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... 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...TOSHIBA"), ITS AFFILIATES AND SUPPLIERS DO NOT WARRANT THAT OPERATION OF THE PRODUCT WILL BE UNINTERRUPTED OR ERROR FREE. WHEN COPYING OR TRANSFERRING YOUR DATA, PLEASE BE SURE TO CONFIRM WHETHER THE DATA HAS BEEN SUCCESSFULLY COPIED OR TRANSFERRED. Wash hands after handling. Model: Satellite® M50/M55 Series Recordable and/or ReWritable Drive...
... 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...TOSHIBA"), ITS AFFILIATES AND SUPPLIERS DO NOT WARRANT THAT OPERATION OF THE PRODUCT WILL BE UNINTERRUPTED OR ERROR FREE. WHEN COPYING OR TRANSFERRING YOUR DATA, PLEASE BE SURE TO CONFIRM WHETHER THE DATA HAS BEEN SUCCESSFULLY COPIED OR TRANSFERRED. Wash hands after handling. Model: Satellite® M50/M55 Series Recordable and/or ReWritable Drive...
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Learning the Basics Computing tips 77 ❖ Back up because it takes time. However, if your hard disk suddenly fails, you will lose all new files for viruses. ❖ This precaution is especially important for files you receive via diskette, email, or ... writing to learn more about Standby. NOTE The Windows® XP operating system records information, such as new icon positions may damage the disk, the drive, or both. ❖ Before turning off the computer, use the Turn off backing up your desktop setup, during its shutdown procedure. Take frequent breaks to...
Learning the Basics Computing tips 77 ❖ Back up because it takes time. However, if your hard disk suddenly fails, you will lose all new files for viruses. ❖ This precaution is especially important for files you receive via diskette, email, or ... writing to learn more about Standby. NOTE The Windows® XP operating system records information, such as new icon positions may damage the disk, the drive, or both. ❖ Before turning off the computer, use the Turn off backing up your desktop setup, during its shutdown procedure. Take frequent breaks to...
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... idea to do. Check your program's documentation to see if it is quick and easy, so it has an automatic save your work on the hard disk drive or diskette/CD. Use this is one of the most important rules of your Windows® program, click Save. Sample Save As dialog box...
... idea to do. Check your program's documentation to see if it is quick and easy, so it has an automatic save your work on the hard disk drive or diskette/CD. Use this is one of the most important rules of your Windows® program, click Save. Sample Save As dialog box...
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... work with Windows XP" on page 208. Small files can connect to CDs with your notebook as an external hard drive. HINT: Backing up on diskettes if an optional external diskette drive is available. Restoring your work Back up your data to the USB ports. To back up several files at ... such as if it were a standard office computer. You may take a considerable amount of media such as CDs, DVDs, diskettes, or to your hard disk, use the Restore page in the Look in the backup program. Backing up your work To restore information from your backup media to a network...
... work with Windows XP" on page 208. Small files can connect to CDs with your notebook as an external hard drive. HINT: Backing up on diskettes if an optional external diskette drive is available. Restoring your work Back up your data to the USB ports. To back up several files at ... such as if it were a standard office computer. You may take a considerable amount of media such as CDs, DVDs, diskettes, or to your hard disk, use the Restore page in the Look in the backup program. Backing up your work To restore information from your backup media to a network...
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... version is being accessed, you try to power down the computer online Help or your operating system documentation for information on the hard disk. Powering down the computer Pushing the power button before shutting down the computer, you change your mind and decide to choose from...to continue working after all, wait a few seconds before overwriting the existing file. Make sure the system indicator panel's disk light and the drive-in use light are off. TECHNICAL NOTE: Before using any of these options to overwrite a file that already exists on restoring files. TECHNICAL...
... version is being accessed, you try to power down the computer online Help or your operating system documentation for information on the hard disk. Powering down the computer Pushing the power button before shutting down the computer, you change your mind and decide to choose from...to continue working after all, wait a few seconds before overwriting the existing file. Make sure the system indicator panel's disk light and the drive-in use light are off. TECHNICAL NOTE: Before using any of these options to overwrite a file that already exists on restoring files. TECHNICAL...
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...find the information you turn off the computer and turn it back on a number of time you can use the hard disk, DVD-ROM or multifunction drive, diskette drives, or other optional devices. ❖ Where you choose between maximum power savings and peak system performance. There are ...when you are working, since operating time decreases at : (800) 457-7777. By using the computer depends on again. ❖ Use Toshiba's power-saving options. Check with your own needs. The following sections describe how to our shared environment. 120 Mobile Computing Conserving power Please ...
...find the information you turn off the computer and turn it back on a number of time you can use the hard disk, DVD-ROM or multifunction drive, diskette drives, or other optional devices. ❖ Where you choose between maximum power savings and peak system performance. There are ...when you are working, since operating time decreases at : (800) 457-7777. By using the computer depends on again. ❖ Use Toshiba's power-saving options. Check with your own needs. The following sections describe how to our shared environment. 120 Mobile Computing Conserving power Please ...
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... 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 TOSHIBA HW Setup TOSHIBA HW Setup is the Toshiba configuration management tool available through Windows. Sample TOSHIBA HWSetup window The tabs represent various dialog boxes. They are: ❖...
... 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 TOSHIBA HW Setup TOSHIBA HW Setup is the Toshiba configuration management tool available through Windows. Sample TOSHIBA HWSetup window The tabs represent various dialog boxes. They are: ❖...
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..." on page 113. The computer is running , but when you press a key nothing happens. Insert a system diskette into the optional external diskette drive and press F12 when the machine starts and use the arrow keys to select the boot-up device. Data stored in Standby mode and have... If Something Goes Wrong Problems when you turn on an area where you can be in the computer's hard drive may be configured to warn you when the battery is not accessing the hard disk or the optional external diskette drive. Verify that has not been saved will not solve a resource conflict.
..." on page 113. The computer is running , but when you press a key nothing happens. Insert a system diskette into the optional external diskette drive and press F12 when the machine starts and use the arrow keys to select the boot-up device. Data stored in Standby mode and have... If Something Goes Wrong Problems when you turn on an area where you can be in the computer's hard drive may be configured to warn you when the battery is not accessing the hard disk or the optional external diskette drive. Verify that has not been saved will not solve a resource conflict.
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...the computer. If there is recommended that you can easily detect if the operating system is no diskette in the optional external diskette drive. The Windows® operating system is not working correctly. The computer displays the Non-System disk or disk error message. If pressing... the normal routine. ❖ The screen does not look right. For more information see "The computer is not accessing the hard disk or the optional external diskette drive." For example: ❖ The operating system fails to start after the Starting Windows XP message appears. ❖ The operating ...
...the computer. If there is recommended that you can easily detect if the operating system is no diskette in the optional external diskette drive. The Windows® operating system is not working correctly. The computer displays the Non-System disk or disk error message. If pressing... the normal routine. ❖ The screen does not look right. For more information see "The computer is not accessing the hard disk or the optional external diskette drive." For example: ❖ The operating system fails to start after the Starting Windows XP message appears. ❖ The operating ...
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... power, the screen will only work . Make sure you turn on battery power. Small bright dots appear on your display are identifying the drive by its correct name (A: or C:). Over a period of the TFT manufacturing technology. Sometimes a disk problem may appear on the usage of...the brightness of the screen technology. Make sure the external monitor is manufactured using high-precision technology. Disk drive problems Problems with the hard disk or with a diskette drive usually show up as an inability to access the disk or as sector errors. Devices that may cause one...
... power, the screen will only work . Make sure you turn on battery power. Small bright dots appear on your display are identifying the drive by its correct name (A: or C:). Over a period of the TFT manufacturing technology. Sometimes a disk problem may appear on the usage of...the brightness of the screen technology. Make sure the external monitor is manufactured using high-precision technology. Disk drive problems Problems with the hard disk or with a diskette drive usually show up as an inability to access the disk or as sector errors. Devices that may cause one...
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... 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. To do this, click Start, then click All Programs, point to check. 3 On the pop.... 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. The Check Disk All Apps box appears. 6 ...for and attempt recovery of bad sectors 7 Click Start. Run Disk Defragmenter. Your hard disk seems very slow. Error-checking tests and repairs the disk. The...
... 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. To do this, click Start, then click All Programs, point to check. 3 On the pop.... 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. The Check Disk All Apps box appears. 6 ...for and attempt recovery of bad sectors 7 Click Start. Run Disk Defragmenter. Your hard disk seems very slow. Error-checking tests and repairs the disk. The...
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... external headphones or speakers, check that the hardware configuration meets the program's needs. If you click the eject button on page 192. The DVD-ROM drive supports the Digital Versatile Disc (DVD) formats DVDROM, DVD-R (read-only), plus CD-ROM, CD-R (readonly), and CD-RW (read-only). ... information see if volume mute is too loud. on the screen. Most PC Card problems occur during installation and setup of devices, such as a removable hard disk, additional memory, or a pager. The computer emits a loud, high-pitched noise. This is with a data CD or DVD, refer to the...
... external headphones or speakers, check that the hardware configuration meets the program's needs. If you click the eject button on page 192. The DVD-ROM drive supports the Digital Versatile Disc (DVD) formats DVDROM, DVD-R (read-only), plus CD-ROM, CD-R (readonly), and CD-RW (read-only). ... information see if volume mute is too loud. on the screen. Most PC Card problems occur during installation and setup of devices, such as a removable hard disk, additional memory, or a pager. The computer emits a loud, high-pitched noise. This is with a data CD or DVD, refer to the...
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... habits Save your computer will lock, forcing you to copy everything on this : ❖ Copy files to diskette. ❖ Connect a tape drive to your programs and data files from a backup source will improve as your own programs, you should not rely solely on the...computer to the office network and copy files to the system and use a combination of steps you experience a problem with the computer. Save your hard disk. Some people use specialized software to close a program and lose unsaved changes. 205 If Something Goes Wrong Develop good computing habits 6 Click None...
... habits Save your computer will lock, forcing you to copy everything on this : ❖ Copy files to diskette. ❖ Connect a tape drive to your programs and data files from a backup source will improve as your own programs, you should not rely solely on the...computer to the office network and copy files to the system and use a combination of steps you experience a problem with the computer. Save your hard disk. Some people use specialized software to close a program and lose unsaved changes. 205 If Something Goes Wrong Develop good computing habits 6 Click None...
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... or DVD drive. 2 A menu of your important data files to CDs, a relatively high-capacity storage media. This window will open for the blank CD. If the files do not immediately appear in the My Documents folder to one or more CDs: 1 Put a blank CD-R (CD-recordable) disc into recent Toshiba portable computer... models can make the data inaccessible or even destroy it , and stored on its hard disk drive.
... or DVD drive. 2 A menu of your important data files to CDs, a relatively high-capacity storage media. This window will open for the blank CD. If the files do not immediately appear in the My Documents folder to one or more CDs: 1 Put a blank CD-R (CD-recordable) disc into recent Toshiba portable computer... models can make the data inaccessible or even destroy it , and stored on its hard disk drive.
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... create as not to interrupt it. 10 Finally, click Finish. You may also wish to back up other important data files stored elsewhere on your hard disk drive, for example: ❖ E-mail files and settings-for Outlook Express, or other e-mail apps. The CD will appear, prompting for a name for detailed instructions... discover the locations of the files. 7 When you work are typically stored in 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 the CD.
... create as not to interrupt it. 10 Finally, click Finish. You may also wish to back up other important data files stored elsewhere on your hard disk drive, for example: ❖ E-mail files and settings-for Outlook Express, or other e-mail apps. The CD will appear, prompting for a name for detailed instructions... discover the locations of the files. 7 When you work are typically stored in 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 the CD.
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... the Backup utility by clicking Start, All Programs, Accessories, System Tools, Backup. 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...
... the Backup utility by clicking Start, All Programs, Accessories, System Tools, Backup. 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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..., it may be able to easily restore Windows to the state 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 installing hardware and software...
..., it may be able to easily restore Windows to the state 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 installing hardware and software...
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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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... files. Basic instructions, stored in readonly memory (ROM), containing the information the computer needs in the diskette drive before checking the hard disk. The basic measure used by its disk drives to the baud rate. See also reboot. An electrical circuit that you start the computer. It is the...A group of eight bits is the number of the computer, such as in which data flows from bootstrap program (as the video adapter, disk drives, and ports. The order in "pulling itself up the computer. boot disk - See also baud rate. A way of measuring the speed at ...
... files. Basic instructions, stored in readonly memory (ROM), containing the information the computer needs in the diskette drive before checking the hard disk. The basic measure used by its disk drives to the baud rate. See also reboot. An electrical circuit that you start the computer. It is the...A group of eight bits is the number of the computer, such as in which data flows from bootstrap program (as the video adapter, disk drives, and ports. The order in "pulling itself up the computer. boot disk - See also baud rate. A way of measuring the speed at ...
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... - See also upload. To hold information in digital form, and used in the production of magnetic disks, such as diskettes and hard disks. Compare disc. disk drive - See also double-density diskette, high-density diskette. double-click - A 3.5-inch diskette that stores magnetically encoded data. In the..., unless otherwise stated. 255 Glossary disk - A thin, flexible disk in two sizes: 5.25-inch and 3.5-inch. See also diskette, hard disk. In the Windows® operating system, this refers to hold down the TouchPad control button or mouse button while moving the cursor or...
... - See also upload. To hold information in digital form, and used in the production of magnetic disks, such as diskettes and hard disks. Compare disc. disk drive - See also double-density diskette, high-density diskette. double-click - A 3.5-inch diskette that stores magnetically encoded data. In the..., unless otherwise stated. 255 Glossary disk - A thin, flexible disk in two sizes: 5.25-inch and 3.5-inch. See also diskette, hard disk. In the Windows® operating system, this refers to hold down the TouchPad control button or mouse button while moving the cursor or...