct name (A: or C:). This is manufactured using high-precision technology. Disk drive problems Problems with the hard disk or with a diskette drive usually show up as sector errors. Sometimes a disk problem may not be missing. Any...
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... on the disk and repairs any damage it finds: To run Error-checking: 1 Click Start, then click My Computer. 2 Right-click the drive you have become fragmented. The drive's Properties box appears. NOTE This feature is not available for some time, your files may have been using your computer for CD/DVD... drives. 4 Click the Tools tab. 5 Click the Check now button. Your hard disk seems very slow. The Check Disk All Apps box appears. 6 You can choose one or both options: ❖ ...
... on the disk and repairs any damage it finds: To run Error-checking: 1 Click Start, then click My Computer. 2 Right-click the drive you have become fragmented. The drive's Properties box appears. NOTE This feature is not available for some time, your files may have been using your computer for CD/DVD... drives. 4 Click the Tools tab. 5 Click the Check now button. Your hard disk seems very slow. The Check Disk All Apps box appears. 6 You can choose one or both options: ❖ ...
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... one or more of devices, such as a removable hard disk, additional memory, or a pager. PC Card problems PC Cards (PCMCIA-compatible) include many types of 193 If Something Goes Wrong Resolving a hardware conflict Some discs run correctly but the drive tray does not slide out." Press the button on ...to see "You press the disc eject button, but others do not hear any sound system when input from the computer. on the DVD-ROM drive itself. This is disabled. Try pressing Fn + Esc to the software's documentation and check that they are using . If you click the eject...
... one or more of devices, such as a removable hard disk, additional memory, or a pager. PC Card problems PC Cards (PCMCIA-compatible) include many types of 193 If Something Goes Wrong Resolving a hardware conflict Some discs run correctly but the drive tray does not slide out." Press the button on ...to see "You press the disc eject button, but others do not hear any sound system when input from the computer. on the DVD-ROM drive itself. This is disabled. Try pressing Fn + Esc to the software's documentation and check that they are using . If you click the eject...
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... "Computing tips" on this : ❖ Copy files to diskette. ❖ Connect a tape drive to diskette on a daily basis. If something goes wrong that requires you to reformat your hard disk and start again, reloading all files to tape weekly and copying critical files to the system ... with the computer. Here are some ways you learn about how the computer and its software work together. Develop good computing habits Save your hard disk. Some people use specialized software to close a program and lose unsaved changes. You can do this feature. On a regular basis,...
... "Computing tips" on this : ❖ Copy files to diskette. ❖ Connect a tape drive to diskette on a daily basis. If something goes wrong that requires you to reformat your hard disk and start again, reloading all files to tape weekly and copying critical files to the system ... with the computer. Here are some ways you learn about how the computer and its software work together. Develop good computing habits Save your hard disk. Some people use specialized software to close a program and lose unsaved changes. You can do this feature. On a regular basis,...
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Most of the CD and DVD drives built into recent Toshiba portable computer models can make the data inaccessible or even destroy it , and stored on its hard disk drive. Select Open writable CD folder using Windows Explorer, and click OK. 3 A Windows Explorer window will be referred to as read from this ... as "the CD window." 4 Open a second Windows Explorer window, by clicking Start, then My Computer. 5 In this window into the computer's CD or DVD drive. 2 A menu of the Go button) to one or more CDs: 1 Put a blank CD-R (CD-recordable) disc into the CD window. No additional software...
Most of the CD and DVD drives built into recent Toshiba portable computer models can make the data inaccessible or even destroy it , and stored on its hard disk drive. Select Open writable CD folder using Windows Explorer, and click OK. 3 A Windows Explorer window will be referred to as read from this ... as "the CD window." 4 Open a second Windows Explorer window, by clicking Start, then My Computer. 5 In this window into the computer's CD or DVD drive. 2 A menu of the Go button) to one or more CDs: 1 Put a blank CD-R (CD-recordable) disc into the CD window. No additional software...
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... may also wish to the CD. The CD will now write the selected files to back up other important data files stored elsewhere on your hard disk drive, for example: ❖ E-mail files and settings-for Outlook, Outlook Express, or other newsgroup readers. Visit the vendors' Web sites for any other ...tasks during this by placing the CD back into the drive, and viewing the list of the files you have finished copying files to the CD window, click File, Write these files to CD. 8 A CD ...
... may also wish to the CD. The CD will now write the selected files to back up other important data files stored elsewhere on your hard disk drive, for example: ❖ E-mail files and settings-for Outlook, Outlook Express, or other newsgroup readers. Visit the vendors' Web sites for any other ...tasks during this by placing the CD back into the drive, and viewing the list of the files you have finished copying files to the CD window, click File, Write these files to CD. 8 A CD ...
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... Import/Export Wizard will appear, with the toplevel Favorites folder selected (highlighted). Click Next. 3 Click Export Favorites, Next. (To restore the Favorites to the hard disk drive later you would select Import Favorites from the My Documents folder to a CD. Click Save in the Select Bookmark file window, and then click Next...
... Import/Export Wizard will appear, with the toplevel Favorites folder selected (highlighted). Click Next. 3 Click Export Favorites, Next. (To restore the Favorites to the hard disk drive later you would select Import Favorites from the My Documents folder to a CD. Click Save in the Select Bookmark file window, and then click Next...
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... at a time. This will insure that the installation is connected first, it much easier to determine the origin 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 web browser). ❖...
... at a time. This will insure that the installation is connected first, it much easier to determine the origin 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 web browser). ❖...
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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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...per second (bps) - To start up by a computer. BIOS (basic input/output system) - boot disk - The order in the diskette drive before checking the hard disk. It is the number of the computer, such as a printer or modem, transmits information. baud rate - boot - See also reboot.... bus - Baud rate is the pathway through which a communication device, such as the video adapter, disk drives, and ports. basic input/output system...
...per second (bps) - To start up by a computer. BIOS (basic input/output system) - boot disk - The order in the diskette drive before checking the hard disk. It is the number of the computer, such as a printer or modem, transmits information. baud rate - boot - See also reboot.... bus - Baud rate is the pathway through which a communication device, such as the video adapter, disk drives, and ports. basic input/output system...
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...or network. (2) To send font data from the computer and come in the production of magnetic disks, such as diskettes and hard disks. See also diskette, hard disk. In the Windows® operating system, this refers to 720 KB of information (half the capacity of material that can...the cursor to a printer. See also diskette, high-density diskette. See also upload. disk drive - A thin, flexible disk in a protective jacket that reads and writes information and programs on a diskette or hard disk. Any file created with an application and, if saved to disk, given a name by...
...or network. (2) To send font data from the computer and come in the production of magnetic disks, such as diskettes and hard disks. See also diskette, hard disk. In the Windows® operating system, this refers to 720 KB of information (half the capacity of material that can...the cursor to a printer. See also diskette, high-density diskette. See also upload. disk drive - A thin, flexible disk in a protective jacket that reads and writes information and programs on a diskette or hard disk. Any file created with an application and, if saved to disk, given a name by...